One of Claude Monet’s 'Water Lilies' paintings could fetch over $40 million at an upcoming auction. Other works include David Hockney’s 'Two Chairs and a Wooden Spoon, July 1988’ and Banksy’s 'Love is in the Air'

I get blown away every time I read this paragraph by Carl Jung: To love someone else is easy, but to love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron: it burns into you and that is very painful. Therefore, to love somebody else in the first place is always an escape which we all hope for, and we all enjoy it when we are capable of it. But in the long run, it comes back on us. You cannot stay away from yourself forever, you have to return, have to come to that experiment, to know whether you really can love. That is the question-whether you can love yourself, and that will be the test.

Out of the deepest darkness, the light always wins. ​On October 7, 2023, Nati’s world shattered. Hamas terrorists brutally stole the life of his beloved wife, Shiran. The grief that followed was an absolute, crushing abyss—unimaginable pain, countless tears, and a silence that felt heavy enough to break anyone. ​But the human spirit possesses a fierce, defiant resilience. ​Nati mourned deeply, but he refused to let the darkness have the final word. He gathered the broken pieces of his heart and found the unimaginable strength to step forward into the light. ​That was when he met Bat El. In the wreckage of tragedy, love unexpectedly bloomed. It wasn't about forgetting the past; it was about honoring the sanctity of life by choosing to live it completely. They fell in love. They stood under the Chuppah and got married. ​And this past week, the ultimate victory of hope took its very first breath. ​Nati and Bat El welcomed a beautiful new baby girl into the world. A sweet, crying testament to the fact that love is stronger than hate, and that life will always break through the concrete of destruction. From the depths of heartbreak to the heights of new life. ​Mazal tov, Nati and Bat El. Welcome to the world, little one. ​#AmYisraelChai# #ModehAni# #NeverDespair# #Miracles# #AmYisraelChai#

Yes it's Friday Fish and Chip day! Irish artist Cuper Pilson Graphic Artist whose first love has always been to paint Landscapes in Oils Acrylics and Mixed Media Love this. He's not a new artist ( to me) but this painting is new to me