The amazing Sonnet 83 by William Shakespeare original & modern text

"But there you are, you are alive, and you open your eyes, and here is another day, another step, as it were, on your journey to an unknown place." #AgathaChristie 📷 Black Forest, July 2023 Music: Allen Levi, "Everything is a fingerprint" (tap)

“I am the breeze that nurtures all things green…. I am the rain coming from the dew that causes the grasses to laugh with the joy of life …. I am the yearning for the good.” Meditations with Hildegard My painting Untitled

. Longing speaks in scarlet hues in the morning stillness when it’s just me and birdsong. . Art by misskittinn

. “Very few of us are what we seem.” ― Agatha Christie . Ladislav Sitenský .

Today's Poetry Thread: CHILDHOOD Today's poem is from Louise Glück's ARARAT (Ecco, 1990). Feel free to add poems that hold the wounds & wonders of childhood.

Intertidal — Reference photo, value sketch, 11x17” final watercolor #WinslowPark #visitfreeportmaine #watercolorpainting #daviddpearce #ddpearcefineart #seascape #Maineart #originalart #contemporaryart daviddpearce.com

Now out! Plato on Love. ‘What is love?’ is the question posed by Plato’s Symposium. Is it “finding your other half?” Or something much more profound and mysterious… shows.acast.com/6666bdd17f00f6…

I can't stop listening to this awesome performance of Bach, it is absolutely amazing!!!👏👏💖💖 🎹🌷𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟒 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐖𝐕 𝟏𝟎𝟔𝟓 𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨

“The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.” ― William Blake . Full Moon Yajuro Takashima, 1963

Shapes, color, moods. Just wondering. (tap)

Celui qui a vu son ombre est plus grand que celui qui a vu les anges. Celui qui a touché ses abimes et qui a pourtant choisi la vie met le monde debout. - Christiane Singer N'oublie pas les chevaux écumants du passé . . . #SuperMoonEclipse #9thFullMoon2025 . 📷by me

A peaceful afternoon in the Children’s Garden at the Conservatory! #GardenGrewPeas

Odysseus - From my #sketchbooks #watercolor #ancientgreece #bookmark #daviddpearce #ddpearcefineart

Did you know the English word hypocrite derived from the ancient Greek hupokrités? Meaning "an actor" or "answerer" for in the same way that an actor speaks behind a mask so the hypocrite masks his true nature.

Abstract work by Marc Cuypers 50x70 (1983). Oceaan 🇧🇪

"Every morning, the rising Sun invites and inspires us to begin again." ☀️ — Debasish Mridha Roger Salucci art 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