Le Jarden girl

hibernate...

2012-01-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

hi·ber·nate

b.lamphier photo

hi·ber·nate (hbr-nt)
intr.v. hi·ber·nat·ed, hi·ber·nat·ing, hi·ber·nates
1. to pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state.
2. to be in an inactive or dormant state or period

~winter collection....continues

2012-01-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

Don’t ask what the world needs.

Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.

Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman

~the start to a winter collection...

2012-01-18T16:51:00.000-07:00

~as the snow falls and temps are below...i play in my studio ....

impossible ideas...

2012-01-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

b.lamphier photo

not what happens....in the studio...

2012-01-17T12:16:00.000-07:00

Nothing makes me feel better — calmer, clearer and happier — than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as ‘that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.’

trust the darkness....

2012-01-16T15:08:00.001-07:00

b.lamphier photo

“Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise...As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness. ”
― Julia Cameron

2012-01-11T12:15:00.002-07:00

Winter dawn is the color of metal,
The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.

b.lamphier photo

Sylvia Plath, Waking in Winter

~january window...

2012-01-06T11:24:00.001-07:00

CAKE....

2012-01-05T19:37:00.000-07:00

Eat Cake...always with berries & NO frosting ....

for my birthday...how sweet it is...xo b

even in winter....

2012-01-03T10:46:00.002-07:00

aka lejardengirl....

THE STAVES - winter trees (perfect for today...)

2011-12-31T11:19:00.001-07:00

2011-12-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

"If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden." ~ Robert Brault

created new (old) socks for the upcoming holiday....

2011-12-05T10:39:00.000-07:00

“Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.” ― Diane Ackerman, An Alchemy of Mind

my way...

2011-11-30T11:05:00.001-07:00

a french press method from hufort on Vimeo.

new ideas...

2011-11-28T10:11:00.001-07:00

imagination is not separate from reality;
it is the beginning of it.

alan cohen

2011-11-14T11:02:00.001-07:00

lejardengirls artwork...

“Why must they grow up and lose it all?”
― Virginia Woolf

~wish i could sleep here....

2011-11-11T10:28:00.002-07:00

boys

2011-11-10T10:59:00.001-07:00

DSC_6599_edited-1, a photo by photogirl59101 on Flickr.

~in the mind of a little boy...

~process....

2011-11-09T12:19:00.000-07:00

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart

image by lejardengirl aka b.lamphier

Finnick Odair, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

bebe...

2011-11-02T09:20:00.000-06:00

~i really enjoy the small people... to photograph...just a sweet stilllife...

baby grace...thank you..

my new site....

2011-11-01T17:01:00.000-06:00

www.wix.com/blamphierphotography/fotogirl

website is up and running..

~beauty....

2011-11-01T10:58:00.000-06:00

lejardengirl image aka b. lamphier

~so you say...

2011-10-31T11:25:00.000-06:00

lejardengirl image aka b.lamphier

"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."
Sigmund Freud

lost track...

2011-10-31T10:50:00.000-06:00

photo by lejardingirl aka b.lamphier

"It was sometime in October; she had long ago lost track of all the days and it really didn’t matter because one was like another and there were no nights to separate them because she never slept any more."

~ Sylvia Plath, Tongues of Stone

truth...about my morning...

2011-10-26T10:30:00.000-06:00

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
Virginia Woolf

life....

2011-10-25T10:08:00.000-06:00

~a lot different...

2011-10-22T17:46:00.000-06:00

now...

2011-10-19T19:08:00.000-06:00

"Close your eyes in order to see"

2011-10-17T11:06:00.000-06:00

Scooter

"Close your eyes in order to see"

~as we are..

2011-10-14T13:56:00.000-06:00

~we dont see

things as they are,

We See things as We are....

find....

2011-10-12T15:24:00.000-06:00

2011-10-09T15:20:00.000-06:00

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

2011-10-07T07:09:00.000-06:00

We depend on nature not only for our physical survival. We also need nature to show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our minds. We got lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems.
We have forgotten what rocks, plants and animals still know. We have forgotten how to be - to be still, to be ourselves, to be where life is: here and now.

