of himself

“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” — Nina Simone

Tree of Life from Palace of Shaki Khans, Azerbaijan 

“I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.” — Audre Lorde

Rite of spring costume designs by Nikolai Roerich

Richard Avedon     Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company with Frederick Ashton as the Wicked Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, New York City       1949

A refugee tent embroidered with the names of the 418 Palestinian villages.

Cristobal de Acosta, 1585

Detail

Four yellow irises.  Nature’s garden. 1900. Cover art. 

Yva, Dancer, 1933

The fables of Æsopby - illustrated by Richard Heighway - 1922 - via Internet Archive

Illustration from The girl who sat by the ashes - Padraic Colum - 1919 - via Internet Archive

Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos  -   Los Elotes (Corns)     [oil on canvas, 1954]

The fern paradise: a plea for the culture of ferns - Francis George Heath - 1908 - via Internet Archive