BIRDS

Gentleness

Posted on February 15, 2022 at 3:44 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BIRDS, GENTLENESS

“Softness is not weakness. It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel.”Beau Taplin Raffaello Sorbi – An Italian Girl with Doves, 1866.

Music of the soul

Posted on February 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm by Lisa Azarmi / AWAKENING, BEGINNINGS, BIRDS, INSPIRATIONAL, MUSIC

“The bitter wind blew birds like a smoke cloud into the garden. They came to rest on bare winter-boughs of a tree, filling the branches with feathered leaves. I stared at them and wondered, did they come here for me alone, to make music and undo the bleakness of my…

Freedom

Posted on February 2, 2022 at 12:54 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BECOMING, BIRDS, FREEDOM

“Watch carefully, the magic that occurs, when you give a person just enough comfort to be themselves.” Atticus Bertha Lum – Land of the Bluebird, 1916.

Perseverance

Posted on December 26, 2021 at 11:56 am by Lisa Azarmi / BECOMING, BIRDS, PERSEVERANCE

“Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way from here. Hold on to life,…

Autumn

Posted on November 24, 2021 at 12:54 pm by Lisa Azarmi / AUTUMN, BECOMING, BIRDS

“…how I feel autumn’s ache.” Virginia Woolf – from a letter to Violet Dickinson, September, 1907. Étienne-Jules Marey – Flight of a Heron, 1882.

Courage

Posted on September 13, 2021 at 1:07 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ADVENTURE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BIRDS, BOOKS, CHILD PORTRAIT, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, COURAGE, DREAMS, ENDURANCE, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INNER STRENGTH, LIFE PATH, SKY

“Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.”Oscar Wilde Nadezhda Illarionova – Thumbelina, Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen.

Individuality

Posted on August 23, 2021 at 1:33 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, BIRDS, COURAGE, DIGITAL ART, DREAMS, ENDURANCE, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FLOWERS, FLYING, FREEDOM, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”Friedrich Nietzsche Christian Schloe