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Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...
Alfred Lord Tennyson
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.
Dr. Seuss
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot
Every moment is a fresh beginning.
T.S. Eliot
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on.
Hal Borland
Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wishing all my Flickr friends a safe and Happy New Year and may 2021 bring us closer to peace and kindness, end the hatred and make love the powerful force! Sending love and friendship to you all!
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"In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day."
Quote - F. Scott Fitzgerald
"In the dark days of your life, you will need the wings of hope to continue flying."
Quote - Mehmet Murat Ildan
Detail of my origami-tessellation 'Triangle Love'.
The Dark Force rules ;-))
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0TInLOJuUM
MORNING HAS BROKEN – CAT STEVENS
Spring ballet gives way to Summer ball
senses filled; bees humming it all
only good can come of this
gently breezing; softest kiss
lightest step towards a new day
emotions high can fly away
butterflies and buttercups
daisies come and fill me up
with all the sweetest memories
laying beneath the swaying trees
canopies that fill my eyes
with shades of green and bluest skies
reflected like a tender rill
of freshest water; calm and still
my soul at one with all around me
smelling lilac; treading softly
out of nowhere springs a female blackbird
singing poetic; romantic love words
her lover answers her call; I listen
as warm lemon tones of sunlight glisten
freckling my skin; so pale from Winter
like Autumn leaves dotted with rust and splinters
I used to dislike them though they rarely stay
and blossom only on a hot Summer's day
in Winter they fade like the merest dream
leaving only a slight imprint; pale as cream
spilled and splattered; memories scattered
freckles remind me of all that matters
to lead a simple life it seems
that I should love everything and follow my dreams
to where my heart leads me
let no-one deceive me
for I can be happy with all that I am
I've made up my mind; I know that I can.
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Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission
In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different,
John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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A big thank you to all of you for all your love, friendship, encouragement and support x
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4D1a00cbFA
TIME OF NO REPLY – NICK DRAKE
THIS IS THE SUMMER OF MY TRANSITION
The devil that was within me
that found me, then drowned me
could not withstand
the beauty of my love for him
the softness of my gentle hand
could not witness the words that I wrote
could not cope with love that gave him hope
he inhabited my soul and it choked him from within
now he scurries through the darkness
avoiding any last vestige of light; avoiding my eyes
he hides and he lies to rid himself of the truth
that he found within that last dance
he burned me, he scorned me, but then he adored me
he haunted my dreams and begged my return
but I found myself healing as I walked along the shore
the pace of my mind slowed; the peace of my mind showed
that at last I could let go and be myself once more
I walked in his shadow, until I found the light
before I lived like a shadow with no strength to fight
A poor tortured soul; I know how that feels
when love can't release him; thaw his soul cold as steel
Sometimes our love falls on stony ground
like the softness of rose petals and the hope that we once found
dashed against the rocks of life's lessons
deafened by the torment that resounds within our caissons
and lifts us up above the maelstrom of the storms
that threaten to define us and defile us; confine us
This is the summer of my transition
as I find my way back to the right path that heals me
I leave him far behind me; the nightmare recedes
now I sleep like an angel on clouds of soft dreams
and feel lucky that I am still here
amid the love of all my friends.
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My artwork is a compilation of 3 of my photographs
'copyright image please do not reproduce without permission'
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
The Totality of Reality up to March 15, 2014.
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Actor Toby Maguire as Nick Carraway.
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Dear friends and followers,
I am so grateful to have joined Flickr. This community has supported and inspired me to pursue photography, and I am so thankful to have had this opportunity. I've decided to delete my photographs not because I don't appreciate my older work but because I'm moving in new directions. You can find me at the following links:
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Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men. - from The Great Gatsby.
Self-Portrait
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Included in the gallery The Making of a Story www.flickr.com/photos/soniaadammurray/galleries/721576328...
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Actress Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan.
Wow, where to start? I promised you all this photograph a long, long time ago. It's the result of this TTV image, made in March. I completely adore this photo, and have wanted to share it for a long time... the only reason I held out is because I wanted to write a poem to go with it.
