“To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language” – Arlene Benedict
Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Mother_Child_Bond/2/
Mama
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Couple
“One’s not half of two; two are halves of one” E. E. Cummings
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/couples
Bird Day
“Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstien
Pleasant surprise when I downloaded this guy. Decent capture of the anhinga, with a boat-tail grackle and a tern-like bird flying by.
Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/three/4.html
Mark Twain
“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today” Mark Twain
Mark Twain is one of my literary heroes. He was the ultimate wanderer. Starting down the Mississippi, he went out to Nevada, then San Francisco, Hawaiian Islands and the Mid East. Along the way he wrote some great travelogues – Innocent’s Abroad, Following the Equator, Autobiography among others.
Here’s some pics from the Virginia City, NV home of the Territorial Enterprise where Mark Twain wrote for the newspaper.
Old Florida Feel
” Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.” — Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
When I am out and about taking photographs on mornings like last Sunday, I think of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and all she has done to raise awareness of the delicate ecosystem we have on this earth – Thanks Marjory. More on Marjory Stoneman Douglas at http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/douglas.htm
Honeysuckle
“The meaning of life is to see” – Hui Neng Zen Monk 7th century.
Quote seen here — http://www.frederickfranck.org/
Ever Blooming
“Earth laughs in flowers” Ralph Waldo Emerson – Hamatraya
What a gift a geranium is. When I moved here over 5 years ago the previous owners left a geranium in a pot on the patio. It has bloomed almost constantly ever since. And never ceases to make me smile.
Quote from http://geraniumsonline.com/quotes1.htm
The Awakened Eye – Part 2
I didn’t want to leave the topic of The Awakened Eye by Frederick Franck without mention of this one last passage, As part of seeing/drawing and his Zen beliefs he has written an enlightened passage on how we treat the earth as follows:
“It struck me like a whip, Only in America, I believe, does one speak of earth as “dirt”. Are we products of dirt?”
later,
“Where Earth is seen as dirt, the bulldozer is destined to mutilate, to “develop”, to “landscape” what is mere dirt. Mother dirt….”
So far all his writings and drawings have touched me in various ways, I am onto my third book. I enjoy it so much I am able to forgive him for his distaste of photography.
Previous posts on Frederick Franck –
https://pitcturethis.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-awakened-eye-by-frederick-franck/
https://pitcturethis.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/more-inspiration-addendum/ore-inspiration/
https://pitcturethis.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/more-inspiration/
Appreciation for Appolinaire
A little known (at least to me) artistic figure from early in the 20th century and patron of Henri Rousseau. As one of Rousseau’s early supporters I felt the need to explore his life and works. Briefly, when he lived in Paris he was part of the artistic group that included Picasso, Chagall, Stein, and others. Rousseau’s painting “Muse Inspiring the Poet” is a portrait of Appolinaire and his love.
He is said to have coined the word surrealism. Here are a couple of quotes borrowed from the goodreads site (link follows). The first quote I’ve seen translated many ways, I find it quite inspirational.
“Come to the edge,” he said.
They said, “We are afraid.”
Come to the edge,” he said.
They came.
He pushed them…and they flew.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire
They said, “We are afraid.”
Come to the edge,” he said.
They came.
He pushed them…and they flew.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire
“I sing the joy of wandering and the pleasure of the wanderer’s death”
― Guillaume Apollinaire
― Guillaume Apollinaire
Blogging201 – Morton’s Fork
If asked to choose between writing a blog and never being able to read one or reading blogs. I would choose the ability to read them.
I would want to read because I have found that one of the joys of writing a blog is the many things you see and learn about from the varied folks who like a post. For example today I discovered a builder of model airplanes and life in an African village – among other things. That is amazing and my day is made fuller because of it. But of course I found these by writing a blog and receiving likes, therefore encountering a variant of Morton’s Fork.
And, by the way, I had to research Morton’s Fork – another new thing for today.
I choose the vulture because he is represents Lord Chancellor John Morton, the tax collector!!
Picture This by Frank 