Salt | A poem by Eugenio Montale, 1962-1970
William Merritt Chase, The Old Road to the Sea, 1893 We don’t know if tomorrow has green pasturesin mind for...
Nature
On [:] Consolation | Kate Forster
Henri Rousseau, The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope, 1905 "I think it's a deep consolation to know that...
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods | A poem by Lord Byron, 1812
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The Solitude, 1866 There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There...
Lyrical landscapes | Paintings by Aleksey Savrasov, 1830-1897
Aleksey Savrasov, Winter Landscape, 1890 Aleksey Savrasov, Landscape the village of Volyn, 1887 Aleksey Savrasov, A Moonlit Night on the...
The Lemon Trees | A poem by Eugenio Montale, 1925
Claude Monet, Under the Lemon Trees, 1884 Hear me a moment. Laureate poetsseem to wander among plantsno one knows: boxwood,...
On [:] Abyss | Comtesse de Ségur, 1799-1874
Alexander Koester, The Flowering Meadow, 1915-1920 “We stepped out gaily on a carpet of flowers,little imagining the abyss underneath.” Comtesse...
On [:] Surprise | Voltaire, 1694-1778
Claude Monet, Landscape on île Saint-Martin, 1881 “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once;everything in nature...
On [:] Outing | Lydia Davis, 1997
Helmer Osslund, Winter Landscape with Sunlit Pine, 1898 An outburst of anger near the road, a refusal to speak on...
Persons [ ] A Polish Zoologist / A “witch” who knew how to talk to animals | Simona Kossak, 1943-2007
Photos: Lech Wilczek Simona Kossak (1943–2007) was a Polish scientist, ecologist and environmental activist who dedicated her life to protecting...
Alphabetarion # George Sand, 1804-1876
Thanos Tsingos, Deer with butterfly, 1955 “Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny daywhen Nature was feeling at...