Archive: 2013

“Water, if you don’t stir it, will become clear;
The mind, left unaltered, will find its own natural peace.”
~ Buddha

Spring is here! Last night, for the first time in months, I almost needed to turn on the fan. So still, so calm this morning. My photographs were just as much about reflections as they were about the sunrise this morning. Again, making it hard to chose just one photo, each moment being beautiful. I took 39 photographs in all. I finally chose this one, as it best reflects the stillness. read more

“Flow is a highly focused state of relaxation concentration that obliterates all else out of consciousness. It is the state of self-actualization or transcendental behavior that is euphoric.”

~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book ‘Flow’

The rising of the sun was quite dramatic this morning.  The multi-layered clouds made for a dreamy, pink sky.  And when the sun did finally make it’s appearance, it held a very warm -and reassuring – glow.

Today, I have to admit that I am tired.  Not tired in the physical sense, but tired mentally.  I’ve had enough experience over the years to know that it is time for a break.  I’ve been pushing myself a bit too hard, or maybe just enough, but now it’s time to ease up a bit.  Work has begun to feel ‘out of the flow’.  So I was again thinking about Michael Jordon, and his gracious ability to push himself with a seeming effortlessness. read more

“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
~ Ansel Adams

What a brilliant sunrise this morning. I was up late last night, contemplating the nature of things … I could have used a set of blinders to watch the many changing shades and dimensions of both the sun and my mind today LOL. There was a lot of duplicity in what was caught on film in this sunrise, not just in this particular photo, but in others too. read more