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Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
- Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching
June 25th 2006
This piece of ice rock disappeared into the ocean after a few minutes on shore. It is a reminiscent of life. Our time here is just a short stopover and then we move on.
I am not used to taken such abstract/minimalist photos - what do you guys think? Is less really more? ;)
The theme for this week for the T189 52 week alphabet challenge was diffused glow, although I did not use the PSE filter, I thought the light shining through the snow drops in my garden today fitted the theme perfectly.
At hdvk, Heidelberg where I was visiting a exhibition of the great Photographer Armin Linke.
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Camera:Nikon D90
Exposure:0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:f/4.0
Focal Length:16 mm
ISO Speed:640
When we stop, we notice the reflections around us, if we look long enough we become captivated by the colors and motion. We become mesmerized and for a few moments in life we cast our cares away, the world passes by and we drink in the beauty around us.
#274 on that thing called Explore.
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“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” (Sam Abell quote)
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I found a stash of old Simplicity sewing patterns in a box of stuff I got from an auction! SO fun to see these things! Mom used to make all our clothes when we were kids. Made me remember the look of the patterns and the smell of a fabric shop!
Our life is frittered away by details...Simplify,simplify,simplify ! ... Simplicity of life and elevation of purpose.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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[...] It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences [...]
-- Quote by Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
Ferentino, Italy (May, 2005)
Raw converted in PSE 7, Crop,Slight Sharpen Adjustment,Convert To B+W,Border Added,Job Done. Taken a similar shot before,But before I had the niffty 50, Very happy with this one, Looks great on print to.!!!!
My life seems so complicated these days
When your days seem gone
and your nights are still,
please take the radiating
Love I gave to you.
As you travel into waters,
let the liquid clean and kill,
purge your soul of all that hinders,
allow your mind to still.
Let the flame surround,
burn away all that's bad,
let your tears evaporate,
incinerate the sad.
Feel the wind pass through you,
take away the old,
let the new into your heart,
cherish it like gold.
Walk upon the sliver beach,
let the sand erode the skin,
guide yourself into the sun,
and melt away your sin.
Don't rush down the road of life,
cherish all these, small and big.
Still your life and stop to think -
Take life as it is, even thick and thin
by Christopher Sadlowski
In all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. ~ Longfellow
Easdale is a tight-knit community made up of a few small cottages, a community hall, one restaurant and a museum. There is slate everywhere – in the walls, on the roofs, on the beaches and sitting in great piles all over the island. In fact, it’s pretty hard to spot anything that isn’t made from slate. Remote and rocky, it suddenly feels like landing on another planet. The further you get from the hustle and bustle, the more the simplicity of life reveals itself. You can tell that we really enjoyed our time here.
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The sun sets behind Mt. Tom, Basin Mountain, and the Four Gables one winter afternoon in the Eastern Sierra as a lone pine tree, branches outstretched, as if in worship, seemingly engages in a dialogue with it’s provider. The relationship between the tree, the land, the mountain and the sun played out a perfect scene for me, and helped me to transcend the technicalities of composition, and instead, see a story. A story of survival, adaptation, change, and dependance. Interesting how we can find metaphors for our complicated lives in the simplicity of nature, which in turn can make you feel so small and simple lost in the complicated natural world around us.
I found a stash of old Simplicity sewing patterns in a box of stuff I got from an auction! SO fun to see these things! Mom used to make all our clothes when we were kids. Made me remember the look of the patterns and the smell of a fabric shop!