by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 6, 2021 | AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOTANICAL, CALM, WILDERNESS
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir Nikolai Astrup – Foxgloves, 1920.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 6, 2021 | BEAUTY, BECOMING, BOTANICAL, CALM, GARDEN, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE PATH
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust Claude Monet – Waterlilies and a Japanese Bridge, 1899.
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 26, 2021 | 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...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 22, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, AUTUMN, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CALM, EQUINOX, FREEDOM, HOPE, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” John Donne Samuel Palmer – Harvest Moon, 1833.
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 20, 2021 | 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…...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 20, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, ANIMALS, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CALM, COURAGE, CREATIVITY, ENDURANCE, FEELINGS, GENTLENESS, HEART, HONESTY, HOPE, IMAGINATION, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, KINDNESS, LOVE, MALE PORTRAIT, MOTIVATIONAL, PHOTOGRAPHY, PORTRAITS, SPIRITUALITY, VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward...
