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Reading

Posted on March 18, 2022 at 11:51 am by Lisa Azarmi / BOOKS, READING

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”Ben Okri Tavik Frantisek Simon – Vilma Reading on a Sofa, 1912.

Posted on February 6, 2022 at 5:53 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BOOKS

“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”Alberto Mánguel John Singer Sargent -Girl Reading by a Stream, 1888.

Good advice

Posted on December 18, 2021 at 1:13 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BOOKS, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE

“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).” Lewis Carroll – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass, 1865. Catrin Welz Stein – Hello Alice.

Reading

Posted on October 8, 2021 at 11:28 am by Lisa Azarmi / BOOKS, CALM

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” Charles W. Eliot Christian Krohg – Oda with Lamp, 1852 – 1925.

Books

Posted on October 6, 2021 at 1:33 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BOOKS, CALM, CAT, NUDES

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890. Paul Landacre – Sultry Days,1935.

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…

Reading

Posted on September 28, 2021 at 11:14 am by Lisa Azarmi / BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, FEMALE PORTRAIT, IMAGINATION, INNER STRENGTH, PORTRAITS, READING

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who…

Fairies

Posted on September 26, 2021 at 12:50 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CALM, DREAMING, DREAMS, FAIRIES, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FORESTS, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, MIDSUMMER, MOONLIGHT, NIGHT, OPENING, SPIRITUALITY

“She was beautiful, but not like those girls in magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad….

Inspirational

Posted on September 20, 2021 at 1:27 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BLACK & WHITE, BOOKS, CALM, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, ENDURANCE, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, GENTLENESS, HONESTY, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, KINDNESS, LIFE PATH, LIGHT, MOTIVATIONAL, SELF LOVE, SERENITY, SPIRITUALITY, WATER, WELLBEING, WOODBLOCK

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever…

Heart

Posted on September 18, 2021 at 11:24 am by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CALM, CLASSIC LITERATURE, DREAMS, ETERNAL LOVE, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, HEART, HONESTY, HOPE, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, MOTIVATIONAL, PORTRAITS

“Write it on your heartthat every day is the best day in the year.He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the daywho allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it.You have done what you could.Some blunders and…

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