Thursday, June 29, 2006

She Walks In Beauty



She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Wich heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet elocuent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
-Lord Byron

Camina bella, como la noche
De climas despejados y cielos estrellados;
Y todo lo mejor de la oscuridad y de la luz
Se reune en su aspecto y en sus ojos:
Enriquecida así por esa tierna luz
Que el cielo niega al vulgar día.

Una sombra de más, un rayo de menos,
Habría mermado la gracia sin nombre
Que se agita en cada trenza de negro brillo,
O ilumina suavemente su rostro;
Donde pensamientos serenamente dulces expresan
Cuán pura, cuán adorable es su morada.

Y en esa mejilla, y sobre esa frente,
Son tan suaves, tan tranquilas, y a la vez elocuentes,
Las sonrisas que vencen, los tintes que brillan,
Y hablan de días vividos en bondad,
Una mente en paz con todo,
¡Un corazón cuyo amor es inocente!
-Lord Byron

Thursday, June 22, 2006

I like your silence, it the more shows off your wonder. -William Shakespeare

Submit, 1998
oil on linen

Friday, June 09, 2006

There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.-Johhny Depp in Don Juan de Marco (1995).


luhring design

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Such as we are made of, such we be. -William Shakespeare

Thursday, June 01, 2006

To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. -Brandi Snyder

Sorry for not posting for such a long time. My grandfather passed away last weekend and there were lots of things to do. He was a great man, probably not a very devoted husband but extraordinary anyway. He gave me my name; he gave me a large part of my cultural heritage. I gave him my love and many times he became my world. Requiescat in pace.