by Lisa Azarmi | Nov 11, 2021 | BEAUTY, DANCE, NAUGHTY
“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.” Oscar Wilde Alfred Eberling – Portrait of Ballerina Tamara Karsavina, 1911.
by Lisa Azarmi | Nov 10, 2021 | AWAKENING, BEAUTY, BODY, ETERNAL LOVE, FEMALE PORTRAIT, LOVE, NUDES, POETRY
“Sonnet XVII I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in...
by Lisa Azarmi | Nov 7, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, GARDEN
“All the flowers of the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.”Indian Proverb Mughal miniature – Babur supervising the laying out of the Garden of Fidelity | Baburnama, 1483-1530.
by Lisa Azarmi | Nov 2, 2021 | AWAKENING, BEAUTY, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE
“And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, ‘You let me play once in your garden, today you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.” Oscar Wilde – The Selfish Giant, 1888. Kate Cameron – Hush.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 28, 2021 | BEAUTY, CHILDREN, FAIRIES, POETRY
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the disheveled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame.” William Butler Yeats William Heath Robinson – The Fairy’s Birthday,...
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 8, 2021 | 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.
