Tag: 19th-Century

• Deep Waters by Lilias Trotter

  

  Art as faith. Faith as art. “‘I am come into deep waters’ took on a new meaning this morning.  It started with perplexing matters concerning the future.  Then it dawned that shallow waters were a place where you can neither sink nor swim, but in deep waters it is one or the other:  ‘waters to…

  forestpunk

  June 23, 2023

  19th-Century Paintings, Art, Painting, Painting of the Week

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• Two Poems About Sunsets

  

  Two great poets use the liminal language of twilight to express transition, longing, passion, memory, and grief. Sunset Photo by Rose White//@AnkhRising8 Twilight is a time of transitions; no longer daytime, not quite night. Everyday objects go soft around the edges, taking on a mythic, magic edge as shadows lengthen, deepen. Songbirds seem to hold…

  forestpunk

  May 25, 2023

  Poetry, Writing

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