ILLUSTRATION | Ravenous Butterflies

Courage

by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 13, 2021 | ADVENTURE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BIRDS, BOOKS, CHILD PORTRAIT, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, COURAGE, DREAMS, ENDURANCE, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, INNER STRENGTH, LIFE PATH, SKY

“Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.”Oscar Wilde Nadezhda Illarionova – Thumbelina, Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen.

Individuality

by Lisa Azarmi | Aug 23, 2021 | BEAUTY, BECOMING, BIRDS, COURAGE, DIGITAL ART, DREAMS, ENDURANCE, FANTASY, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FLOWERS, FLYING, FREEDOM, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”Friedrich Nietzsche Christian...

Ocean

by Lisa Azarmi | Aug 19, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, ENDURANCE, ILLUSTRATION, POET, POETRY, SEA SCAPES, SELF LOVE, WATER, WOODBLOCK

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” Rumi Katsushika Hokusai – Feminine Wave, 1840.

Let the music speak to us of tonight.

by Lisa Azarmi | Aug 18, 2021 | ART MOVEMENTS, BLACK & WHITE, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CREATIVITY, ETERNAL LOVE, FEELINGS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, FREEDOM, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INNER STRENGTH, LOVE, MAGIC, MUSIC, NIGHT

“Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.” Wilkie Collins – The Woman in White, 1859. Jean Delville – Parsifal, 1890.

Lightly child, lightly.

by Lisa Azarmi | Aug 18, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BLACK & WHITE, BODY, COURAGE, CREATIVITY, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, HEART, HONESTY, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, KINDNESS, LIFE PATH, LOVE, MOTIVATIONAL, PATIENCE, PRINT, WATER, 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…...