Eckhart Tolle

just doing my dance..

2011-10-07T06:31:00.000-06:00

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

photo credit: June Vogt

2011-09-24T10:07:00.000-06:00

2011-08-26T18:38:00.001-06:00

throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

anais nin

~a huge thank you...

2011-07-24T11:17:00.000-06:00

~wow...the Le jardin of Art was a great event...thank you to all the artists and for such a great showing...oh, and of course Mother nature...

~you are invited...to my garden...

2011-07-14T09:56:00.000-06:00

~i am so excited for this event...summer evening at my studio and garden with so many great artists and good things to eat & drink...

~true nature...

2011-07-07T08:48:00.000-06:00

Lines Written by a Bear of "Very Little Brain":

On monday, when the sun is hot I wonder to myself allot:

"Now is it true, or is it not

That what is which and which is what?"

On tuesday, when it hails and snows,

The feeling on me grows and grows

That hardly anybody knows,

If those are these or these are those.

On wednesday, when the sky is blue,

And I have nothing else to do,

I sometimes wonder if it's true

That who is what and what is who.

On thursday, when it starts to freeze,

And hoar-frost twinkles on the trees,

How very readily one sees

That these are whose-but whose are these?

(A. A. Milne The World of Pooh)

new image...

~opening...

2011-07-05T17:36:00.000-06:00

The Tao never does anything,

yet through it all things are done.

If powerful men and women

could venter themselves in it,

the whole world would be transformed

by itself, in its natural rhythms.

People would be content

with their simple, everyday lives,

in harmony, and free of desire.

When there is no desire,

all things are at peace.

new image...the poppy's are opening up!!

~some of my favorite words...

2011-06-28T15:58:00.000-06:00

Do you want to improve the world?

I don't think it can be done.

The world is sacred.

It can't be improved.

If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.

If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.

There is a time for being ahead,

a time for being behind;

a time for being in motion,

a time for being at rest;

a time for being vigorous,

a time for being exhausted;

a time for being safe,

a time for being in danger.

The Master sees things as they are,

without trying to control them.

She lets them go their own way,

and resides at the center of the circle.

Tao Te Ching #29

~new image...happy summer!!!

~the way I see it...

2011-06-26T12:02:00.000-06:00

"We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden." - Anon

~my new piece..

~ in my garden...peony...

2011-06-24T14:12:00.000-06:00

Can you coax your mind from its wandering

and keep to the original oneness?

Can you let your body become

supple as a newborn child's?

Can you cleanse your inner vision

until you see nothing but the light?

Can you love people and lead them

without imposing your will?

Can you deal with the most vital matters

by letting events take their course?

Can you step back from you own mind

and thus understand all things?

Giving birth and nourishing,

having without possessing,

acting with no expectations,

leading and not trying to control:

this is the supreme virtue.

Tao Te Ching #10

the peony's are in full bloom...and truly perfect

~in the iris garden...

2011-06-18T09:12:00.000-06:00

"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides." - W.E. Johns, creator of 'Biggles', 1893-1968, in 'The Passing Show', 1937

what do we really need...?

2011-06-13T08:56:00.000-06:00

new image...

"I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time." (p. 192)

from the life of Pi~ Yann Martel

~in the garden....

2011-06-08T08:44:00.000-06:00

everything has its own place and function. that applies to people, although many don’t seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. when you know and respect your inner nature, you know where you belong. you also know where you don’t belong.

the tao of pooh

{in the garden} new piece...

~devour....

2011-06-07T15:16:00.000-06:00

the truth about DEVOUR.

quote from filmmaker jim jarmusch,

that reads:

"nothing is original. steal from anywhere that resonates

with inspiration or fuels your imagination. devour old films,

music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams,

random conversations, architecture, bridges,

street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows.

select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.

if you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.

authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.

and don't bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it

if you feel like it. in any case, always remember

what jean-luc godard said:

'it's not where you take things from –

it's where you take them to.'"

thank you, jim jarmusch.

you spoke directly to my soul and inspired me.

new piece...

moving through it all...

