Dewdrops,  leaves,  Plants,  quotes

What is my work?

Looking close at nature and its ability to create

“My work is Loving the World.” Mary Oliver

I believe nature can create visual art that brings pleasure to my soul. I’ll even say it creates art that touches all of  the senses; smell, touch, visual, audible and taste. Could it be that nature is the ultimate artist? As Mary Oliver ask do I participate as an artist with nature in loving it, respecting it, protecting it?

Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.

5 Comments

    • Monte Stevens

      I am doing good. I had some heart surgery back in December and healing from all that. Life is good. I actually was wondering what happened to you as I got lost in your moving. I dropped my membership on pbase after being a member for almost 10 years. Tom Dills let me know you were somewhere in the Charlotte area. So good to have you commnet and hoping all is good for you!

      • Faye

        I’m so sorry I didn’t realize you’d had heart surgery. I hope you are recovering; your images are still beautiful, so your artist’s eye remains intact. I moved to the Charlotte area, sharing an apartment with my niece. I’m loving the non-homeowner life. 🙂 I haven’t had time yet to locate local parks, rivers, streams, etc and I miss photographing the flora. Take care, Monte. I’ll be checking in here regularly.

  • Tom Dills

    Classic Monte photo! Yes, I believe “nature” is the ultimate artist and it is our role as photographers to seek and find those gifts. You’ve done a great job of finding this one.

    Faye: don’t be a stranger. I’ve not done a great job of being a tourist in my own town but do know of a few places. Kathy and I would love to meet for coffee or vino and do some exploring. Fortunately or unfortunately, we know the restaurants better than we know the parks! 🙂