Day 1,118: pound

I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the rice.

Artwork of the day 
Ang Magbabayo (Pounding Rice)
Vicente Manansala
Date: 1979
Style: Cubism
Genre: genre painting

Word of the day 
pound: to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly

Quote of the day
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
― Erica Jong