2011-05-27T10:44:00.000-06:00

new image

The photograph is something, in its highest form that I am giving for my effort. It is not something that I take. And then after I bring it back, develop it, print it, look at it, experience it again, I submit my experience to life. I give it back to the world, it came from. Light into darkness. Darkness into Light. - Sheila Metzner, , ISBN: 0893816523 , Page: 116

violette = purple

2011-05-25T14:47:00.000-06:00

Purple embodies the balance of red's stimulation and blue's calm. This dichotomy can cause unrest or uneasiness unless the undertone is clearly defined, at which point the purple takes on the characteristics of its undertone. With a sense of mystic and royal qualities, purple is a color often well liked by very creative or eccentric types and is the favorite color of adolescent girls.

How the color purple affects us physically

Uplifts

Calms the mind and nerves

Offers a sense of spirituality

Encourages creativity

~my mind is creating..it just hasn't yet been formed...

2011-05-25T09:38:00.000-06:00

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.

Susan Sontag

living...

2011-05-19T12:20:00.000-06:00

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

Anais Nin

morning coffee w/ jm

life...

2011-05-18T20:19:00.000-06:00

When your life situation is all you know about yourself then you miss life. You may be very good at dealing with your life situation, but you miss life. You never really get anywhere. Life is now, not in the doing.

~spend your life....

2011-05-17T16:01:00.000-06:00

"We spend our life, it's ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench"

— Samuel Beckett

new piece...xo

words...

2011-05-06T07:29:00.000-06:00

two senses..sound + smell...= sweet nite

2011-05-04T09:07:00.002-06:00

love...

2011-04-30T08:57:00.000-06:00

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

Anais Nin

~rain...

2011-04-29T09:23:00.000-06:00

Diane Ackerman - “I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not The universe is so full of marvels. Here's an example -- rain, the shape of rain. I was minding my own business, working on my book, looking out the window, and it was raining and I was noticing that the raindrops were falling in that classic round-looking way, and I thought, 'I wonder if raindrops really are round' So I started researching it a little, and I discovered that raindrops change shape 300 times a second.”

dream out loud...

2011-04-28T05:42:00.000-06:00

the only limits are the limits of our imagination.

dream up the kind of world you want to live in.

dream out loud. at high volume.

that’s what we do for a living.

Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free

2011-04-25T07:22:00.000-06:00

~spring trunk show!!

2011-04-22T19:26:00.000-06:00

Norah Jones - Lover Man

2011-04-16T11:05:00.000-06:00

~collection works...

2011-04-08T12:21:00.000-06:00

"develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things,literature, music- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. forget yourself...."

Henry Miller~

~working on my new collection to show the end of the month...

Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over" LIVE Acoustic at SIRIUS XM

2011-04-07T08:44:00.000-06:00

love this sound...life is amazing!!!!!

it's time...

2011-03-31T08:19:00.000-06:00

the sun may wake you,

but the day kicks you,

out of bed.

than in the butt.

right onto the tracks of that moving train

called life.

question is, though,are you going to drive,

or just go along for the ride?

it's your day.

everyday.

wake up and smell it.

~the end= the beginning...

2011-03-30T15:41:00.000-06:00

"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on."

— Samuel Beckett (Endgame)

Beg Bicycles

2011-03-22T09:52:00.001-06:00

Beg Bicycles

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

2011-03-15T16:04:00.000-06:00

~go slowly...

2011-03-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. Smile, breathe and go slowly."

Thich Nhat Hanh

~a new...?

2011-03-03T12:48:00.000-07:00

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

Anais Nin

~working on the green collection...

Jack Johnson - What You Thought You Need (Live)

2011-02-27T14:07:00.000-07:00

Wim Wenders - Pina(2011) trailer

2011-02-27T11:28:00.001-07:00

~this film looks amazing....

~stay warm...

2011-02-25T09:50:00.002-07:00

take a look...

~remember this...

