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Inspirational

Posted on February 11, 2022 at 11:19 am by / CHILDRENS STORY BOOK, CLASSIC LITERATURE, INSPIRATIONAL

“I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.” Frances Hodgson Burnett – A Little Princess, 1888.Thomas Hickey – Portrait of Three Princesses from Mysore, 1741-1824.

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Music of the soul

Posted on February 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm by / AWAKENING, BEGINNINGS, BIRDS, INSPIRATIONAL, MUSIC

“The bitter wind blew birds like a smoke cloud into the garden. They came to rest on bare winter-boughs of a tree, filling the branches with feathered leaves. I stared at them and wondered, did they come here for me alone, to make music and undo the bleakness of my…

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Night time

Posted on February 6, 2022 at 6:00 pm by / 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…

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Inspiration

Posted on January 3, 2022 at 12:31 pm by / ACCEPTANCE, AWAKENING, INSPIRATIONAL, MERMAIDS

“The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream.” Dante Alighieri – The Divine Comedy, 1308-21. Lord Frederic Leighton…

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Moonlight

Posted on December 12, 2021 at 4:13 pm by / AWAKENING, COSMOS, INSPIRATIONAL

“The sky was clear, remarkably clear and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.” Thomas Hardy – Far From the Madding Crowd, 1874. Jean-François Millet –The Sheepfold, Moonlight, 1856-60.

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