the delicate melody of nature in winter

Eva Kosmos, 'Away from the Herd'

Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer. ~Søren Kierkegaard

Write me of hope and love, and hearts that endured. ~Emily Dickinson Jamie Heiden.

wie schön dieses Leben doch ist.

“Ah, but we die to each other daily. What we know of other people Is only our memory of the moments During which we knew them. . . . . . . We must also remember That at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.” (T. S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party)

Rolf Mellström (Swedish, 1896-1953), Hare in a winter landscape, 1919. Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm.

“That the past and the future may become contemporary within a being—this is the possibility that reading books offers.” — Pascal Quignard, Petits traités II

the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness — mary oliver

Agustín Lhardy (1847–1918) — A Forest in Spain, 1887.

"Nuestro problema como sociedad es que no conversamos. No conversamos porque tenemos ideologías, estamos aferrados a cierto modo de pensar y no reflexionamos". Humberto Maturana 📷Tom Roeleveld

Been a bit misty here on one of the few dry days. The rain has been relentless this season.

of course she was always melancholy she was a feel you girl in a see you world

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) — The Wrath of the Seas, 1886.

The Norse goddess,Frigg is known as wise, knowing the future, but rarely speaking of it. The heron is a bird sacred to her, that walks silently in still waters and is known for its quiet nature. This mirrors Frigg's discretion and ability to keep secrets. Art my own. #ArtAdventCalendar #NorseMyths

I am obscure to myself. I let myself happen. I unfold only in the now. I am rudely alive. ~Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

Manuel Garcia y Rodriguez (1863-1925) — A River Landscape with Seville Beyond, 1912.

Hervé Guibert, 1980

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish, 1860-1939). Winter Landscape with Bullfinches, 1891. OIl on canvas. #BrunoLiljefors #art #painting #oilpainting #winter #snow #birds #bullfinches #Swedishartist

Parker Pfister

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Trees, Fog, and Light. Bay Area Ridge Trail, Samuel P. Taylor State Park, California.

On December the third the wind changed overnight and it was winter…🐦‍⬛ 🪶 Daphne du Maurier, The Birds (1952) 📸 Hein Gorny, Flock of Birds (1930s)

Luís Leite, Portugal

It becomes no easier the further one gets in life. But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life’s fight (one matures in the storm). Vincent van Gogh, a letter to his brother Theo, 30 October 1877.

Willard Metcalf (1858–1925) — Cornish Hills, 1911.

"The type of moral failing that we most fear and hate, that fills us with the greatest horror, is invariably the one into which we fall, when we do not seek the source of the good in the place where it dwells." Simone Weil "Is There a Marxist Doctrine?" (1943) [tr: Arthur Wills, John Petrie]

"I'm not a human, I am a dove I'm your conscience, I am love" 🎶

the birds write to the sky... yet never leave a mark i dedicate myself to their softness

few experience the voice of a bird as fragrance or the scent of a flower as song. the senses make us who we are... no less real, no more right or wrong

You don’t want to hear the story of my life, & anyway I don’t want to tell it, I want to listen to the enormous waterfalls of the sun. And anyway it’s the same old story - a few people just trying, one way or another, to survive. Mostly, I want to be kind... ~ Mary Oliver #Art, Kawase Hasui

'Wish I had a river' by contemporary printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt

"The peace of winter stars seemed permanent." (Toni Morrison) 🎨 laurxy #wintersky

the things i feel and see aren't imaginary but mostly invisible to others, yet they're the very essence of my being... is it any wonder that my survival depends upon art?

Only shadows between

📷 Josephine Cardin

no sign of their paths through the air from ancient times birds know the paths of birds -Mary Oppen

#Dorset #countryside #England

Albert Edelfelt (1854–1905)