Love thou art best of Human Joys

Love, thou art best of Human Joys,
Our chiefest Happiness below;
All other Pleasures are but Toys,
Musick without Thee is but Noise,
And Beauty but an empty show.

Heav’n , who knew best what Man wou’d move,
And raise his Thoughts above the Brute;
Said, Let him Be, and Let him Love;
That must alone his Soul improve,
Howe’er Philosophers dispute. 

A Song by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

Details:

Eyes: Avi-Glam: Elf, Green
Hair: Exxess: Margarita
Necklace: Lorien: To be continued, Broken Heart Fair
Dress: Broken Style: Nora, special valentine, Broken Heart Fair
Skin: Plastik: Constus UNI, Caramel, Tarus, last FLF
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara
Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Three, old We<3RP
Windlight: Sailor's Delight

Also recommending:

Kultivate Spring 17 Fashion Event Feb. 11-26, 2017

(Feed A Smile /  Live and Learn in Kenya )
The Rose Hunt

No Warning

Everyone in the room is cheering.
This is what you do for a painting you love!
We climb up on one another’s shoulders,
wave pom-poms that match the palette.
We want to buy the season tickets to the train
that huffs through this landscape. We want
to climb the towers of this steely sculpture
and hang the flag. Victory is ours! We have
seen something to love here. Outside the gallery,
there is an alley full of garbage. Beauty stops
at the door. A scraggly tree is coming out
of the pavement where the people are lined
up, cigarettes and cell phones, waiting
for a chance to look. They keep their
giant fingers in their bags. Wear T-shirts
of their favorite teams of artist assistants.
On the alley wall, someone has drawn
a hillside and a horse. A young man sits
on a crate and peels the glue from under
his nails. He nods. And looks. And soon,
pulls out the chalk and adds a saddle
and a man, who looks back and shouts
as if he has found his enemy again.

How to Judge a Picture by Rebecca Morgan Frank

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Honesty, Luxebox December
Skin: Wow: Persia, omega appliers, Kittycats calendar
Nails: Alaskametro: Gala, Berry, On9
Eyes: Inkheart: Tender, Xmas Gacha Maze gift (Thanks Inkheart!)
Hair: No Match: No Warning
Bag: G&D: Gussie
Skirt: Hilly Haalan, Juline
Top: Ec Cloth: Mara, Cosmo gift
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - One, old We<3RP
Location: Holly Kai Park - hollykaiart.wordpress.com

Artist: Kayly Iali
etsy.com/shop/PaintingsbyMarlene
dailypaintworks.com/Artists/marlene-lee-3458
marleneleeart.com

Windlight: Bree's Appleblossom

Red Balloon Rising

I tied it to your wrist
With a pretty pink bow, torn off
By the first little tug of wind.
I’m sorry.

I jumped to catch it, but not soon enough.
It darted away.

It still looked large and almost within reach.
Like a heart.

Watch, I said.
You squinted your little eyes.

The balloon looked happy, waving
Good-bye.

The sky is very high today, I said.
Red went black, a polka dot,

Then not. We watched it,
Even though we couldn’t

Spot it anymore at all.
Even after that.

Red Balloon Rising by: Laurel Blossom

Details:

Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Vision, dark pack, Oak, Designer Circle
Shoes: N-Core: Kate, Christmas Gift
Necklace: Zenith: Leather Neck Belt, all colors, We<3RP gift
Dress: Dead Dollz: Xmas Delight, The Crossroads Gift
Eyes: Song: Macy, Forest, The Crossroads
Hair: Elikatira: Nadia, Exclusives, FLF (was still there when I last checked)
Nails: Nail Me: Santa Baby, I Heart The Cart
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Four, old We<3RP

Location: Giovanna Cerise's Sky Gallery (I got the idea from the fantastic Ziki Questi)

Windlight: Gwen's Light

You’re all in the white of the snow

From a ways, the sky and your hands
come to my eyes, from some distant part of you;
it’s snowing out, you’re all in the white of the snow
every track in the candor a wound
and the field beyond the window is a body
a glance that becomes a pronouncement,
the heat of breath, your head adrift in sleeplessness;

that’s where it returns, in a word translated into silence
where the sparrows tie loose knots
your palms on your eyes, chest on your knees
forehead in the snow.

by: Pierluigi Cappello (translated by: Todd Portnowitz)

Details:

Skin: Pumec: Anita, January, The Chapter Four gift
Headpiece: E-Motions: Martha, We<3RP gift
Eyes: Astrae: Gaze, Dusk, Frostfell, We<3RP gift
Jewellery: Devious Mind: Snowflake choker and earrings, We<3RP gift
Dress: Tiffany Designs: Ice Mini Dress with Appliers, The Frozen Event
Hair: Tram: F1124
Flats: Breathe: Emmy, The Forest Event
Eyebrows: Alaskametro: Glimmer, KittyCatS gift
Watch: Glint: Womens Snowflake diamond watch

Pose 1: Stardust: Snowy, TCF Gift
Pose 2: An lar: The Pixie Series, Five, TCF

Location: Winterfell Absinthe
Windlight: Fairy dark blue Paulina

Time and Space

Details:

Hair: DP yumyum: Barberyumyum 51, brown, Fifty Linden Fridays

Skin: Belleza: Rila Catwa Applier, FLF
Dress: Valentina E.: Babydoll, Black RARE, gacha, Whimsical
Sleeves: Valentina E.: Babydoll, Sleeves, Black Stripe

Shoes: Fri: Laurie Platforms, Coal, C88

Eyes: Song: Cardi, Sky Eye, Kustom9

Scarf: Petite Mort: Cable knit scarf, Sad November
Nails: Livia: Oval Desire, old hunt (they are still available for low price)

Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Two, We<3RP
Location: Cool Rush

Windlight: Tor-Sunrise-Defenderz1

Speak the word that sets me free

Laden Autumn here I stand
Worn of heart, and weak of hand:
Nought but rest seems good to me,
Speak the word that sets me free.

- William Morris

Details:

Eyes: Inkheart: Insipya, Sand, Dirty Little Secret Hunt 7 (Thanks InkHeart!)
Dress: Purple Moon: Agnes, black, Designer Showcase (I really love this dress.)
Hair: Mina: Farah, Light brown, Fameshed
Nails: ZOZ: Lynn Bold Polish, Cosmopolitan
Shoes: ChicChica: Felicity Night, The Crossroads
Accessory: Astralia: Lace Arm Warmers, The Coven
Headband: AvaWay: Cat Ears #1, The Gacha Garden
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara
Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Five, We<3RP

Location: ~Nouvelles Aventures~ (SLurl)

Windlight: Tor: Brilliant Sunrise