ANIMALS

Dogs

Posted on March 9, 2022 at 3:06 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, BECOMING, HONESTY

“Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog.” Douglas MallochThérèse Schwartze – Portrait of a Young Woman with Puck the Dog, 1879-85.

Understanding

Posted on January 21, 2022 at 5:50 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, AWAKENING, BECOMING

“How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak,…

Dogs

Posted on January 17, 2022 at 5:23 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, DOG, GODDESS

“I like dogsBig dogsLittle dogsFat dogsDoggy dogsOld dogsPuppy dogsI like dogsA dog that is barking over the hillA dog that is dreaming very stillA dog that is running wherever he willI like dogs.” Margaret Wise Brown – The Friendly Book. Paul Gauguin – Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888.

Ageless beauty

Posted on December 16, 2021 at 1:46 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, BEAUTY, BECOMING

“I’ve developed into quite a swan. I’m one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older – until I drop dead of beauty.”Rufus Wainwright Frank Brangwyn – The Swans, 1921.

Wisdom

Posted on December 5, 2021 at 4:52 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, ANIMALS, AWAKENING, BECOMING, POETRY

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.”Langston Hughes – Dreams, 1923. Jan Mankes – Big Owl on Screen, 1913.

Cats

Posted on October 31, 2021 at 12:43 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, CAT

“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” Hippolyte A. Taine Geza Farago – Slim Woman With a Cat, 1913.

Beauty

Posted on October 8, 2021 at 4:06 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ANIMALS, AWAKENING, BEAUTY

“Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro – Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep, 1886.

Posted on October 6, 2021 at 11:32 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ANIMALS, AWAKENING, BLACK & WHITE, FEARLESS, FOX

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France Mr. Fox at Munkholmen Island, Norway, c1900.

Becoming

Posted on October 1, 2021 at 11:09 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ANIMALS, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CHILD PORTRAIT, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, COURAGE, ENDURANCE, ETERNAL LOVE, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, GENTLENESS, HEART, HONESTY, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, KINDNESS, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL, PATIENCE, SELF LOVE, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, WELLBEING

“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and…

Transformations

Posted on September 23, 2021 at 4:04 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ADVENTURE, ANIMALS, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOTANICAL, BUTTERFLY, CHILD PORTRAIT, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FEELINGS, GARDEN, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, MAGIC

“‘Who are you?’ said the Caterpillar.This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, ‘I…I hardly know, sir, just at present …at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’”Lewis…

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