Point of View

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own." Henry Ford

Inspiration (02/22/10)

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.” ~William Shedd

Inspiration (02/21/10)

“If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is -- Venice is better.” ~Fran Lebowitz

Inspiration (02/20/10)

“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.” ~Abigail Adams

Inspiration (02/19/10)

"Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!" ~William Butler Yeats

Inspiration (02/18/10)

“I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be; the waves that plunged along the shore said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!” ~George William Curtis

Light and Shadow

"To rid ourselves of our shadows-who we are-we must step into either total light or total darkness."

~Jeremy Preston

Inspiration (02/17/10)

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. ~James Thurber


http://bulpy.deviantart.com/art/Escape2-154503152

Inspiration (02/16/10)

"I've grown to realize that joy comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure." ~Lawana Blackwell

Personal Work (2/15/10)

Looking over the hills towards New Windsor. Taken at a friend's house. This photo has been untouched.

Personal Work (2/14/10)

Chopsticks in a Mason jar. This photo is untouched.

Personal Work (2/13/10)

This was photo was taken looking across to the trees in the neighbor's yard. This photo was untouched.

Personal Work (2/12/10)

The shadow my desk lamp throws on my wall. This photo was untouched.

Personal Work (2-11-10)

The sun coming in the front windows of my house. No editing has been done to this photo.

Personal Work (2-10-10)

Looking up in the trees in my backwoods. The image was gray-scaled and sharpened.

Inspiration (2-9-10)

"The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in." ~Robert Heinlein, speech

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/shadow_opportunity_big.jpg

Inspiration (2-8-10)

Garbage as an art form.

http://www.mendeley.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/shadow-sculpture1.jpg

Inspiration (2-7-10)

"I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport." Tony Hawk

http://www.foundshit.com/skateboard-shadow-photography/

Inspiration (2-6-10)

"Surely as cometh the Winter, I know/There are Spring violets under the snow."
- R. H. Newell

http://cedarlounge.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sun_snow_oak.jpg

Inspiration (2-5-10)

“There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/images/2008/04/08/snow_norsey_woods_470_470x352.jpg

Inspiration (2-4-10)

"The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2007/03/snow_waiting_john_queen_01.jpg

Inspiration (2-3-10)

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

http://www.danheller.com/images/California/Marin/Nite/nite-tree-shadows-2-big.jpg

Inspiration (2-2-10)

“The fence that makes good neighbors needs a gate to make good friends”

http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/15/1526/FQJBD00Z/monte-nagler-fences-and-shadows-florida.jpg

Inspiration (2-1-10)

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

~Willa Cather

http://www.freefoto.com/images/15/01/15_01_33---Tree-Black-and-White_web.jpg