The subject may seem simple: trees and bushes behind a fence. But it's intriguing how Van Gogh handles it. Note the distinctive ways he depicts what he sees: dots for gravel and heart-shaped leaves for the tree on the left. What's your favourite detail?

How to fashion a hazel wand Hazel is 'the poet's tree' beloved by the faeries. A hazel wand carries potent magic. At sunrise on a Wednesday, find a young tree that has not yet born fruit and strike off a small branch with a single blow from a sickle. #treelore

The Prayers of the Potuans at the Feast of the Unfathomable God by Nicolai Abildgaard (1743–1809). Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark.

#BookWormSat Face as white as any clock's, Cased in parsley-dark curled locks All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down for fear we guess At the hidden ugliness. –Dame Edith Sitwell, The Lady with the Sewing Machine. 🎨 Elizabeth Paxton

'The Rivers let me go where I wanted.' -Arthur Rimbaud Signe Maene 🐦 welcomes you to #BookWormSat. 🎨Heinz Flockenhaus

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - ✍️ Emily Dickinson, “Hope” is the thing with feathers" #BookWormSat

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree.” Emily Bronte #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #FolkloreSunday #autumn #Art: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1920s

"Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt, For she had eyes and chose me." ✍️Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene 3, Othello #BookWormSat

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will." ✍️ Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847) #BookWormSat 📷Anne McKinnell (2021)

"Tess was now carried along upon the wings of the hours, without the sense of a will" ✍️Thomas Hardy, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" #BookWormSat 🎨Samuel F. B. Morse

During Vincent's stay at the psychiatric hospital in Saint Remy, he was allowed to work in the neglected garden of the institution, with its tall pines and weeds. Amongst the wild vegetation, he also noticed this bush of blooming roses. 🖼️ ©️ National Museum of Western Art

His wandering thoughts escape like geese Edith Sitwell Ohara Koson #BookWormSat

‘The symbol of art is seen again in the magic flute of the Great God Pan which makes the young goats frisk at the edge of the grove.’ — José Ortega y Gasset, ‘Art a Thing of No Consequence’ (1925) #BookWormSat 🎨Louis Lessieux

#BookwormSaturday In Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Autumn," the season symbolizes both transience & renewal 🍂 The rich imagery of decaying leaves reflects life's fleeting moments, while the beauty in change invites reflection of growth & rebirth allpoetry.com/The-Autumn

In "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, the lottery symbolizes the dangers of blindly following tradition. It is a ritualistic event that the townspeople participate in without questioning, representing the darker side of human nature and societal conformity. #BookWormSat

In "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, the conch shell symbolizes law, order, and civilization in the boys' society. When the conch is destroyed, it represents the complete breakdown of order and the descent into savagery. #BookWormSat #bookchatweekly

Happy #Caturday from Mister Figaro! 😹😻🐈🐈‍⬛️

In "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, the fragile glass animals represent Laura’s delicate, sheltered world and her vulnerability. The breaking of the glass unicorn symbolizes the shattering of illusions and the harsh realities of life. #BookWormSat #bookchatweekly

In "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare, throughout the play, light and dark symbolize love and hate, beauty and tragedy. Romeo often refers to Juliet as a source of light in his life, while the surrounding darkness represents the tragedy and dangers they face. #BookWormSat 📷Hayez

Fire is a recurring symbol in "Jane Eyre", representing passion, destruction, and transformation. Jane’s inner emotional life is often symbolized by fire, and significant moments of personal change or danger in the novel are marked by actual fires. #BookWormSat 📷Townsend