“Photography is a language more universal than words” – Minor White
Quote found in The Moment of Seeing – Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts.
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More Minor White
“Reaching a ‘creative’ state of mind through positive action is considered preferable to waiting for ‘inspiration'” – Minor White 1950
The above quote goes well with the adage that God helps those that help themselves.
Currently reading The Moment of Seeing – Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts by Stephanie Comer and Deborah Klochko with an essay by Jeff Gunderson. Excellent chronology of the school’s development with historical documentary photos of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Minor White among others as well as photographs from the students and teachers at the school dating from the late 40’s/early 50’s. If you love photography and history seek out this book.
Quote comes from the book.
Birds of the Week
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bird.html
Mathematics in Nature
“The most beautiful thing is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science.” Albert Einstein
“Where there is matter, there is geometry” Johannes Kepler
I’ve been waiting for a month for the proper post for this heron. Sunday’s pine tree gave that to me. The patterns within the feathers are amazing.
Quote found at http://www.goldennumber.net/phi-quotations/
Foggy Morning
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception” – Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was an English writer who was probably best known for his novel “Brave New World”. Although the above quote probably comes from Doors of Perception a non-fiction book about psychedelic drugs. I still find it quite insightful.
Odd parallel – he died the same day as C.S. Lewis.
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/unknown.html
Bee Time
The happiness of the bee or dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. – Jacques Yves Cousteau
These flowers look like miniature orchids, not sure if they will continue to blossom or if each top gets only a few flowers. In the second pic I believe he is sucking on the anther.
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bee.html
With Minor White
“I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that something in nature says, ‘Come and take my photograph’. So I do regardless of how I feel.” – Minor White
Minor White was zen before there was zen. If that makes sense to anyone. He embodied the principles of zen in his photography, before they were popular in our society. That’s what I got while reading the essays in Eye Mind Spirit – The Enduring Legacy of Minor White edited by Nathan Lyons, a book that was published with an exhibit by the same name at the Howard Greenberg Gallery commemorating what would have been Minor Whites’ 100 birthday.
See some fabulous photos at http://www.howardgreenberg.com/#home – the Howard Greenberg Gallery
Quote found at http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=25&name=White,Minor
Photo is mine.
Experience and Gratitude
“The best part of taking photos is getting to be there” – me
Feeling thankful for the opportunities I’ve been given. Walking among the oaks, or along the shore. Usually alone, the only sounds are the birds singing in the golden light of dawn.
Claude Monet
“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment” – Claude Monet
Claude Monet, one of the founders of the impressionist movement must have had a special love of flowers. His art reflects the colors and beauty found in flowers and the natural landscape.
More on Claude Monet http://www.claudemonetgallery.org/
Quote and subsequent research sparked by https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/110017.Claude_Monet
A Blossom
Start by doing what is necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – St Francis of Assisi
Picture This by Frank 