Contemplation
April 9, 2018
“The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.” — Plato * * * Pelican at rest — Watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor © 2018 Click here to see more of Mary’s wildlife paintings and pet portraits.
Tag: contemplation
Hidden Beauty
January 11, 2018
JGGFF “Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.” — David Hume * * * Plain and Simple Beauty — Photo by Mary O’Connor
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth
February 25, 2016
find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson * * * Deep in thought. Iguana photo by Andrew, seven years old.
“Rare is the union of beauty and purity.”
May 18, 2015
“That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” — Edgar Alan Poe “A pure heart is superlatively rare and even more attractive.” — Unknown * * * Magnolia blossom photos by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“That pleasure which is at once the most pure,
January 8, 2015
the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” – Edgar Allan Poe * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Landscape photography can be a form of contemplation and meditation. — Charlie Waite
October 31, 2013
Using forces of wind, rain, sun and decay, Mother Nature signed this place as sacred. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
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