In the silence

To creep in by candle-light,
When all the world is fast asleep,
Out of the cold winds, out of the night,
Where the nettles wave and the rains weep!...
And light the candle and look round
The old familiar room;
To see the old books upon the wall
And lovingly take one down again...
And, or ever we go, we lift and kiss
Some idle thing that your hands may touch,
Some paper or book that your hands let fall...
To kiss and to cherish it, moaning our pain,
Ere we creep to the silence again.
~Alfred Noyes, "Ghosts"

In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints ... and gods.

STEVEN PINKER

For

Three Muses - Take Fright

&

Haunted Humpday

Poetic Postcards

The Witching Hour

'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.

William Shakespeare

For Sunday Postcard Art - Spooky

Poetic Postcards

In the darkness I found light

“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."

Leonard Cohen

Kaylene invited us to illustrate a quote. I must admit it took me some time to think about something but the word "light" made my mind wander and wander. The result is what you can see above. Hope I could have conveyed my message.

For Collage Obsession - A quote

Poetic Postcards

Princess?

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. ”

Brian Andreas

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