by Lisa Azarmi | Nov 12, 2021 | BOTANICAL, BUTTERFLY, ETERNAL LOVE, FLOWERS, LOVE
For myself I know not how to express my devotion to so fair a form: I want a brighter word than bright, a fairer word than fair. I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty...
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 28, 2021 | AUTUMN, AWAKENING, BEGINNINGS, BUTTERFLY
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you....
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 28, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BUTTERFLY, CLASSIC LITERATURE
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new a day with no mistakes in it” L.M. Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables, 1908. Frederick Sandys – Gentle Spring(detail), 1865.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 6, 2021 | ADVENTURE, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BUTTERFLY, FANTASY, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, LIFE PATH, MOONLIGHT, SEA SCAPES, SPIRITUALITY
“The only journey is the one within.” Rainer Maria Rilke Philipp Otto Runge – Arion’s Sea Journey (detail),1809.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 5, 2021 | BEAUTY, BECOMING, BOTANICAL, BUTTERFLY, EARTHLY DELIGHTS, ETERNAL LOVE
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, 1820....
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 23, 2021 | 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...
