View fullsize "I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I wonder: are they dreams of fish, or fish who dream?" - Sarah Monette 🐟 #koi #fish #blackandwhite #goodluck
View fullsize "In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world." - Vince Poscente 🎏 #koi #fish #blackandwhite #go
View fullsize Try to be a fish out of water and see what has been right in front of you all along. What do you see? 🌊 #quoteoftheday #quote #janetfitch #fish #water #beafishoutofwater #cantseetheforestforthetrees #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #artist
View fullsize “The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.” - Rebecca West 🐙 #octopus #bekindtoyourself #cephalopod #cephalopodsofinstagram #mentalhealth #blackandwhite #penandink #
View fullsize “A fish will never realise its potential until you throw it in water.” - Matshona Dhliwayo 🐠 #koi #fish #blackandwhite #goodluck #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #blackandwhiteart #indianink #matshonadhliwayo #fishpond
View fullsize “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein. 🎏 #koi #fish #blackandwhite #goodluck #penandink #illustration #artist #art
View fullsize You don't have to do it well. If you're a fish, you don't have to do it at all. It's not a competition. 🐟 #dowhatyoucando #itsnotacompetition #proverboftheday #proverb #zimbabwe #africa #proverbsoftheworld #blackandwhite #zimbabwean #penandink #il
View fullsize “A zebra does not change its spots.” - Al Gore 🦓 #zebra #stripes #spotsandstripes #africa #africananimals #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #blackandwhiteart #african #drawing #artist #art #indianink #indiaink #framedart #algore
View fullsize “When you hear hooves, you look for horses, but you can’t discount zebras.” - Paula Hawkins 🦓 #zebra #stripes #spotsandstripes #paulahawkins #africa #africananimals #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #blackandwhiteart #afr
View fullsize "How can a deer tell when a leaf falls silent in the forest? She hears it breathing differently." - Richard Bach 🦌 #caribou #deer #reindeer #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #drawing #artist #art #indianink #indiaink #richardbac
View fullsize “... This poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.” - Douglas Adams 🐋 #lifeisfleeting #whale #humpbackwhale #blacka
View fullsize What do you see? 😍 #quoteoftheday #quote #whatdoyousee #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #blackandwhiteart #monochromatic #henrydavidthoreau #indiaink #indianink #beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder #behold
View fullsize "A pine needle fell in the forest... The deer heard it..." - Edith Pattou 🦌 #deer #reindeer #caribou #blackandwhite #woodlandcritters #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #woodlandcreatures #woodlandanimals #deerhorns #blacka
View fullsize Compassion is a global, timeless language. 🏯 #mindyourstep #keepmovingforward #becompassionate #blackandwhite #ritamaebrown #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #blackandwhiteart #buildonwhatyouhave #ancientcivilisations #ancientciviliza
View fullsize "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." -Aesop 🦜 #kakapo #parrot #grounddweller #blackandwhite #birdsoftheworld #birdsofinstagram #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #bird #feathers #finefeatheredfriends #aesop #
View fullsize "My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest… My heart will be strong as a great oak..." - Juliet Marillier 🦌 #deer #reindeer #caribou #blackandwhite #woodlandcritters #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #woodland
View fullsize "It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy - the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted." - Mary Flannery O'Connor 🐝 #busybee #bee #honeybee #africanhoneybee #bzzz #buzz #african #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #blackan
View fullsize “A magpie can be happy or sad: sometimes so happy that he sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the sunrise around in his throat like beads of pink sunlight; and sometimes so sad that you would expect the tears to drip off his beak.”
View fullsize "On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels." = Charles Dickens 🍓 #bilberry #wildberry #wildberries #blackandwhite #penandink #il
View fullsize For me it's ancient cultures, folklore, origin stories, and wildlife facts. What do you collect? 💎 #quoteoftheday #quote #lainitaylor #magpie #scavenge #blackandwhite #penandink #illustration #artist #art #drawing #collectbeautifulthings