Art
Some paintings and poetry I find helpful and maybe you will too
By Jane Hirshfield (1953 – )
It Was Like This: You Were Happy
It was like this:
you were happy, then you were sad,
then happy again, then not.
It went on.
You were innocent or you were guilty.
Actions were taken, or not.
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By Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525 - 1569)
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
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By Johannes Vermeer (1657 – 1658)
The Little Street
Here is a nice video on this and the topic of the “Ordinary Life”.
By Izumi Shikibu (c. 976 AD - 1030 AD)
Translated by Jane Hirshfield (1953 – )
Although the wind
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.