Be still….and listen

My recent posts have been noisy and busy, by which I mean full of details and links and information. Today, I made a promise to myself to quiet my loud mind and try, try to be still with my thoughts and my post. (But it’s  hard to restrain myself; so hard…..)  Here goes; be still…….

Beauty in Blue http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_auguste_dominique_ingres_princesse_albert_de_broglie.jpg

I adore the work of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

I adore the work of nature along my garden path.

Blue pathway

Bouquet of Colours

Yellow

Details

Deep Blue

Fresh Green

Heuchera

Ajuga

Spring Pathway of Coralbells and Bugles

And did I mention that I adore the paintings of  Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; the rich fabric, the colours, textures, details, the sweet plumpness of the curves….. every moment my eyes linger on this painting of Madame Moitessier, I discover new delights…

Florals http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dominique_Ingres_-_Mme_Moitessier.jpg

And did I mention that I adore Nature’s Canvas too, with its myriad textures,

Details of Ajuga the Bugleweed

soft folds, jewel-like colours, tiny, ever-surprising details and

Sweet Lily of the Valley

Surprises

Unfolding opulence

Textures

and silken opulence.

Be still…… and listen; do you hear Spring singing in the garden? Can you see the music playing?

Still

“When the chamber of the scarlet-clothed Hours is opened
And the nectareous flowers usher in the fragrant spring,
Then are scattered, then, on the immortal ground
The lovely petals of violets; roses are wound in our hair;
Loudly echo the voices of songs to the flutes,
And choirs step in procession to dark-ribboned Semele.^[69]”

Pindar

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