read some poetry, make some art, and occasionally write my own

portrait of a yound woman
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There's a Certain Slant of Light

There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons - That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes - Heavenly Hurt, it gives us - We can find no scar, But internal difference - Where the Meanings, are - — Emily Dickinson

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watercolor painting of a meditating cat
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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

That blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened:—that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And…

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still life paitingin the style of Henri Fantin Latour
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Green

“Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches, Et puis voici mon cœur qui ne bat que pour vous.” Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches and then here is my heart which beats only for you -- Paul Verlaine

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retro photography features a pair of old boots, a moth with huge translucent wings
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Dust and Light

dust and light couldn’t decide to arrive or to depart to recollect or to forsake hovering until nows become forever or a delicate liberation

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