Too often we think we can’t accomplish something grand like what we hear on the news because we can’t see that it began as something much more simple. Every great novel or movie script or mechanical invention because with something simple like a sentence that probably isn’t even part of the finished product. Have...
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Taken in pieces there really isn’t anything that outstanding about this camellia flower – it’s doesn’t have an unusual color or shape or even number of petals. It’s not particularly small or really gigantic and yet somehow it commands attention. Do you view yourself in terms of the pieces or the overall?
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Most trees seem to come with inner springs so that they can flex and bend with the weight of ice and snow or wind and yet still stand tall. Do you have give in your attitudes when presented with an unexpected storm?
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Most self-improvement and spiritual language speaks in terms of ‘up’ as the positive direction we should be seeking and yet have you noticed that water always seeks lower ground? Going with the flow may just mean letting gravity take over once in awhile…
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Looking out an airplane window is the closest most of us can get to an alien world. Even with some weather variation there is a surreal sameness to the landscape – basically because there are no obstacles: trees, mountains, buildings, people.
What things in life are you wishing weren’t there, but you might really miss...
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It is a simple fact that ancient evergreen trees are simply too tall to fit into a single photographic frame. Something that doesn’t prevent me or any other photographer from trying to capture their grandeur anyway. Creating a vertical panorama would certainly be an option but how many have tried it? Are there things...
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It seems to happen so fast that I don’t think we’re really aware of Autumn leaves having an in between stage. That sort of not-quite-there-yet awkwardness that most of us would rather not show to the world. Are you waiting to show off your transitions until everything is ‘perfect’? What if the spotty stage...
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It’s funny how standing on top of a mountain or the very depth of a deep valley tends to leave us feeling small and alone. We are only alone when we create categories of separation; people vs trees etc. Take a moment and feel for that connection with the nearest non-human living thing –...
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So much of nature is made up of repeating patterns that change scale or shape unlike the uniformity of say, wall paper. From ferns to pinecones, there is a mathematical structure that is relaxing simply because it is predictable and yet interesting because of the variations. What are your patterns? Do they have subtle...
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There are all kinds of brand consciousness; some about Gucci and the right neighborhood and others more subtle. When you look at the wildflower above what labels do you use? If I tell you that it’s an orchid, do those change? Orchids sybolize rarity and the exotic, but not all of them are as...
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