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things beautiful feeds posts comments archive for the literature category reawaken posted in autumn literature paintings on november 21 2014 1 comment we must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake not by mechanical aids but by an infinite expectation of the dawn which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep i know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour it is something to be able to paint a particular picture or to carve a statue and so to make a few objects beautiful but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look which morally we can do to affect the quality of the day that is the highest of arts henry david thoreau walden william merritt chase 1893 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post painted leaves posted in autumn literature photography on october 16 2014 7 comments inspired by thoreau s autumnal tints his classic essay on the colors of fall i collected a variety of leaves from my neighborhood and photographed them at their peak how i adore their imperfections and curled up corners at the outset i was determined to capture the most colorful and unblemished leaves but as my work progressed i discovered they all had some sort of unique flaw maybe it was a hole or an uneven edge in any case these flaws are what made them beautiful may we all be inspired by life s perfect imperfections october is the month for painted leaves their rich glow now flashes round the world as fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall so the year near its setting october is the sunset sky november the later twilight an excerpt from autumnal tints by henry david thoreau photography by danielle boudrot for a thoughtful eye share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post the music of the cow posted in literature photography summer tagged concord henry david thoreau nature photography summer walden on june 5 2013 4 comments yesterday while en route to concord a large black bull caught my eye he was just one of the many cows and bulls grazing or reclining in the warm afternoon sun what a picturesque sight to behold at evening the distant lowing of some cow in the horizon beyond the woods sounded sweet and melodious and at first i would mistake it for the voices of certain minstrels by whom i was sometimes serenaded who might be straying over hill and dale but soon i was not unpleasantly disappointed when it was prolonged into the cheap and natural music of the cow i do not mean to be satirical but to express my appreciation of those youths singing when i state that i perceived clearly that it was akin to the music of the cow and they were at length one articulation of nature henry david thoreau excerpt from walden chapter four titled sounds photography by danielle boudrot for a thoughtful eye share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post spring cleaning posted in literature paintings spring tagged art henry david thoreau nature paul cezanne walden on may 17 2013 7 comments for a few mornings now i ve been serenaded by the sweet sound of baby robins their masterful nest sits just outside my bedroom window atop a sturdy old branch in the magnolia tree what a priceless gift to be given this miraculous event has inspired me to re read the one and only walden by henry david thoreau as i slowly savor his words filled with infinite wisdom and unparalleled insights i find myself sharing my new found discovery with him a timeless companion if you will elevating my experience with his ever present eyes and ears it is with his voice in the forefront of my mind that i d like to share with you one of my favorite excerpts from walden it s quite possibly the most profound description of spring cleaning and outdoor living i ve ever come across wishing you a wonderful spring weekend housework was a pleasant pastime when my floor was dirty i rose early and setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass bed and bedstead making but one budget dashed water on the floor and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white and by the time the villagers had broken their fast the morning sun had dried my house sufficiently to allow me to move in again and my meditations were almost uninterrupted it was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass making a little pile like a gypsy s pack and my three legged table from which i did not remove the books and pen and ink standing amid the pines and hickories they seemed glad to get out themselves and as if unwilling to be brought in i was sometimes tempted to stretch an awning over them and take my seat there it was worth the while to see the sun shine on these things and hear the free wind blow on them so much more interesting most familiar objects look out of doors than in the house a bird sits on the next bough life everlasting grows under the table and the blackberry vines run round its legs pine cones chestnut burs and strawberry leaves are strewn about it looked as if this was the way these forms came to be transferred to our furniture to tables chairs and bedsteads because they once stood in their midst henry david thoreau excerpt from walden top in the woods by paul cezanne 1900 bottom in the woods by paul cezanne 1898 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post a spring day posted in gauguin literature paintings spring wolf kahn tagged claude monet henry david thoreau isaac levitan john henry twachtman pablo picasso paul cezanne paul gauguin perle fine pierre auguste renoir vincent van gogh wolf kahn on april 8 2013 7 comments henry david thoreau 1855 april 15 9 a m to atkin s boat house no sun till setting another still moist overcast day without sun but all day a crescent of light as if breaking away in the north the waters smooth and full of reflections a still cloudy day like this is perhaps the best to be on the water to the clouds perhaps we owe both the stillness and the reflections for the light is in great measure reflected from the water robins sing now at 10 a m as in the morning and the phoebe and pigeon woodpecker s cackle is heard and many martins with white bellied swallows are skimming and twittering above the water perhaps catching the small fuzzy gnats with which the air is filled the sounds of church bells at various distances in concord and the neighboring