CREATIVITY

Posted on April 7, 2022 at 4:56 pm by Lisa Azarmi / AWAKENING, BECOMING, CREATIVITY

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” Roy T. BennettEgon Schiele – Field of Flowers, 1910.

Creativity

Posted on December 30, 2021 at 1:38 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, CREATIVITY

“The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.” Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Mucha – Winter, 1900.

Looking

Posted on October 8, 2021 at 4:16 pm by Lisa Azarmi / CREATIVITY, LOOKING

“Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all be painters. And it’s because people have no idea how to look that they hardly ever understand.” Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard -The Letter 1906.

Transformations

Posted on September 23, 2021 at 4:04 pm by Lisa Azarmi / 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 must have been changed several times since then.’”Lewis…

Inspiration

Posted on September 20, 2021 at 1:05 pm by Lisa Azarmi / 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 the people, take…

Courage

Posted on September 18, 2021 at 4:24 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ADVENTURE, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BUTTERFLY, COURAGE, CREATIVITY, DREAMS, ENDURANCE, FEARLESS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, MOTIVATIONAL

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel F. X. Leyendecker – The Flapper, 1922.

Happiness

Posted on September 17, 2021 at 4:12 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BOOKS, BUTTERFLY, CALM, CREATIVITY, DIGITAL ART, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”Nathaniel Hawthorne Christian Schloe

Longing

Posted on August 24, 2021 at 4:50 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CREATIVITY, ENDURANCE, LANDSCAPE, LOMGING

“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss, 1860. Dora Carrington – The Mill at Tidmarsh, 1920.

Dreaming

Posted on August 24, 2021 at 4:34 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BOTANICAL, CLASSIC LITERATURE, COURAGE, CREATIVITY, DREAMS, FLOWERS

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Felice Casoati – Dreaming of Pomegranates, 1912.

Beauty

Posted on August 19, 2021 at 11:40 am by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CREATIVITY, ETHNIC MINORITIES, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FREEDOM, HONESTY, INSPIRATIONAL, PORTRAITS

“The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls”Friedrich Nietzsche Gerald Festus Kelly – Gillian John, Kneeling, 1930.

CREATIVITY

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