Priscilla

“Quietude

Nothing visits me;
my heart is quiet.

It was Sunday’s roofed school paths,
- everyone gone to the meadow.

The floorboards have a cold shine,
small birds are singing in the garden.

The half-shut tap’s
droplet blinks!

The earth is rose-coloured, larks in the sky;
the sky is a beautiful April.

Nothing visits me;
my heart is quiet.”
― Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya

“As long as we are in this life, whenever we foolishly turn our attention to those we deem not to be on a spiritual path, our Lord God tenderly touches us and blessedly calls to us, speaking to our souls: Let me be the only object of your attention, my beloved child. Focus on me alone, for I am enough for you. Rejoice in your savior and your salvation.”
― Julian of Norwich, The Showings of Julian of Norwich

“Once your home is ordered, you will feel more satisfied with yourself and at peace with the world. You’ll have more time to nurture yourself and the people you share your life with. Time to relax. Time to express yourself through the arts or to pursue a lifelong dream.”
― Donna Smallin, Unclutter Your Home: 7 Simple Steps, 700 Tips & Ideas

“I want to paint like Berthe Morisot, I don’t mean with her colours or forms or anything physical, but with her simplicity and light. I don’t want to be clever or great or “significant” or given all that clumsy masculine analysis. I want to paint sunlight on children’s faces, or flowers in a hedge or a street after April rain. The essences. Not the things themselves. Swimmings of light on the smallest things. Or am I being sentimental? Depressed. I’m so far from everything. From normality. From light. From what I want to be.”
― John Fowles, The Collector