sour as honey and sweet as salt

Art and Literature Sanctuary: A Refuge / Side blog: zamfirazeama Avatar: “In Spite of Everything, Spring” – Jacqueline Lamba

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Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (Dutch–Belgian, 1821–1909), "Study of Eleven Cats" (details), 1904

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Andreas Achenbach (German, 1815–1910), "Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast" (details V), 1837. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

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Abraham Mignon (Dutch, 1640–1679), "Flowers and Tiny Creatures – Vanitas" (detail)

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Kim Daehyun (a.k.a Moonassi), "Water Gazing III", 2025

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Carl Julius Emil Olsen (Danish, 1818–1878), "A Danish Naval Ship In Rough Weather" (details), 1863

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"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

† Matthew 5:8 KJV †

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Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (German, 1851–1913), "Seagull in Reeds" (detail), 1899

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Andreas Achenbach (German, 1815–1910), "Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast" (details IV), 1837. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

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Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904), "Two Ruby Throats By Their Nest", 1862–63

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by Otto Eerelman

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"And I survived all the snakes, but a butterfly killed me."

Anonymous

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Albert Bierstadt (German–American, 1830–1902), "Rocky Mountain Landscape", 1870

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"nothing but magpies in the courtyard chattering through spring sorrow"

a line from Yu Xuanji's poem Late Spring Improvisation

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Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60cm

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Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish, 1863–1923), "Strolling along the Seashore" (details), 1909

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Ustād Manṣūr (India, Mughal period, fl. ca. 1590–1624), "Pigeons around a Dovecote"

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"You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there's no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of man's nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, of the whole human life including reason and all the impulses."

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, 1864