towns sounds very sweet to us on the water this still day it is the song of the villages heard with the song of the birds three trees in spring claude monet 1891 spring pablo picasso 1956 the cascade in spring john henry twachtman 1890 1899 pasture in bloom vincent van gogh 1887 the first flowers paul gauguin 1888 cool series no 80 impatient spring perle fine 1963 spring at catou pierre auguste renoir 1872 1873 melikhovo at spring isaac levitan dark and deep wolf kahn trees by the water paul cezanne 1900 lake spring isaac levitan 1898 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post autumn s wand posted in autumn gauguin literature paintings on october 5 2012 3 comments wishing you a blissful autumn weekend take time to enjoy the beauty and bounty of the season by the sixth of october the leaves generally begin to fall in successive showers after frost or rain but the principal leaf harvest the acme of the fall is commonly about the sixteenth some morning at that date there is perhaps a harder frost than we have seen and ice formed under the pump and now when the morning wind rises the leaves come down in denser showers than ever they suddenly form thick beds or carpets on the ground in this gentle air or even without wind just the size and form of the tree above some trees as small hickories appear to have dropped their leaves instantaneously as a soldier grounds arms at a signal and those of the hickory being bright yellow still though withered reflect a blaze of light from the ground where they lie down they have come on all sides at the first earnest touch of autumn s wand making a sound like rain henry david thoreau 1862 returning from the harvest paul gauguin 1884 lane at alchamps arles paul gauguin 1888 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post the beauty of rain posted in literature photography on september 28 2012 5 comments wishing you a cozy autumnal weekend but the true lover of rain has a deep inner enjoyment of the rain as rain and his sense of its beauty drinks it in as thirstily as does the drinking earth it refreshes and cools his heart and brain he longs to go forth into the fields to feel its steady stream to scent its fragrance to stand under some heavy foilaged chestnut tree and hear the rushing music on the crowded leaves john richard vernon the beauty of rain 1863 and at last it comes you hear a patter you see a leaf here and there bob and blink about you you feel a spot on your face on your hand and then the gracious rain comes gathering its forces steady close abundant lean out of window and watch and listen how delicious the verandah beneath losing its scattered spots in a sheet of luminous wet and never pausing the close heavy soft rushing noise john richard vernon the beauty of rain 1863 the crisp drenching rustle from the dry foliage of the perceptibly grateful trees the little plants in speechless ecstasy receiving cupful after cupful into the outspread leaves that silently empty their gracious load time after time into the still expecting roots and open their hands still for more john richard vernon the beauty of rain 1863 photography by danielle boudrot for a thoughtful eye share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post autumnal tints posted in autumn literature wolf kahn on september 22 2012 2 comments wishing you a happy weekend how beautiful when a whole tree is like one great scarlet fruit full of ripe juices every leaf from lowest limb to topmost spire all aglow especially if you look toward the sun what more remarkable object can there be in the landscape visible for miles too fair to be believed if such a phenomenon occurred but once it would be handed down by tradition to posterity and get into the mythology at last henry david thoreau long barn wolf kahn 2010 2011 last glow wolf kahn 2011 green orange and gray wolf kahn 1997 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post a curious darkening of the sky posted in ferdinand hodler literature paintings summer on august 13 2012 3 comments yesterday s summer rain recalled a favorite chapter from e b white s one man s meat his poetic telling of an afternoon thunderstorm at the lake is a timeless summer story ripe with imagery and childhood memories hope this brightens your monday afternoon one afternoon while we were there at that lake a thunderstorm came up it was like the revival of an old melodrama that i had seen long ago with childish awe the second act climax of the drama of the electrical disturbance over a lake in america had not changed in any important respect this was the big scene still the big scene the whole thing was so familiar the first feeling of oppression and heat and a general air around camp of not wanting to go very far away in midafternoon it was all the same a curious darkening of the sky and a lull in everything that had made life tick and then the way the boats suddenly swung the other way at their moorings with the coming of a breeze out of the new quarter and the premonitory rumble then the kettle drum then the snare then the bass drum and cymbals then crackling light against the dark and the gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills afterward the calm the rain steadily rustling in the calm lake the return of light and hope and spirits and the campers running out in joy and relief to go swimming in the rain their bright cries perpetuating the deathless joke about how they were getting simply drenched and the children screaming with delight at the new sensation of bathing in the rain and the joke about getting drenched linking the generations in a strong indestructible chain and the comedian who waded in carrying an umbrella an excerpt from e b white s one man s meat 1938 1 landscape at caux with increasing clouds ferdinand hodler 1917 2 thun stockhornkette in clouds ferdinand hodler 1912 3 lake thun ferdinand hodler 1884 share this blog share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email more print opens in new window print like loading read full post a brilliant cheerful yellow posted in color literature paintings summer wolf kahn on july 25 2012 2 comments gently sloping 2010 pastel on paper wolf kahn again i sit on the brow of the orchard and look northwest down the river valley at mid afternoon there flows or rests the calm blue winding river lake like with 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