“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

~ Victor Hugo

Hello my friend,

I'm Anne, a visual artist, writer and literary curator.

I created this publication to spread the seeds of great literature and the arts in the hope to inspire and to make the world a bit of a better place, especially during these troubled times.

Art, with its unique beauty and mysterious truth, can touch us in very subtle but powerful ways.

I try to make every post and email very special and intriguing for you ~ with artworks most haven't seen, or haven't seen in a long time, since many remain hidden treasures in museums or private collections across the globe.

Currently, I feature the following, most influential and beautiful literary works:

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Monday

• The Book of Genesis - בְּרֵאשִׁית‎ (500 BC) by an anonymous author(s), is the first book of the Hebrew Bible. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning'). Genesis purports to be an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and the origins of the Jewish people. In Judaism, the theological importance of Genesis centers on the covenants linking God to his chosen people and the people to the Promised Land. Genesis is part of the Torah or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. Tradition credits Moses as the Torah's author. However, there is scholarly consensus that the Book of Genesis was composed several centuries later, after the Babylonian captivity, possibly in the fifth century BC. Based on the scientific interpretation of archaeological, genetic, and linguistic evidence, mainstream biblical scholars consider Genesis to be primarily mythological rather than historical.

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Wednesday

• The Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu's foundational texts of Taoism, written around 400 BC. Lao Tzu was a legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi). His name, literally meaning 'Old Master', was likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions, and his opus a collaboration. Traditional accounts addend him as Li Er, born in the 6th-century BC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 – c. 481 BC). Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), he met and impressed Confucius (c. 551 – c. 479 BC) on one occasion, composing the Tao Te Ching in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness. - Translated by James Legge.

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Friday

• Aesop's Fables - Aesop's collection of fables was written by Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. - Commentator: G. K. Chesterton - Illustrator: Arthur Rackham - Translator: V. S. Vernon Jones.

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Let yourself be enchanted, surprised and enriched every week...