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Quotes About Autumn (Part Two)
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile." -William Cullen Bryant "Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." -George Eliot "Autumn is the...
Deep and Mask (Inktober Days #20 and Day #31)
These are my final posts for Inktober. The drawing for "Deep": I drew this last week but didn't get around to posting it. Here is what I was thinking when I chose a water jug for the word "deep". but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never...
What Did Autumn Ask of You? (poem)
What did Autumn ask of you On trails of fallen leaves Where children stomp Adults stroll and winds scatter? What did your eyes seek Among the rust, the gold? You are the rod, the arm, the voice You are honey withdrawn From my soul A foggy, misty morning Is what I...
“Permanent Good” (quote by Octavius Winslow)
There are times when it might be difficult to know what “good” might come out of certain circumstances in our lives, particularly if those circumstances aren’t so “good”. This is a part of the faith walk that I cannot see: I trust (and often must make the choice to...
Autumn Rain (poem by D.H. Lawrence)
Autumn Rain By D. H. Lawrence The plane leaves fall black and wet on the lawn; the cloud sheaves in heaven’s fields set droop and are drawn in falling seeds of rain; the seed of heaven on my face falling — I hear again like echoes even that softly pace heaven’s...
Midnight Blue
"Are you thinking with me / Of the moon at the mountain's edge?"- Izumi Shikibu (Japanese poet) Someone posted this beautiful painting on Twitter the other day, and it reminded me of this post I had begun writing a few weeks ago. * Recently, I found myself...
Graceful (Inktober, Day #14)
Graceful ***
Quotes about Autumn (Part one)
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” -Jim Bishop “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” -J.R.R....
Fierce (Inktober, Day #14)
Well, this is certainly not a face I'd like to run into unexpectedly! I find tigers to be such stunning creatures. I drew this one on 10/14/17... I didn't sign it but should have. I first drew a tiger in the art class I began in elementary school, which met after...
Gigantic (Inktober, Day #10)
For the prompt "gigantic"... ...Atlas and his gargantuan task of holding up the whole world. Thank goodness it's not up to us to hold up the world. Mercy! Can you imagine? Yet, we sometimes do try to carry way too much on our own shoulders, don't we? At least, I've...
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