Fast-forward six months, and still no poem. So I decided, instead, to post it as my 2,000th photo on Flickr. I know, right? 2,000! How does that happen? Apparently, that happens by posting one image every 1.25 days for almost 7 years. Holy cow.
So, thanks all... for the support, the inspiration and the feedback. I wouldn't be here posting #2,000 if it weren't for all of you.
Image made (of course) with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Actress Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Actress Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker.
Included in the gallery perfect like a movie scene: www.flickr.com/photos/55873432@N04/galleries/721576404106...
Tattered optical billboard
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Front Page Challenge 117 ~ Eye & Metaphor ~ Winner, The Award Tree (May 5, 2014)
Included in galleries
Awesome Works: www.flickr.com/photos/soniaadammurray/galleries/721576425...
galleria in blu 2: www.flickr.com/photos/aka_myself/galleries/72157642900021193
Word of the day is soirée.
Martinazzi Square, Tualatin, Oregon
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 70-210mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Focal length: 80mm
Exposure: 1/500 sec. @ f/9, ISO 320
Media:
* The Daily Beast: "Mar-a-Lago Guests Spill Tacky Details of Trump’s Gatsby Bash," by Will Neal, November 1, 2025
The Great Gatsby
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby
If interested…
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
This poignant letter was written 100 years ago during the Spanish Flu Epidemic by F. Scott Fitzgerald. There are many parallels to today.
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE: A LETTER FROM F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, QUARANTINED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Dearest Rosemary,
It was a limpid dreary day, hung as in a basket from a single dull star. I thank you for your letter. Outside, I perceive what may be a collection of fallen leaves tussling against a trash can. It rings like jazz to my ears. The streets are that empty. It seems as though the bulk of the city has retreated to their quarters, rightfully so. At this time, it seems very poignant to avoid all public spaces. Even the bars, as I told Hemingway, but to that he punched me in the stomach, to which I asked if he had washed his hands. He hadn’t. He is much the denier, that one. Why, he considers the virus to be just influenza. I’m curious of his sources.
The officials have alerted us to ensure we have a month’s worth of necessities. Zelda and I have stocked up on red wine, whiskey, rum, vermouth, absinthe, white wine, sherry, gin, and lord, if we need it, brandy. Please pray for us.
You should see the square, oh, it is terrible. I weep for the damned eventualities this future brings. The long afternoons rolling forward slowly on the ever-slick bottomless highball. Z. says it’s no excuse to drink, but I just can’t seem to steady my hand. In the distance, from my brooding perch, the shoreline is cloaked in a dull haze where I can discern an unremitting penance that has been heading this way for a long, long while. And yet, amongst the cracked cloudline of an evening’s cast, I focus on a single strain of light, calling me forth to believe in a better morrow.
Faithfully yours,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
High style partying in 1925 New York, drinking Moët champagne in a chauffeur-driven luxury car.
Included in the gallery LOOK: www.flickr.com/photos/soniaadammurray/galleries/721576297...
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
A 1925 electric kettle produced by Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia with bakelite handle and wood ball supports. Founder James Marriott and son Clarence were art metal workers. Their products were known for quality design and construction.
Éirinn go Brách!
Happy St Patrick's Day!
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
...and, I don't. Ever.
Another favorite from this spring, in the continuing series of "photographing books". I think I spent an hour in the bedroom that morning with a bunch of tulips, my favorite books (this one is a book of short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald) and the morning light.
Image made with a Hasselblad 500 C/M.
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
Cover Photo, June 10, 2014, The Blue Moon Gallery: www.flickr.com/groups/bluemoongallery/discuss/72157644893...
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
The book is from my mom's collection written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1922. She was born in 16 and as a young woman received books from the Schribner's club. I have several and plan to read them over the holidays. Has anyone read this one?
Thank you for visiting and be well!
Happy Texture Tuesday!
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
3/7 Green Should Be Seen - Colour Fusion
"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and happy 2024!
Stay classy!
My photograph taken from a flat-screen tv and digitally altered. Source: film "The Great Gatsby" (2013).
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Just look up to see the beauty of the season and the beginning of life starting all over again...
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 40mm Macro
ISO – 250
Aperture – f/2.8
Exposure – 1/2500 second
Focal Length – 40mm fixed
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11