I’ve shared this photo multiple times here on A Small Press Life. I remain unapologetic, though, as it makes me happy.

Sometimes it is nice to return to our favorites. Do you agree?
I’ve shared this photo multiple times here on A Small Press Life. I remain unapologetic, though, as it makes me happy.
Sometimes it is nice to return to our favorites. Do you agree?
Windmill by Piet Mondrian (1917).
Mondrian was born on this day in 1872.
The artist sees the tragic to such a degree that he is compelled to express the non-tragic.
Piet Mondrian
“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”–D.H. Lawrence (11 September 1885-2 March 1930), Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Reading (Portrait of Edma Morisot) by Berthe Morisot (1873).
Berthe Morisot (14 January 1841-2 March 1895).
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”–Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Flora by Rembrandt (1634):
Flora by Rembrandt (1634). Modeled by the artist’s wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh.
I’m really feeling this color palette today, especially the flower crown.
It is snowing here for the second time in three days; definitely not our first snow of the season, then, but this image speaks to me on multiple levels. Our house dates to the time of this painting. I love her beautiful blue dressing gown and the wistful intimacy of the setting. The colors, the composition, the mood that so readily crosses the centuries–all are things that I find very relatable.
First Snow by Robert Koehler (circa 1895)
May her serenity rub off on me.
Train in the Snow by Claude Monet (1875):
Western College for Women Yearbook (1918):
Western College for Women Yearbook (1918)