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collab with Clara today in the woods
(it actually wasn't supposed to be wings but it kind of turned out that way I guess!)
So here we are... achievement unlocked: 7000 followers. Thank you all, truly, I'm overwhelmed with the love <3.
Some of us have personal goals that we set for ourselves, long ago, I had descided that this was it, and now that I'm here... I'm not really sure what to do with myself.
A few things are coming to mind: Continue blogging for a few of my long-term sponsors and events, possibly get back into creating some new BOM stuff, or straight out retire.
Maybe it's a ten year itch, a Mid-(second)Life-Crisis... who knows, it will likely pass... just know that I have no more expectations of myself or anyone else, it's super empowering.
quite and simple life in a stunning seaside setting.
realistic, with so many little touches that breath life into this Build.
I always think that when someone is born with the 'creative' gene, it often manifests itself in different fields, not necessarily ONE...
I love being creative in the kitchen, rarely make the same meal twice... just use the ingredients at hand or on offer.
Yes, we DO eat our photographic 'props' LOL, part of the 5 a day meal I made with this!
Thanx for your time and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
My latest blog HERE:
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Textures are my own with some light leaks overlays in the Topaz Textures app. There are some other variation on my site - Photomelange.com - some free textures too for anyone interested!
Small plants on volcanic lava seen in Garachico near to the volcanic rock pools. It always fascinates me, how these plants can to live on the stone... Nature is amazing! :)
Malutkie roślinki na wulkanicznej lawie. Pstryknięte w Garachico, niedaleko naturalnych basenów wulkanicznych. Zawsze mnie fascynuje, jak rośliny potrafią żyć w tak niegościnnych warunkach, na skale... Natura jest niezwykła! :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9yGrbAfCtA - Syndrome - Ellis Marsalis
"There's always something beautiful to be experienced wherever you are. Right now, look around you and select beauty as your focus." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
This was not intended to be a still life. It was not consciously set up as such. Come home from shopping, take fruit out of bag, put fruit in the bowl. What doesn't fit, just lay it on the counter. Saw the flowers walking in with the groceries. Narcissists. Pick some, bring them in, find a glass container, stick them in. Simply so, as it adds life to the kitchen.
It starts getting dark, so turn on some light; in this case the desk lamp temporarily sitting on the counter because the electrician is busy, and the overhead lights recessed in the ceiling aren't working at the moment.
And... Oh.
Good old Dr. Wayne may not have been speaking strictly about things physical or visual at that moment, but I'll take it there.
As such, I suppose this beauty everywhere, anywhere, anytime is an experience that many artists (especially visual artists) are fortunate to have as a possibility each day of their lives. See the Beauty. Select it. Acknowledge it. Regardless of circumstances.
Perhaps it is by temperament, perhaps it is by training and practice, either way, it feels as if visual artists have a bit of a leg up in this respect.
Of course, visual artists are not alone in this. Many children have the ability, but it gets drummed out of them by adults, society, our education system.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Picasso
I think the ability to see beauty at any moment remains within us, even if you now feel yourself to be an artistically or creatively stunted adult. I believe it is recoverable - that it never goes away - if you desire to recover it.
And THAT is the issue. YOU must DESIRE to see the beauty. To see with the child's eyes you used to have, with no "ifs, ands, yeah buts" or "what abouts." You have to decide that it is possible for YOU (something so many deny themselves - that possibility for THEMSELVES).
And then, start seeing, start noticing, start selecting.
"YEAH but, what is beauty?" (Classic "yeah but, what about" joy killer question. I hate that.)
Get a group of ten, four year-olds. Take them outside into the yard, or leave them in the house even. Ask them, simply, "find something beautiful or pretty and bring it to me."
"Ten different people bring ten different colors." - Japanese Proverb
Yeah. That's it. Do what they just did. Be four.
They are selling biscuits n breads...
Picture taken from Sadarghat-the largest boating station in dhaka-Bangladesh...it is situated on the Buriganga river which runs through dhaka...
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Turning the clock back #11....
Abstract....
Samuel Johnson 1709 - 1784
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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A Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) perched among the leaves of a Blue Pea Vine
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"I don't want to miss this."
Life is best understood NOT when you are having fun all the time, but when you are struggling in it. Although even so, you should find self-happiness, at any time, even when climbing in vertical. Does it matter if you climb up or climb down, or living fast or slow? In the spiral of life, the most important is you know your reason and stick with it. Stick with the one you dear of and passion about.
This is my contribution to this weeks theme that is life. This is a living thing on a new aspiring life in the form of a scourge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8z4oKr_SN4
"That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning."
R. Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"