Tag Archives: beauty

Nothing Is So Beautiful As Spring

Posted on March 24, 2017 by anyushka

  Nothing is so beautiful as spring— When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings … Continue reading →

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O Salutaris Hostia

Posted on March 9, 2017 by anyushka

Not all that long ago, I discovered the music of Ēriks Ešenvalds – I had never heard his name before. He writes quite a lot of sacred music, and I find that a lot of it gives me a sense of consolation. … Continue reading →

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To Sleep, Perchance To Dream…

Posted on November 22, 2016 by anyushka

I had the most beautiful dream last night. It’s been with me all day, and I still feel as happy thinking of it as I did while I was dreaming. It began with me and my brother being together somewhere, … Continue reading →

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Facing Change with Creativity

Posted on November 20, 2016 by anyushka

Here’s an excellent, wise post, shared via How to face change. — Danny Gregory: I was in Berlin on 11/9. I woke up at 3:30 am, picked up my phone, read the election results, and discovered that the world had … Continue reading →

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Some Things Do Not Change

Posted on November 10, 2016 by anyushka
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Thou Hast Thy Music Too

Posted on November 8, 2016 by anyushka

  To Autumn … Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,    Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless    With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, … Continue reading →

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Delicious Autumn

Posted on November 6, 2016 by anyushka

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of … Continue reading →

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Falling

Posted on November 6, 2016 by anyushka

Fall The leaves are falling, falling as from far, from wilting in the heavens’ distant gardens: They’re falling to deny the summer’s mirth. And in the nights the heavy Earth falls into solitude from star to star. We all are … Continue reading →

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Lord, It Is Time

Posted on November 5, 2016 by anyushka

  Autumn Day Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your long shadows on the sundials, and on the meadows let the winds go free. Command the last fruits to be full; give them just two more southern … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I Feel Beautiful

Posted on October 27, 2016 by anyushka

Tracey Emin, 2000

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