2011-02-24T15:11:00.001-07:00

~my entrance into the south garden...

can you smell this...

"Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."

— Virginia Woolf

~new reading...

2011-02-22T11:55:00.000-07:00

The Sound of Paper: Starting from Scratch

Published: January 15th, 2004

ISBN: 1585422886

In this landmark book on the creative process, the bestselling author of The Artist's Way reveals the intricate soul work artists must undertake in order to find inspiration.

In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists face. What can we do when we face our keyboard or canvas with nothing but a cold emptiness? How can we begin to carve out our creation when our vision and drive are clouded by life's uncertainties? In other words, how can we begin the difficult work of being an artist?

Drawing upon her many years of personal experience as both an artist and a teacher, Julia Cameron guides readers to a place where they can find the strength and courage to create. Demonstrating how this involves a process of constant renewal, of starting from the beginning, she writes, "When we are building a life from scratch, we must dig a little. We must be like that hen scratching the soil: 'What goodness is hidden here, just below the surface?' we must ask."

With exercises designed to develop the power to infuse one's art with a deeply informed knowledge of the soul, this book is an essential artist's companion from one of the foremost authorities on the creative process. Julia Cameron's most illuminating book to date, The Sound of Paper provides readers with a spiritual path for creating the best work of their lives.

~while i read...she naps...

~most perfect sunday...

2011-02-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

~i am finally clearing out my office and creating a new creative space for my self...plus putting new art work on my walls...perfect for this cold wintry day...xo

~can i just sit here & read till...spring...

2011-02-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

just learning...

2011-02-17T15:15:00.000-07:00

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

~can't put it down...

2011-02-15T11:55:00.000-07:00

~love love this story...must go and finish it...xo

~something sweet...

2011-02-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

~my daughter has been in her creative venture...homemade brownies...for valentines day!!!

the recipe is from here....

Toast Coastlands Film

2011-02-08T16:26:00.000-07:00

Toast Coastlands Film

bleu = blue (objects)

2011-02-03T10:16:00.000-07:00

Blue is the overwhelming "favorite color." Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable, and committed.

The color of ocean and sky, blue is perceived as a constant in our lives. As the collective color of the spirit, it invokes rest and can cause the body to produce chemicals that are calming. However, not all blues are serene and sedate.

Electric or brilliant blues become dynamic and dramatic -- an engaging color that expresses exhilaration. Some shades or the overuse of blue may come across as cold or uncaring.

Indigo, a deeper blue, symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery, and spiritual realization. While blue is the color of communication with others, indigo turns the blue inward to increase personal thought, profound insights, and instant understandings.

Blue is the least "gender specific" color, having equal appeal to both men and women.

How the color blue effects us physically

Calms and sedates

Cools

Aids intuition

~in the studio...

2011-02-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Anais Nin

lacy wanted her photo taken...

new piece...

whats this passion for...more new work of mine...

2011-01-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?"

— Virginia Woolf

~a sweet weekend to all...xo

just moments...

2011-01-27T11:01:00.000-07:00

"Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that we—I mean all human beings—are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of art; that we are parts of the work of art. Hamlet or a Beethoven quartet is the truth about this vast mass that we call the world. But there is no Shakespeare, there is no Beethoven; certainly and emphatically there is no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself."

— Virginia Woolf (Moments of Being: Second Edition)

the perfect place

~in the studio...

2011-01-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

new piece...

new note cards...

my sweet lacy...

just be yourself...another workshop...

2011-01-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself." Virginia Woolf (A Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas

new piece in my studio...plus many more to show you...soon

—

~I taught another workshop at bailiwick studio...i love meeting creative women and going through the process with them...thanks ladies...

too be alone...

2011-01-23T11:32:00.004-07:00

"And that was what she often felt the need of-to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself. When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless."

