13 November 2023

Diwali, Festival Of Candles And Light

"Even after all this time

the sun never says to the earth,

"You owe me."


Look what happens

a love like that

lights the whole sky."


 - Hafiz (1325-1390), Persian lyric poet



Image: Frantisek Kupka - Ordonnance sur verticales et jaune, 1913, oil on canvas, Pompidou Center, Paris.
 

2 comments:

Tania said...

I didn’t know Diwali, I love Kupka who I consider one of the great painters of yellow and light. Thank you, Jane.

Jane A Librizzi said...

Tania, yellow was certainly one of Kupka's favorite colors.
Diwali is one festival that brings several religions together.