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Category Archives: Beauty
Delivering Agony, in Soft, Sweet words
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…my efforts seem to be suffering same fate, ‘w/o’ words from my publisher.
P.S. Shall Not be going for job at pencil factories, though.
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Carl made me Smile Again!
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Had been feeling glum; and then You have Carl!
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A Superb Quote, post and thoughts
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“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder”
From: https://jenniefitzkee.com/2022/05/13/colors-of-the-day-flowering-tree-moonrise-sunset/
Actually Lost the above link; the page had suddenly closed. Found her page after some effort, and found the link after a LOT of scrolling. Had a hard time passing them by. YOU WOULD FIND HER SITE INTERESTING. 🙂
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Kids
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Liked this very much.
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Sweet Nothings!
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Something I liked
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Read, read, read!
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From dear Paticia’s posts.
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BOWLing by Our Patricia!
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Makes us come alive; but the old dear Surely needs some sleep!
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L’Annunciata
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Responded to Dear Luisa. But it was long enough for me to convert it to a Reblog with those words.
‘My Dear Luisa, like Most of those I know, for me a painting is a picture. All I have seen about them was Pretty, or not! Thus Your analysis of this painting is a lesson for me. Thank You for this!
On the other hand, the thought of the Annunciation brings to my mind Many thoughts, particularly about Free Will!
Why did Gabriel approach Our Lady for this? But wait, Did he? …Had he approached Only this particular Lady in History? Then Her ‘Fiat’ need not have been so celebrated. That it is, proves that the Invitation had been sent to more than One, that Being the Mother of Christ was Not forced upon Mary!’***
Today, 25 March, nine months before Christmas, the Christian Church celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day), which commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he informed her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Annunciation has been one of the most frequent subjects of Christian art and a lot of works on the subject were made by great artists such as Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo Lotto, Caravaggio, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Jan van Eyck, and Murillo or the frescos of Giotto or Domenico Ghirlandaio among others.
L’Annunciata –The Virgin Annunciate, by Antonello da Messina (1430 – 1479) is an oil painting probably made around 1476 and housed in Palermo.
This unusually simple depiction of Mary is a bit enigmatic and truly innovative breaking up the traditional composition of the Annunciation scene.
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