Let’s pause and take a closer look at the exquisite painting above. The eye is drawn in by those wispy stratocumulus clouds, along with their reflections on the water. All these vectors seem to lead into a single vanishing point on the far shore. (You can see this better in a larger image here.) Say, isn't that what we all want in life ... to have a clear spot on the horizon towards which we should point our bow? No doubt we'll encounter some obstacles, like those islands in the foreground. It's likely that at some point, we'll have to tack back and forth to make any headway to windward. But how do we know where our mark is? How do we know what it is it that we are working our way towards? READ MORE