Khalil Gibran — People

Metal scissors wrapped in lavender ribbon against a cobalt-blue background. — Original artwork

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Khalil Gibran

A glowing pale egg rests in a nest of soft fibres inside a blue-grey ceramic bowl. — Original artwork

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

Khalil Gibran

A glass jar tied with red thread holds dandelion seed heads, with loose seeds floating upward. — Original artwork

The love of a parent for a child is the love that should grow towards separation.

Khalil Gibran

An anonymous jointed wooden dancer extends its arms and lifts one knee, balanced on a brass central pivot above a shallow circular wooden stage inset with a brass ring on pale grey and lilac ground. — Original artwork

The soul of the philosopher lies wake in their head The soul of the poet soars in their heart The soul of the singer vibrates in their throat. But the soul of the dancer lives in all of their body.

Khalil Gibran

A violet paper kite lifting a small glowing glass jar against a peach-and-cream sky. — Original artwork

What the soul longs for, is attained by the spirit.

Khalil Gibran

A small pair of cream children's shoes stands beside larger brown shoes on a warm wooden floor. — Original artwork

Your children are not your children.

Khalil Gibran

Two plain wooden nesting figures, a larger peach-toned figure beside a smaller mahogany figure, on a peach background. — Original artwork

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

Khalil Gibran