• Art,  Camera Equipment,  Fujifilm X-T10,  Sculpture

    December 12, 2015
    The Thinker
    The Thinker at the Bean Cycle coffeehouse

    A few facts for those who are interested. I did not know this but the Thinker was initially a figure in a large commission, begun in 1880, for a doorway surround called The Gates of Hell. The sculpture, Auguste Rodin, based this on The Divine Comedy of Dante, and most of the many figures in the work represented the main characters in the epic poem. Some critics believe The Thinker, at the centre of the composition over the doorway was originally intended to depict Dante at the gates of Hell, pondering his great poem.

    It is snowing large beautiful snowflakes as I type this post. I like these flakes as they are much needed by us. Again, I frown on the cold that comes along with these systems. Down into the teens tonight. Stay warm.

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  • Art,  quotes,  Sculpture,  writing/reading

    Quiet Place to Read

    October 29, 2015
    Reading with his Friend
    Reading with his Friend

    “What does it require to read a book?  It requires time, quiet, patience, attentiveness to the written words, imagination and emotions.” Ilia Delio

    Reading a book is experiential. The reader and writer merge within the pages. Each experience is unique. Enlightening. Transforming. Magical. Get lost in one, or found. Race through one or chew on one for weeks. And, reread one once in a while. We need books.

    Reading the book of nature requires the same time,  quiet, patience, attentiveness to its words, imagination and emotions. It is just as experiential. Enlightening. Transforming. Magical. Go for a walk. Meander through a nature area or around the block and read its words. We need nature.

    Or, go spend time in nature, bring along a book, or two, and find a quiet place to read.

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  • Art,  Sculpture

    January 21, 2015

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    A statue from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. I discovered this museum while on a walk around my hotel during an overnight back in 2010.

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  • Children,  Documentary/Street,  People/Portraits,  Sculpture

    All Giggles

    May 19, 2014
    All Giggles
    All Giggles

    This past weekend I met a friend at one of our malls. One of those places that was a field of flowers, grass and trees and home to all kinds of critters. Now it’s concrete, asphalt and retail stores. Anyway this young girls older sister was having a birthday party so of course she was not included. Dad’s assignment was to keep her preoccupied. When she saw this bronze statue she quickly ran up to the bench and sat on it. Then as a young child of her age she shared her sunglasses with the bronze boy. Dad agreed to let me take a photo. And one is all I took.

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  • Art,  quotes,  Sculpture

    Reading Books

    December 17, 2013
    Reading Books
    Reading Books

    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”  ― Charles William Eliot

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  • quotes,  Sculpture

    You have to feel …..

    October 21, 2013
    St Francis
    St Francis

    “Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph.” – Andre Kertesz

    Kertesz is not not talking about reaching out and physically getting our hands on a subject but talking about the feelings and emotions within us, that part of us that is human. If he was talking about physically feeling with our hands then many of us would probably be photographing for Playboy. 🙂 The feelings he suggests are those emotions that move our soul, something deep within us.

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