“Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Underwater #sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor.
Nicolas Robert
@robertsnickc.bsky.social
Writer & translator. Art, music, the natural world, the state of the world. "So the paradox is, it's much easier to imagine the end of all life on earth than a much more modest radical change in capitalism.“ ~ Slavoj Žižek
“Thoughts pass in my mind like flocks of ducks in the sky. I hear the voice of their wings.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) #Photography by Thomas Mangelsen.
So few grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. The world asks of us only the strength we have and we give it. Then it asks more, and we give it. ~ ‘The Weighing,’ Jane Hirshfield (1953) #Sculpture by Ugo Rondinone.
Head of Jupiter with a metal head-attribute, probably used to affix decorations (e.g. flowers). #Sculpture [3rd century]. Found near Pfaffenberg, Germany #art
“All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.” ~ Kabir (15th century) #Photography, Finnish Water Forum.
“It is possible that there exist human emanations which are still unknown to us. Do you remember how electrical currents and ‘unseen waves’ were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy.” ~ Albert Einstein (1879-1955) #Photography by Francis Edgar Williams, 1937.
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” ~ Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) #Painting by John Singer Sargent, c. 1886.
“I enter the world called real as one enter a mist.” ~ Julien Green (1900-1998) #Painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1836-1893.
‘Lamentation of the Dead Christ of Nicholas Ark,’ in the church of Santa Maria Della Vita in #Bologna. #Sculpture by Niccolò dell'Arca (15th century) #art
