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These are the hills, these are the woods,
These are my starry solitudes;
And there the river by whose brink
The roaring lions come to drink…

—Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Land of Story-Books”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES
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A poem for World Book Day (UK & Ireland)
🖼️ by Roger Duvoisin, 1944

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #books #RobertLouisStevenson #19thcentury #Victorian #imagination #WorldBookDay #kidlit #childrensliterature

The Land of Story-Books
by Robert Louis Stevenson

At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.

Now, with my little gun, I crawl
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.

There, in the night, where none can spy,
All in my hunter’s camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read
Till it is time to go to bed.

These are the hills, these are the woods,
These are my starry solitudes;
And there the river by whose brink
The roaring lions come to drink.

I see the others far away
As if in firelit camp they lay,
And I, like to an Indian scout,
Around their party prowled about.

So, when my nurse comes in for me,
Home I return across the sea,
And go to bed with backward looks
At my dear land of Story-books.

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A black-and-white illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's poem “The Land of Story-Books”. A large, black, ornate, Victorian armchair sits in a shadowy corner. A small boy peeks out behind it, pointing a toy rifle. Behind him are images from his imagination: a smouldering campfire; the faces of two (quite friendly-looking) lions; a native American, wearing a feathered war-bonnet and wielding a tomahawk, can be seen behind the chair; and a sly-looking wolf prowls on the left edge of the frame.

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"That Old Tree On The Hill" ...

https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/that-old-tree-on-the-hill-lois-bryan.html

Hand-painted from my #imagination / #memory in Rebelle using their #watercolor technology and brushes, an ancient #Wacom tablet and my prize possession, the Wacom art pen. Not created using any artificial (Ai) programs.

#art #giftideas #landscape #trees #hillsides #LoisBryan

"That Old Tree On The Hill" ...

At my website: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/that-old-tree-on-the-hill-lois-bryan.html

There are so many images and memories in my head that I'd love to paint up and bring back to life. Well, you know, bring back in a way. I keep telling myself, just go for it. I even made a list of the scenes I'd love to revisit, even if only imperfectly, using the amazing tools of digital hand-painting from #CorelPainter or #Rebelle. This one ... well ... it's not one of the ones on the list ... but it is basically a scene I've seen a million times as I've driven down country roads here in the #MidAtlantic area. Those brief moments of magic where the sky and the sunlight and the compositions are breathtaking, but your car is traveling at 50-60 mph and the guy behind you is too close and there's no way you can pull over, hop out of the car and get the shot. Besides ... you left the camera at home again. So this one might be from my imagination but it's also representative of all those pretty trees up on those pretty hillsides, against those fabulous skyscapes. An homage to the ordinary.

I hand-painted this one from my #imagination / #memory ... (imaginary memory?) ... in Rebelle using their fabulous #watercolor technology and brushes, an ancient #Wacom tablet and my prize possession, the Wacom art pen. Not created using any artificial (Ai) programs.

#art #giftideas #landscape #trees #hillsides #LoisBryan

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I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible @adapalmer straight from this year #Bazyliszek convention, now available as a #solarpunkPrompts special!

https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations

#solarpunk #history #scienceFiction #rome #climate #purity #writing #imagination #hopepunk #apocalypse

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