ENDURANCE

Wisdom

Posted on January 25, 2022 at 11:44 am by Lisa Azarmi / ENDURANCE, LANDSCAPES, WISDOM

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” Leo Tolstoy – War and Peace, 1865-69. Ivan Fedorovich Choultse – Winter Landscape in Sunlight,1903.

Individuality

Posted on December 15, 2021 at 5:11 pm by Lisa Azarmi / CONFIDENCE, ENDURANCE, ETHNIC MINORITIES, FEMALE PORTRAIT

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of…

Determination

Posted on December 10, 2021 at 12:49 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ENDURANCE, FEMALE PORTRAIT

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” Edward Everett Hale Ernest Biéler – Girl from Valais in the Orchard, 1912.

Posted on November 13, 2021 at 11:02 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, AWAKENING, BECOMING, ENDURANCE, LIFE

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.’Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Henri Martin – The Lovers, 1877.

Resilience

Posted on October 9, 2021 at 3:05 pm by Lisa Azarmi / CONFIDENCE, ENDURANCE, FEARLESS

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”Albert Camus Gaston la Touche – A Maiden…

Separation

Posted on October 7, 2021 at 2:26 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ENDURANCE, FEELINGS, HEARTBREAK, MOONLIGHT, SEPARATION

“Let us look again for a moment; it is the last time, perhaps, I shall see the moonlight with you.” Sheridan le Fanu – Carmilla, 1872. Arkhip Kuindzhi – Darial gorge, 1890-1895.

Storms

Posted on October 5, 2021 at 9:33 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BLACK & WHITE, COURAGE, ENDURANCE, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the Shore, 2002.Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – The Storm.

Heartache

Posted on October 1, 2021 at 12:38 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEGINNINGS, ENDURANCE, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FREEDOM, HEART, HEARTBREAK, HEARTEACHE, INNER STRENGTH

“No one worth possessingCan be quite possessed;Lay that on your heart,My young angry dear;This truth, this hard and precious stone,Lay it on your hot cheek,Let it hide your tear.Hold it like a crystalWhen you are aloneAnd gaze in the depths of the icy stone.Long, look long and you will be…

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…

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…

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