and had deep thoughts about serious subjects …
and aren’t there so many such subjects …
but I just felt like posting something a little different. 😉
Posts Tagged ‘Photography’
after last night’s storm, i took snow pictures today …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, salad fixings on December 18, 2013| 8 Comments »
winter’s light revisited
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, essays, ice, light, nature, Photography, seasons, Talking Writing, water, winter, winter's light on December 17, 2013| 7 Comments »
It has been almost two years since my photo essay Winter’s Light appeared in Talking Writing.
Of course I still love the light of this approaching season.
With that winter’s light in 2011, I focused on the illumination of “ordinary objects,” from condensation to old postcards hung on a wall.
With this morning’s near-winter light, I was struck by the illumination of branching fingers of ice.
To view such scenes at the start of the day feels magical. Feels cold, too, but still magical. 😉
dona nobis pacem, a series of sights and sounds
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, home, Inspiration, landscape, life, music, musings, nature, peace, Peteris Vasks, Photography, sounds on December 15, 2013| 4 Comments »
And so the morning began with sounds. Laying in bed listening to snow slide from the roof. Over breakfast listening to Steve tell stories of his night. My brothers’ voices, one via voice mail, him singing a made up song about getting up and getting started with a cup of coffee. His words inspired me to pour some beans into a white cup and photograph a single image and hope it came out well.
I continued to take random shots about the kitchen, of lemons in bowls and of rosemary. I don’t think I’m supposed to let indoor herbs bloom but I couldn’t help myself. No sounds there, just lovely periwinkle silence.
During the midst of all this, something happened. Nothing serious but one of those incidents that can color a day, darken it … if you allow. I told myself to let the incident go. To help me do so, I pulled from my bag a list of desired tasks. One of them was to look up composer Peteris Vasks. I’d only learned of him yesterday at an organ recital. The organist had played one of his pieces, Te Deum. During my research I came across this piece, Dona Nobis Pacem.
A beautiful, calming piece.
As it played on repeat in the background, I wandered around taking other photos, indoors of items on tables
and through windows of ice melting beautifully.
What that music inspired exactly I can’t say. It did encourage me, remind me even, to be present, to appreciate the beauty before me that I could see, that I could hear, and that I could imagine. We all need reminders on occasion. 😉
this little light of mine
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged candles, Inspiration, interior landscapes, Photography on December 14, 2013| 2 Comments »
letting the day go
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged home, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, sunset, trees on December 12, 2013| 5 Comments »
a walk in her world
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Andrea Elliott, children, culture, family, home, journalism, life, Photography, society, storytelling, The New York Times on December 11, 2013| 2 Comments »
Growing up in Virginia, my parents made clear quite often that “times are tight.” Many a fellow classmate wore more expensive clothes but mine were just as clean and it didn’t matter that they were purchased via layaway. And my brothers and I still share stories of how well my mother could stretch a can of Campbells soup. But it wasn’t until I was accepted into college, completing financial aid forms and trying to figure out how my family’s income fit on various grids … that’s when one day I looked across the table at my parents and said, “Did you know we’re classified as poor?” That I did not feel poor despite my family having little money says a lot about my parents and the neighborhood in which I walked.
It is a very different neighborhood in which the little girl Dasani lives. It is a Brooklyn neighborhood in transition. Thanks to the New York Times series, Invisible Child, readers can journey with her through that changing world. You the reader can walk with her, run, kick, and dance. You can even hear her voice and those of the people around her because it is a multimedia presentation with short videos at the end of each of the five parts. It is a series provoking a lot of conversation, dialogue, debate … and hopefully, most importantly, some good actions. It can sometimes be tough to read and to watch but I hope people do.
in a corner of the kitchen
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged cuban oregano, fern, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, kitchen, Photography, plants on December 11, 2013| 3 Comments »
if i could paint with light …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, painting, Photography, urban landscape, urban nature on December 10, 2013| 3 Comments »
Snow began to fall this morning and so I went to the window to check on my so-called copper branches.
These branches drape over a crumbling concrete wall.
The wall is adjacent to a muffler shop. If I were to widen my shots you would see the mountain of tires, metal poles and big blue barrels.
The area is not easily accessible. It is cordoned off on three sides by a metal fence. It is only because I am next door and up high that I can see the beauty over the wall.
One day I may get up the nerve to talk with the manager and convince him to let me into the area, to climb over the tires, so that I can get up close to the tiny rambling woods.
But for now I am happy to shoot from a distance and later play with the images. As different details emerge out of the lovely chaos – a leaf still green, the illumination of paler twigs, and so forth – it feels a bit like painting with light.
revere – a picture and a promo
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beach, charitable giving, Inspiration, kickstarter, maps, nature, Photography, Revere, Revere Walking Map, WalkBoston, walking on December 9, 2013| 2 Comments »
Thanks to friends and family from around the world, I’ve got quite a growing collection of shells. Most of the shells that I have collected myself I have done so along Revere Beach in Revere, MA. That beach has become a favorite haunt to walk for relaxation and exercise. I never know what I might find in the sand and along the water’s edge. Moving forward, I hope to venture further afield into the heart of the culturally rich and diverse community. That is in part why I love and support the idea of a Revere Walking Map being created. I do use them. Watch the video below to understand the behind the scenes making of such a map and/or visit this page to see the opportunities and levels for giving. A great cause especially if you live or travel out this way.
P.S. Here’s how I’ve used a similar walking map to help make my way around Somerville and its parks.
rain
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, rain, reflections, trees, water on December 9, 2013| 9 Comments »
Words + Images 