by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 5, 2021 | 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.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 1, 2021 | 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...
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 1, 2021 | 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 you get loose...
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...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 18, 2021 | 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.