by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 6, 2021 | AWAKENING, BEAUTY, BIRD, FEARLESS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, STRENGTH
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Friedrich Nietzsche Savely Sorine – Costume portrait with a falcon, 1930.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 6, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, AWAKENING, BEAUTY, BECOMING, DREAMS, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT, INSPIRATIONAL, LIGHT, NUDES
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.” Antoine de Saint – Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. Henri Boulanger Gray – Pétrole Stella poster(detail), 1897.
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 | Sep 28, 2021 | BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, FEMALE PORTRAIT, IMAGINATION, INNER STRENGTH, PORTRAITS, READING
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 28, 2021 | ANGELS, BECOMING, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FRENDSHIP, HEART, HONESTY, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INNER STRENGTH, KINDNESS, LIFE PATH
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive….”Anaïs Nin Laura Daub – Secrets on the Terrace.
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...