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Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
spring images through the rippled glass
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, perspective, Photography, spring on May 5, 2014| 6 Comments »
a return visit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abstract, flowers, Inspiration, landscape, Massachusetts, nature, office park, Photography, Woburn on May 4, 2014| 4 Comments »
A few images from a return visit to a field in Woburn, Massachusetts.
A very small field in an office park with an amazing variety of wildlife present.
I wasn’t set up to photograph the birds (or record their symphony of birdsong) though I kept catching flashes of bright orange, red, black and gold feathers.
As always, I scared a few rabbits deeper into the underbrush.
No hawks this time or foxes.
In the end …
I mostly focused on the landscape.
after the rains end
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blooms, Branches, colors, flowers, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 1, 2014| 7 Comments »
The view outside one of my windows, after the rains ended. The sun still shines. I know that I am a lucky person.
reminiscent of a butterfly …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, blossoms, dried flowers, found objects, Inspiration, nature, Photography on April 30, 2014| 4 Comments »
or maybe seaweed washed ashore.
In fact, a small bundle of dried spring blossoms found on the ground.
works in progress …
Posted in Inspiration, tagged books, history, Inspiration, Joseph Anthony Horne, libraries, Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz, memoir, Monuments Men, Offenbach Archival Depot, Vilna, Yiddish Scientific Institute, YIVO on April 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz
As part of my research with the Interlude series, I’ve been reading the memoir, From That Place and Time, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz. The narrative focuses on the period 1938-1947, and the author’s time spent pre-war in Vilna, Poland, studying at the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) and then her later post-war work to identify the remains of the YIVO library. The Interlude series is my attempt to share some of what I’ve learned in my walk through history via the life of Joseph Anthony Horne. The paths of Ms. Dawidowicz and Mr. Horne cross in 1947 in the German city of Offenbach at the Offenbach Archival Depot. More details to follow in the next Interlude, coming soon.
just leftovers
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged breakfast, eggs, food, food photography, Inspiration, Leftover mashed potatoes, leftovers, meals, potatoes on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
“It’s just leftovers,” he said. “Leftover mashed potatoes and a single egg. The egg has a little fresh thyme mixed in but really, how much more simple can you get?” Indeed. 😉
on the road
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged blossoms, Branches, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, Somerville, spring, trees, walking on April 27, 2014| 3 Comments »
By on the road, I mean walking around my Somerville neighborhood. Still chilly, but felt good to be out of the house and seeing what spring has to offer.
if …
Posted in Inspiration, On the Road, tagged Amazing Grace, Andrew Forsthoefel, arts, compassion, Cowbird Daily, imagination, Inspiration, music, painting, poetry, reflections, storytelling, travel, walking on April 23, 2014| 5 Comments »
One day I found myself walking along, looking at the world around me. I passed a stand of birch and I found myself thinking, if I only knew how to paint, I’d paint these trees. I kept moving along, but the sight of the trees remained in my mind and I found myself thinking, if only I could write music then maybe I could write a song about the trees. But I know I don’t write music and so I started thinking, if only I could sing then maybe I could find someone else to write the music, but that would only work if I wasn’t shy. Now, I don’t really think I can sing but sometimes when I’m sure I’m alone, some kind of sound passes between my lips. And so that day, with all those if’s put out into the world, I decided to go ahead and try that singing thing. The following soft words emerged in some kind of rhythm.
If I knew how to paint
I’d paint these trees
How the wind does make them sway
Their leaves sunlit
Their branches bent
While high above soars a bird
Nothing Earth-shattering but it did make me feel good to sing and then hum the song for a bit. Only later did I realize that the tune (if that’s the right word) that I used for my trees was for that of Amazing Grace, a point made clear when I viewed one of today’s Cowbird Daily stories. The video short is an excerpt from the journey of another walker, Andrew Forsthoefel. I hope you have a chance to view and listen to the video for yourself. And by the way, that picture above … there must have been a day when I forgot that I couldn’t paint. 😉
simple words of windows
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Hilaire Belloc, imagination, Inspiration, perceptions, The Path to Rome, travel, windows on April 23, 2014| 9 Comments »
“Never ridicule windows. It is out of windows that many fall to their death. By windows love often enters. Through a window went the bolt that killed King Richard. … When a mob would rule England, it breaks windows, and when a patriot would save her, he taxes them. Out of windows we walk on to lawns in summer and meet men and women, and in winter windows are drums for the splendid music of storms … The windows of the great cathedrals are all their meaning. But for windows we should have to go out-of-doors to see daylight. After the sun, which they serve, I know of nothing so beneficent as windows.” — by Hilaire Belloc in The Path to Rome (1902)
the art of somerville
Posted in Inspiration, Photography Exhibits, tagged art festivals, artists, arts, arts festivals, colors, creativity, imagination, Inspiration, neighborhoods, Photography, Somerville, Somerville Open Studios on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In New England, spring means flowers but it also means arts festivals galore. The one that I’ve become most connected with is Somerville Open Studios. This year’s official SOS weekend is May 3 + May 4 with studios open across the city and easily accessible by foot and trolley cars. Several April exhibits are also already up and running.
Maps of different exhibit locations for the main May weekend are available in every Somerville neighborhood. The mapstands, made by artist Hilary Scott, are quite distinctive and kept regularly stocked by volunteers.
The show is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. You can read more about its unique history here. And you can learn more about participating artists via this link. Each year it is inspiring for me to see how involved the artists are, at every level, in making the show a success for everyone.
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