— Virginia Woolf

Rose = pink (objects)

2011-01-20T12:32:00.000-07:00

Brighter pinks are youthful, fun, and exciting, while vibrant pinks have the same high energy as red; they are sensual and passionate without being too aggressive. Toning down the passion of red with the purity of white results in the softer pinks that are associated with romance and the blush of a young woman's cheeks. It's not surprising that when giving or receiving flowers, pink blossoms are a favorite. Pink is the color of happiness and is sometimes seen as lighthearted. For women who are often overworked and overburdened, an attraction to pink may speak of a desire for the more carefree days of childhood.

The Sound

2011-01-18T17:22:00.001-07:00

The Sound

cant get enough of nina simone.....love....

Exhibition Monet 2010 - RMN - Grand Palais - Paris

2011-01-16T17:00:00.001-07:00

Exhibition Monet 2010 - RMN - Grand Palais - Paris

click on the words and go on a journey...life is sweet...

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

2011-01-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

what an a amazing film...happy weekend!

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

2011-01-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

~have a lovely weekend...xo

who are you...?

2011-01-13T11:58:00.000-07:00

It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are.

- Paul Caponigro

marron = brown (object)

2011-01-11T15:25:00.000-07:00

Brown says stability, reliability, and approachability. It is the color of our earth and is associated with all things natural or organic.

How the color brown affects us physically and mentally

* Feeling of wholesomeness

* Stability

* Connection with the earth

* Offers a sense orderliness

~continuing my french lessons in colours, plus the simple pleasure of photographing objects...xo

just been getting lost...and loving it...

2011-01-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

i take my photo ...just to make sure i am really here...and than i don't really know if it is true...stay warm...xo

want...?

2011-01-07T12:14:00.001-07:00

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

2011-01-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

White is a color, the perception which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.[1]

~a day to study..my french lessons, and my visual lessons...and turn a year older ...i am so pleased...

workshop in the works..."Photo canvas collections" taught by Beth Lamphier

2011-01-04T12:11:00.003-07:00

~this Sat. January 8, 10-12 at bailiwick studio & gallery

call Monica 406 254 7100 to pre register!!

aftermath...

2010-12-29T16:32:00.006-07:00

~the sweet aftermath of the season...it truly is all a blur to me...
finding some solitude is my way of celebrating...the snow is falling gently right now ...showing me what I need...slow and gentle...a wonderful week to just let go of everything...xo

a little film...

2010-12-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

Le Jarden girl

hibernate...

hi·ber·nate

~winter collection....continues

Don’t ask what the world needs.

Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.

Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

~the start to a winter collection...

impossible ideas...

not what happens....in the studio...

trust the darkness....

Winter dawn is the color of metal,The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.

~january window...

CAKE....

even in winter....

THE STAVES - winter trees (perfect for today...)

created new (old) socks for the upcoming holiday....

my way...

new ideas...

imagination is not separate from reality;it is the beginning of it.

alan cohen

~wish i could sleep here....

boys

~process....

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart

bebe...

my new site....

~beauty....

~so you say...

lost track...

"It was sometime in October; she had long ago lost track of all the days and it really didn’t matter because one was like another and there were no nights to separate them because she never slept any more."

truth...about my morning...

life....

~a lot different...

now...

"Close your eyes in order to see"

~as we are..

find....

just doing my dance..

~a huge thank you...

~you are invited...to my garden...

~true nature...

~opening...

~some of my favorite words...

~the way I see it...

~ in my garden...peony...

~in the iris garden...

what do we really need...?

~in the garden....

~devour....

moving through it all...

violette = purple

~my mind is creating..it just hasn't yet been formed...

living...

life...

~spend your life....

words...

two senses..sound + smell...= sweet nite

love...

~rain...

dream out loud...

Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free

~spring trunk show!!

Norah Jones - Lover Man

~collection works...

Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over" LIVE Acoustic at SIRIUS XM

it's time...

~the end= the beginning...

Beg Bicycles

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

~go slowly...

~a new...?

Jack Johnson - What You Thought You Need (Live)

Wim Wenders - Pina(2011) trailer

~stay warm...

~remember this...

~new reading...

~most perfect sunday...

~can i just sit here & read till...spring...

just learning...

Winter dawn is the color of metal,
The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.

imagination is not separate from reality;
it is the beginning of it.