How many times have you sat at your desk and tried to focus on a task, only to find that your mind is wandering? Despite your best intentions, you just can't concentrate. We've all been in

“We all have a tree inside us. Finding it is just a matter of time.” ― Sahar Delijani    Some beautiful and long-lasting trees bear purple flowers each spring. Flowering cherries and redbuds

“It is within the boundaries of reflection we are able to become aware of insights that can lead us to understanding.” ― Kat Lahr Title: Life in Reflections from Canal Genre: Semi Abstract Style:

“Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.” ― Pablo Picasso    Usually I am able to write a piece on my painting

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” ― Vincent Van Gogh “There were once two lovers who were not afraid of the dark because the dark was full of the other's

“The stones here speak to me, and I know their mute language. Also, they seem deeply to feel what I think. So a broken column of the old Roman times, an old tower of Lombardy, a weather-beaten Gothic piece

Take up your dust and build yourself a frame, A rampart firm in which you can reside. Within your frame there beats a feeling heart, A stream that gushes from the mountainside. A spent scent in a garden:

Being a painter has its charms, one of them being that one can always be openly expressive about the provocative social issues. The level of abuse transgenders face is embarrassing. While

In our youth, we thought that anything was possible, that we could soar with the eagles and dance with the sprites. Yet as we all get older we establish our own personal cage of limitations

The greatest and most important adventure of our lives is discovering who we really are. Yet, so many of us walk around either not really knowing or listening to an awful inner critic that

“I guess when you’re young, you just believe there’ll be many people with whom you’ll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.”   If you are a traveler, if there

Sometimes, one needs to find inspiration beyond walls and stories. Nature has the tendency to impact our lives and experiences of this world. Flowers make people better and happier, they are

What do you think the major differentiating factor between a city life and a village life that makes you choose between the two of them? Looking forward to your comments. In the meanwhile,

"And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you."

Since age the age of 15, I have moved to many places meaning more schools, friends, hobbies and in that mess, my love affair with the paint got sidelined. Many years later, when I moved to

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour.”- Giotto di Bondone   Life is a journey and what better way to describe it other than the painting. Both life and a painting are hard to explain,

Hi Steemit Community!  My name is Nadiya Harris and I am new to this lovely community. I must admit, writing has never been my strong suit.  I like to express myself with pictures instead and