by Lisa Azarmi | Mar 9, 2022 | ANIMALS, BECOMING, HONESTY
“Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog.” Douglas MallochThérèse Schwartze – Portrait of a Young Woman with Puck the Dog, 1879-85.
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 2, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, AUTUMN, BECOMING, BODY, FRENDSHIP, HONESTY, NUDES, SOUL MATES
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Albert Camus František Kupka – Autumn Sun, Three Goddesses, 1906.
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 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 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...