#the leaf and the cloud

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

(painting by Edward Robert Hughes, 1851-1914.)

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If you are in the garden, I will dress myself in leaves. If you are in the sea I will slide into that smooth blue nest, I will talk fish, I will adore salt. But if you are sad, I will not dress myself in desolation. I will present myself with all the laughter I can muster. And if you are angry I will come, calm and steady, with some small and easy story.

Promises, promises, promises! The tongue jabbers, the heart strives, fails, strives again. The world is perfect. Love, however, is an opera, a history, a long walk, that includes falling and rising, falling and rising, while the heart stays as sweet as a peach, as radiant and grateful as the deep leaved hills. 

-- Mary Oliver. section 7 of "Rhapsody," in The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem.

(Sherry Baker)

[warpspeedch1c]

Mary Oliver, From The Book Of Time (The Leaf and the Cloud, 2000)

[abellinthecupboard]

— “Flare”, Mary Oliver, The Leaf and the Cloud (2000)

[slowtides]

Mary Oliver, from "The Leaf and the Cloud"

[emh-photos-art]

Photo set includes three images of trees with a sunrise behind them, a winter landscape, and two brown leaves with snow in the background.

[tracle0]

Final dragon

[wmnylander]

[kojiarakiartworks]

December 2003 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A. 

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[thunderstruck9]

Deborah Poynton (South African, 1970), Leaves, 2019. Oil on board, 24 x 30 cm.

[thekingsavatar-fan]

New merchandise: in-game avatars in traditional outfits (Wushuang style)

taobao/tmall links: [badges] [tapestries] [standees] [signature boards] [3d picture frames]

sourced: @swankitty

[dhruvchahal]

[dark-elf-writes]

The sudden overwhelming urge to write a Turk Cloud fic where the vibe is essentially:

Cloud: You told me to pick my battles

Tseng: Yes and now I’m telling you to pick less.

[firstlawcedarprairie]

A red feaf

[abellinthecupboard]

— excerpt from “Work”, by Mary Oliver, from The Leaf and the Cloud (2000)

[thistransient]

Southeast Taiwan from the train

[coquettejohnny]

photo of the sunset i took today ^_^