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Magic

Posted on September 17, 2021 at 4:17 pm by Lisa Azarmi / 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.

Opening

Posted on September 17, 2021 at 11:07 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ADVENTURE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CALM, COURAGE, FEARLESS, HONESTY, HOPE, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL, OPENING, PAINTING, SELF LOVE

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”Helen Keller Henri Le Sidaner – The Garden Door, The Console, 1924.

Expressions

Posted on September 15, 2021 at 11:42 am by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, BECOMING, ETERNAL LOVE, FEELINGS, FEMALE PORTRAIT, LOVE, MAGIC, PAINTING, POET, POETRY

“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.” Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass, 1850. Gaston Bussière – Isolde, 1911.

Patience

Posted on September 13, 2021 at 1:27 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, BOOKS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, COURAGE, ENDURANCE, FEARLESS, FEELINGS, HOPE, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, PAINTING, POET, POETRY

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a…

Serenity

Posted on September 6, 2021 at 12:51 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BECOMING, CALM, COURAGE, HONESTY, HOPE, INNER STRENGTH, MIDSUMMER, MOONLIGHT, MOTIVATIONAL, PAINTING, SELF LOVE, SERENITY, WATER

“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.” Jane Austen – Sense and Sensibility, 1795. Edvard Munch – Summer Night by the Beach, 1902-03.

Starry night

Posted on August 25, 2021 at 1:08 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, CLASSIC LITERATURE, DREAMS, FANTASY, IMAGINATION, LOVE, MOONLIGHT, NIGHT SKY, PAINTING, POET, POETRY, STARS

“Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, 1847. Vincent Van Gogh – Starry Night, 1889.

Soul

Posted on August 25, 2021 at 12:33 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, ETERNAL LOVE, FEELINGS, INSPIRATIONAL, LIFE PATH, LOVE, LOVERS, PAINTING, POET, POETRY, SEA SCAPES, SELF LOVE, SOUL MATES, WATER

“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” Khalil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923. Konstantin Korovin – Hammerfest. The Nothern Lights – 1894.

Posted on August 23, 2021 at 1:26 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ANIMALS, AUTUMN, BEAUTY, PAINTING, TREES

“My paintings of the world around me reflect my longing to find a sense of peace and shelter. The forest, the transitions of colors in the sky, the quiet watchfulness of deer and of birds, the flow of time and seasons…these are where I often look for refuge. My hope…

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