IMAGINATION

Posted on February 10, 2022 at 5:57 pm by Lisa Azarmi / CHILD PORTRAIT, CONFIDENCE, IMAGINATION, INTELLIGENCE

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” Albert Einstein A.E.Jackson – The Water-Boy’s Visit To The Sea Fairy, 1922

Night time

Posted on February 6, 2022 at 6:00 pm by Lisa Azarmi / IMAGINATION, INSPIRATIONAL, MOON

“I love to watch the fine mist of the night come on, The windows and the stars illumined, one by one, The rivers of dark smoke pour upward lazily, And the moon rise and turn them silver. I shall see The springs, the summers, and the autumns slowly pass; And when old Winter puts his…

Beginnings

Posted on October 7, 2021 at 1:47 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CHILD PORTRAIT, FAIRY TALES, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, STARLIGHT

“Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.” Oscar Wilde Artuš Scheiner -The Little Stars of Gold, 1921.

Soul Singing

Posted on October 6, 2021 at 3:29 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ANGELS, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, COSMOS, COURAGE, DREAMING, IMAGINATION, INSPIRATIONAL, NIGHT SKY, SOUL

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” August Wilson Paul Albert Besnard – Truth, Leading the Sciences, Giving Light to Man, 1891.

Journey

Posted on October 6, 2021 at 1:38 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ADVENTURE, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BUTTERFLY, FANTASY, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, LIFE PATH, MOONLIGHT, SEA SCAPES, SPIRITUALITY

“The only journey is the one within.” Rainer Maria Rilke Philipp Otto Runge – Arion’s Sea Journey (detail),1809.

Reading

Posted on September 28, 2021 at 11:14 am by Lisa Azarmi / 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…

Fairies

Posted on September 26, 2021 at 12:50 pm by Lisa Azarmi / 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 was sad….

Transformations

Posted on September 23, 2021 at 4:04 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ADVENTURE, ANIMALS, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOTANICAL, BUTTERFLY, CHILD PORTRAIT, CHILDREN, CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FEELINGS, GARDEN, HOPE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGINATION, INDIVIDUALITY, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, MAGIC

“‘Who are you?’ said the Caterpillar.This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, ‘I…I hardly know, sir, just at present …at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’”Lewis…

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…

Inspiration

Posted on September 20, 2021 at 1:05 pm by Lisa Azarmi / 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 the people, take…

IMAGINATION

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