We do a lot of looking: we look through lenses, telescopes, television tubes… Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less. ~ Frederick Franck (1909-2006) #Photography by Dan Dinu.

‘To Himself’ by Krishnamurti (⁠1895–1986⁠)... #Photography by Matt Ditton.

#Painting by David FeBland (b. 1949) #art

#Painting by Steve Hanks (1949-2015) #art

#Streetart by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada in #Beirut #art

#Sculpture, ‘Young Roman’ by Camille Claudel (1883) & #photography, Camille Claudel at work in her studio (1905) #art

"It's hard to describe the shape of a cloud from inside the cloud." ~ Kaveh Akbar, ‘Martyr!’ #Painting by Ian Fisher.

‘Portrait of a Girl.’ #Painting by Michiel Sweerts (1618-1664) #art

He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music. ~ James Joyce, ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ (1916) #Drawing by Susan Weil, b. 1930.

“The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.” ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022) #Photography by Josephine Sacabo.

‘Portrait of a Boy, the Artist’s Son.’ #Drawing by William Strang (1904) #art

‘Adam.’ #Sculpture by Jean-Louis Chenillon, West facade, Notre Dame (1854) #art

‘Desert,’ ‘Bird’ & ‘Lace Fern.’ #Photography by Sandra Kantanen #art

Everyone stands alone at the heart of the world, pierced by a ray of sunlight, and suddenly it’s evening ~ Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) #Photography via Artemis.

“God dances with the outcast.” ~ Steven James #Art by Nguyễn Minh.

‘Glimpse After Glimpse’ by Sogyal Rinpoche (1947-2019)... Textile #art, Tibet, 15th century.

‘I Am That’ by Nisargadatta (1897-1981)... #Photography by Walter Chappell.

#Streetart by Henry Chram in #Peru #art

#Photography, Medieval library in the Sakya Monastery, Tibet. Built in the 13th century, containing a vast collection of 84,000 secret manuscripts, handwritten in Tibetan, Sanskrit, Chinese and Mongolian, these manuscripts are over 1,000 years old #art #Tibet

‘Somewhere, not here,’ ‘Red fruit’ & ‘In the middle of the night.’ #Painting by Akira Kusaka #art

‘An Old Woman with a Book in her Lap. #Painting by Gabriël Metsu (1661) #art

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‘New York Interior.’ #Painting by Edward Hopper (c. 1921) #art

“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.” ~ Henry Miller (1891-1980) Ceramic #sculpture, 2nd century BC, Han dynasty.

‘Musician.’ #Sculpture, Western Han Dynasty (2nd century BC) #art #China Unearthed from Tuolanshan King of Chu tomb, 1989.

‘Angel.’ #Photography by Wojciech Paliwod #art

“The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in a single, solitary, even humble individual. For it is within the soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, ‘Walden’ (1854) #Painting, RS Bredin.

‘Old woman reading.’ #Painting by Boris Kopylov (1932-1991) #art

#Photography by Chris Friel #art

#Painting by Alex Colville (1920-2013) #art

#Streetart by Ernest Zacharevic in George Town, #Malaysia #art

“It is the Unborn which sees and hears, eats and sleeps.” ~ Bankei Yōtaku (1622-1693) Book cover #art

‘Ara,’ ‘Ice Road’ & ‘Dreamland.’ #Painting by Anne Penman Sweet #art

Funerary Mask, silver alloy #sculpture, #China (c. 900) #art

‘Lipstick on a angel.’ #Photography by Ed Valfre #art

If we but give it time, a work of art ‘can rap and knock and enter our souls’ and re-align us – all our molecules – to make us whole again. ~ P.K. Page (1916-2010) #Painting via Almar Eye.

Less and less is done, ’till only non-action remains. Nothing is done, yet nothing is left undone. ~ Tao Te Ching (4th century BC) #Photography, Rudolf Koppitz, ‘Carinthiac,’ 1930.

‘Fern.’ #Painting by Tania Schmieder #art

‘The Cotton Pickers.’ #Painting by Winslow Homer (1876) #art

"We must never forget that the only real source of power that we as judges can tap is the respect of the people." ~ Thurgood Marshall, on being sworn in as the first African American associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1967) #Painting, Portrait of T. Marshall.

‘Hermes / Mercury.’ #Sculpture by Sir Thomas Charles Wheeler (1892-1974), Temple Place, London #art

The shell of Nautilus pompilius, from a radiograph: to show the equiangular spiral of the shell, together with the arrangement of the internal septa. #Photography from ‘On growth and form’ by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1917).

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.” ~ Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) #Sculpture, Priest Kneeling in Prayer, 18th Dynasty, Egypt, c. 1550–1292 BC.

C. JoyBell C... #Photography by Lola Mitchell.

#Painting by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) #art

#Painting by Michael Carson #art

"For my part, I cope with these & all other things that can befall a man, so long as I have the great blessing of philosophy, which not merely withdraws me from anxiety, but also equips me against all the attacks of Fortune." ~ Cicero (106-43 BC) #Sculpture, 1st century BC, Uffizi, Florence.

‘Never-Ending Weekend.’ #Painting by Tracy Porter #art

‘Le Rhône.’ #Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Tuby, Parterre d’Eau, Château de Versailles (c. 1685) #art

‘Eskimo.’ #Photography by Yukichi Watabe (c. 1961).