clouded illusions....

~i so love these words...more inspiration for my life work....

~the hidden life....

~ Photography concentrates one's eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life which glimmers through the outlines of things like a play of light and shade. One can't catch that even with the sharpest lens ~ Karl Heiner

~a beautiful rainy Monday....perfect for editing,creating new art and drinking a lot of tea... images of sisters, wanted something just a little different...hadn't had images made since they were little....xo

layers of illusion...

~ Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world. Arnold Newman

creating my new collection for the up coming spring fest at the Moss Mansion

graceful exit....

"There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.'

It begins with the vision to recognize when a job,

a life stage,

or a relationship is over — and let it go.

It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity

or its past importance to our lives.

It involves a sense of future,

a belief that every exit line is an entry,

that we are moving up,

rather than out."

— Ellen Goodman

~in my jarden...

~ There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are ~ Ernst Haas

~working on new art work, for the show in June, it's a perfect day...snow in May...have a sweet spring snowy day...xo

Keats....

~most amazing story...i so love the photography, each season , filled with passion...

one muse feeds the other...

"I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." - John Erskine, educator and author 1879-1951

~sweet rainy day to all...xo oh new image...

giving calendar...

~it's been a full week, enjoying every project i work on, a special one...i was asked to design a calendar, for our local community, dealing with the Childhood Hunger Committee, the calendars production is almost finished and will be in circulation soon...I will link it soon, so you can see the whole project...have a lovely day  xo

walden...chapter 11

The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct. It appeared more beautiful to live low and fare hard in many respects; and though I never did so, I went far enough to please my imagination. I believe that every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food, and from much food of any kind.

chapter 11

~ back to my studies on Walden...this image is from a recent shoot, very shy little girl...for her hands tell everything...a new day in the sun!!! off to the plant nursery...xo

present time....

"I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes."

Kaethe Kollwitz, German artist






~ i so relate to the quote above, it's always been in me, but never had this quality of focus and passion before...have a good Monday...xo