Through the Flowers to the Sea by Jenny Aitken. Oil on panel.

If love is a hymn, then you are its truest note…

all you have to give is this and all I have to give is infinite so if it is all that seems to come then simply hum and I will cover for the rest of the rhythm and sing the melody making sure we become the music we are meant to be

many speak of the path yet few truly walk upon it but I can tell from your footprints the softness you lived

Distance softens the noise until truth can be heard. Nothing is shaped by pressure. What lingers does so freely, guided by its own knowing…

My heart walks beside you, carrying your name through the quiet spaces, loving you in the pauses, loving you in the silence, loving you where my arms cannot reach…

Oskar Bergman (1879 - 1963) Sunset,

i’m still trying, still loving, still hoping, still fighting, still believing in everything. and i always will. always and always.

we paint with the colours we are dealt

An 8”x10” painting of Lake Mead. One of the coolest places to dry camp with an RV. Amazing sunsets.

when the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself. -p.m mark carney

the thing about the quiet ones is when they love you it's forever but you may never know

𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀

Quiet on the skin outer silence wraps with care the internal noise #WeirdMicro #OuterSilence #haiku #writing #writingcommunity #micropoetry

"If you are at peace, you are living in the present." ~ Lao Tzu Good evening! I hope that you are feeling as fine as frog hair split 3 ways. Rest well, and we'll do it again tomorrow my friends. Sweet dreams ❤️ [Beaver Trail, Elijah Bristow State Park, Dexter, Oregon]

#vss365 #grief grief and gratitude seep out from the seam between moments the #stoop sighs beneath me, both burdened and blessed its stone heart pulsing faintly with the weight of loss and love

At sunset, when the sky softens into gold, we unmoor our spirit from the weight of the day, trusting the quiet rhythm of nature to guide us back to what truly endures✨ #Nature #Sky #Clouds #Sunset #Photography #Skyphotography #Naturephotography #Naturelovers #vss365 #unmoor #Thoughts #Naturewisdom

Life chapters. So many personal memories on this beach.

When the old me died a new version appeared— you came to meet her on the shore, arriving on a wave that roared as I sprang from the foamy sea your eyes locked on to me in that moment magic occurred— an intertwining of you & I like the mingling of sun & sky now I flow in you & you shine upon me.

Goodnight. Winter Scene in Moonlight, Henry Farrer, 1869.

We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.

Bring your colors, brighten the day, and create a story worth telling… #BloomOnPurpose #photography #nature #ArtInNature

Reset #Photography #Seascape #Sunset

Clouds at Casuarina

#vss365 I once knew a woman who collected drizzle in jars she said every drop holds history these jars filled her apartment to overflowing I once asked her what she did when she needed room to breathe she smiled, tipped one over, and said, “I let go of the past.“

#vss365 I stand at the edge of the sea, and listen the sea #murmurs its syllables again and again, without end I learn them by heart until my heart too is tidal, steady and full of return

only in absolute silence you can truly listen and feel

🖼️ Fiona Watson

Gustave Doré - The Angels and the Serpent

Only three speakers have ever received standing ovations at Davos: Nelson Mandela Volodymyr Zelenskyy Mark Carney ~ Martyn Turner #Photography, Mandela in his Robben Island Cell, 1994.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚜.. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍— 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖, 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍: 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜. #MadeRadiant #Stellar #SkyPhotography

“The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.” ~ Plotinus (204 - 274) #Painting, ‘Praying hands,’ Albrecht Dürer, 1508.

I would much rather drown in a scrap of hope for tomorrow than momentarily swim in an illusion for today. ~A. Marie

But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are.

#vss365 sometimes, the universe tilts to hear itself better that #wonky angle of being is where listening begins - where understanding begins tilt

#vss365 The world has a surface glitter, and beneath it, a #murmur. It persists - like heartbeat, like prayer, like an ember hidden in ash. One must bend close to hear it. It tells us: neither change nor loss are doom. The murmur beneath this turning world is hope, persistence, continuance.

Half moon goddess —Amy Judd

Nature's artwork Wintry shades...

Come home to yourself Rest The world can wait…

Release —Steven DaLuz

Clarity is love’s kindness…

It's not about finding someone who loves you; it's about finding someone who inspires you to love yourself. ~ unknown

𝗷𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄 𝟲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵

Ice crystal glamour 🩶🤍 #Abstractia #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp

“What can poor mortals say about clouds?” ― John Muir

'Flowers' par Robert Mapplethorpe #photographie #RobertMapplethorpe

© Robert Mapplethorpe

Cressida Campbell

Hannes Caspar