Rebecca blitz

"I ask you to pass through life at my side--to be my second self, and best earthly companion." Charlotte Bronte Why include words in my art? Because they are beautiful and mean the world to me. And just maybe they'll introduce new people to these authors too. #womensart

‘Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition,’ Adam Zagajewski, A Defence of Ardor: Essays, 2004 Inge Morath, New York, 1957

“Nossa maior tragédia é não saber o que fazer com a vida”. José Saramago, escritor.

"An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn’t accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes." - John Cassavetes With the great Gena Rowlands, of course...

・ Lemon jelly as a replaceable tooth in gray storm. — «Marshmallow treats *5» ・ #ICYMI #Poem #VisualPoetry #Photography

"I won't bring you flowers, but I will hold your hand and lead you to the flowers. I'll give you spring." Pam Brown Photo, net

Às vezes numa pequena coisa pode-se encontrar todas as coisas grandes da vida. Não é preciso explicar muito, basta olhar. Ondjaki

‘But if I didn’t read, I’d think (…), is the most painful thing of all.’ Eric Rohmer - Six moral tales, 1980 Le genou de Claire, 1970

As I gazed blankly at the flowers, I thought to myself that humans really do have their good points. After all, it is humans who discovered the beauty of flowers, and it is humans who love them. - Osamu Dazai -

“The caged bird longs for the old forest. The fish in the pond misses the old depths.” —Tao Yuanming

"In primavera crescevano, nel nostro giardino, molte rose: e come mai crescessero non so, dato che nessuno di noi si sognava mai di annaffiarle, né di potare i rosai; veniva, sì e no una volta all'anno, un giardiniere: e si vede che bastava." Natalia Ginzburg Lessico famigliare

Accepting death is actually something we can all do, and it is life changing. -- Simon Boas, in: A Beginner's Guide to Dying

" L'intelligence du monde m'ennuyait très vite. Je fuyais le gâchis monotone des guerres et de l'argent, et surtout le bavardage qui le redoublait, qui tenait lieu de pensée. " Christian Bobin 📷 Un autre chemin...

Every person you meet knows something you don’t. Stay curious, ask questions, and listen more than you speak. The door to endless learning is humility.

[…] “Stop picking on my new girl!” A man who calls himself Cricket as an owner of the crêperie threatens him over the counter. — «The Ungrateful Crêperie» ・ #ICYMI #ShortFiction #River #Water #Culvert

A soft day full of spring that lifts the heart in flowers beneath a sun that bubbles warmth into the skin and the air sweeps as light as meandering butterflies sparking a smile in the vision that lingers until the breath melts like a kiss and floats joy to green showers. -J.Wool

'Is it not the duty of every person to promote the happiness of others as much as lies in their power?' MARY McNEILL, The Life and Times of Mary Ann McCracken #SundaySentence

"Ne rien prévoir, sinon l'imprévisible. Ne rien attendre, sinon l'inattendu.' Christian Bobin

I always advise people never to give advice.

To discover one Is not as real As one imagined Is, at first, a shock And then, after some time, A liberation.