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"We float...
Take life as it comes."
" Piensas que no importa caer eternamente si se logra escapar.
¿No ves que vas cayendo ya? "
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Part of the Series "De Escaleras, Elevadores y Paracaídas"
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
by Oprah Winfrey
Letting go, relax, take a deep breath, and unwind.
So freaking hard!
I'm ok. Nothing extremely good, nothing extremely bad. Just ok. But so tired, have to get used to "feel" again I gues...
All I have to do is find that zen girl underneath the blacks ;)
anyway, too tired for a proper picture. Sorry.
I see some great colors as I do the images I do. But some how it always feels like wisdom is flying around in the colors here.
Mike
Father and son collaboration
Our photographic art is a kinetic motion study, from the results of interacting with my son A.J and his toys.
He was born severely handicapped much like a quadriplegic. On December 17,1998. Our family’s goal has always been to help A.J. use his mind, even though he has minimal use of his body.
A.J. likes to watch lights and movement. One of the few things he can do for himself is to operate a switch that sets in motion lights and various shiny, colorful streamers and toys that swirl above his bed.
One day I took a picture of A.J. with his toys flying out from the big mobile near his bed like swings on a carnival ride. I liked the way the swirling objects and colors looked in the photo.
I wanted to study the motion more and photograph the whirling objects in an artful way, I wanted my son A.J. to be a part of it. After all, he’s the one who inspires me. When A.J. and I work together on our motion artwork, A.J. starts his streamers and objects twirling, I take the photographs.
Activating a tiny switch might not seem like much to some, but it’s all A.J. can do. He controls the direction the mobile will spin, as well as when it starts and stops. The shutter speeds are long, and sometimes, I move the camera and other times I hold it still.
I begin our creation with a Nikon digital camera. Then I use my computer with Photoshop to alter the images into what I feel might be an artistic way. Working with Photoshop, I find the best parts from several images and combine them into the final composite photograph. I consider the finished work to be fine art. The computer is just the vehicle that helps my expressions grow.
I take the photographs and A.J. adds the magic. It’s something this father and son do together. After I’ve taken a few shots, I show him the photos in the back of the camera. When the images are completed, I show him from a laptop. He just looks. He can’t tell me whether or not he likes the images, but he’s always ready to work with me again.
It offers me my only glance into A.J.’s secret world. We’ve built a large collection of images and I hope the motion and color move you as much as they do me.
A.J. inspires me to work harder to understand my life in the areas of art, photography, people, spirituality, and so much more. He truly sets my mind in motion and helps me find the beauty in everyday things.
Abstract Art set:
www.flickr.com/photos/patnode-rainbowman/sets/72157602269...
AJ Patnode - A Journey of Hope (documentary):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR7m8QFcmRM
This shows how I do the Camera work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmjVVGraUVw
AJ'S blog:
Lascio a te queste impronte sulla terra
tenere dolci, che si possa dire:
qui è passata una gemma o una tempesta,
una donna che avida di dire
disse cose notturne e delicate,
Today I was super freezing while taking this self! It turned out quite like I wanted it to be. This shot means a lot to me, sometimes I feel like I'm sending out messages to myself through my own works.. subconscious?
Join me on
:)
When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
For Me Again Monday - abandoned
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“Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them
and they flew.”
~ Guillaume Apollinaire ~
“The paper burns,
but the words fly away.”
~ Ben Joseph Akiba ~
Mit diesem Bild bin ich sehr glücklich. Wir hatten die ersten schönen Frühlingstage und es war sogar ein wenig Zeit während der Woche, um mein Projekt-Bild zu machen. Endlich wieder ein Foto, das am Ende so aussieht, wie ich es zuvor im Kopf hatte! :-)
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others
without getting a few drops on yourself.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
"To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected,
release a new force,
let the genie out of the bottle.
It is to start a new train of events
that is beyond your control ...”
~ T.S. Eliot ~
“How could drops of water know themselves to be a river?
Yet the river flows on.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~
Would we fall?
Would we float?
Would we fly?
Perhaps nothing happens, and that is why we keep on hanging on.
description in a minute. editing a different photo.
half of my hearts got a real good imagination, half of my hearts got you.
half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you that, half of my heart won't do.
Hello :)
I have decided that I definitely look better upside down. Definitely.
Why can't the rest of the world just turn upside down for me?
week 7. i had no time to take this. and this creepy guy walking a dog KEPT WALKING BY and i got really creeped out.
Abbi xo
#7: I've had this obsession with John Mayer lately. I have fallen in love with his voice.
Had to buy new pairs of earphones, after this was taken! Naughty naughty gal.
Mashalah PLEASE!
COPY RIGHT ALL RIGHT RESERVED.
I still have feelings for you. And no matter how many times I tell myself that I'm better off without you, a part of me just won't let go.
today was actually a pretty awesome day.
went driving today!
AND I GOT MY CAMERA BACK FROM CANON TODAY.
THEY GAVE ME A COMPLETELY NEW CAMERA.
UGH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
prepare for some awesomeness, flickr. :)
i feel really fantastic today.
and i love it.
I feel like letting go
there would be so many good reasons,
Not even you could blame me.
But I know
We don't really have a choice, do we?
Giving up is a luxury we can't afford
So we'll keep on going
straight towards nowhere
“So many roads to travel
Which one is for me
Where can I find answers
When will these eyes see
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on
Questions ever endless
Though the truth be only one
Everything is finished
But we’ve only just begun
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on
Flow on, flow on , flow on….
Rushing to the ocean
Drifting out to sea
The answer’s in the motion
Of the Love inside of me
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on river
Flow on
Flow on, flow on, flow on….”
Ganga Fondan 1997
Today’s digital meditation explores :
“You will know how to think from the depths of your Consciousness by realizing how the Universe thinks. You will know how to act, freed from the mind’s dictates of limitations, by realizing how the Universe Acts. When you speak, you will speak from the core of your Being and your voice will carry the power of the Universe.”
– Tulshi Sen, “Ancient Secrets of Success for Today’s World”
Also, read how the song came to be written.
HFF - big.
Snow Geese at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, DE. I forget exactly how many were here in December 2008, but peak was roughly 75k+ if you ask me...
Snow Geese pool I started, a while back but forgot to mention... Join and post if you like.
www.flickr.com/groups/snowgeese/
Also: video!