من چه سبزم امروز
و چه اندازه تنم هوشيار است
نكند اندوهي، سر رسد از پس كوه
زندگي خالي نيست
مهرباني هست، سيب هست، ايمان هست
آري
تا شقايق هست، زندگي بايد كرد

How alive I am,
How green like the garden.
So what if sadness creeps down the mountain slopes?
Life is not barren, but filled
with kindness, apples, faith.
and yes, as long as there are poppies living, we will live too.

— Sohrab Sepehri, “Golestan”

I really miss posting here

Lake of Tears (Ilya Glazunov, 1988)

Christ on the Mount of Olives,
Paul Gauguin (1889)

The Penitent Magdalene (1640) by Georges de La Tour

Two Figures, 1914- Man Ray

Nikolaus Gerhaert, Madonna and Child (Dangolsheim Madonna), Strasbourg c. 1460/1465; walnutwood, remains of original colours.