by Lisa Azarmi | May 25, 2022 | ALCHEMY, MAGIC
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”Roald Dahl Sir Frank Dicksee – The Sensitive...
by Lisa Azarmi | May 5, 2022 | BECOMING, MAGIC
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923. Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer – Eva, 1896.
by Lisa Azarmi | May 3, 2022 | ALCHEMY, MAGIC
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” W.B. Yeats Konstantin Makovsky – 1839-1915.
by Lisa Azarmi | Mar 28, 2022 | AWAKENING, BECOMING, MAGIC
“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic…the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 23, 2021 | 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...
by Lisa Azarmi | Sep 17, 2021 | BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, IMAGINATION, INSPIRATIONAL, MAGIC, PAINTING
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves”.Kahlil Gibran Jan van Eyck – Man with Pinks (detail), 1436.