… I found beautiful blooms …
… and even a bird or two …
… and of course a few more leaves.
FYI, you can learn more about St. Audoen’s Church via this link.
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and in a church garden …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged birds, colors, dublin, flowers, gardens, Inspiration, ireland, landscape, nature, Photography, spirituality, St. Audoen's Church, travel on October 15, 2012| 3 Comments »
leaves found in st. stephen’s green
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, dublin, Inspiration, ireland, landscape, leaves, nature, outdoors, Photography, st. stephen's green, travel on October 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
While in Dublin, I visited great cathedrals and amazing galleries, and even attended an intimate music performance. The people were friendly and always willing to share a tale or two. Sometimes the accents were so thick I could not understand a word but I didn’t care because the flow of the words were like music as well.
In addition to music, Dublin is a city noted for its great literary heritage and perhaps that is why I did not often pull out my camera (along with the rain and wind and such). I was too busy listening, or even sitting down on occasion with pen and paper myself. When I did pull out my camera, I found myself less photographing churches and more trying to capture nature. And in particular I felt compelled to try capturing the leaves in Saint Stephen’s Green, a public park located near the hotel.
What called to me? I guess the colors and patterns …
… and emerging contrasts as autumn continues to unfold …
… and there was the glisten from intermittent rains.
In a city that has a lot of hustle and bustle, especially with Trinity College right there in the center, the park was a calm respite …
… and a joy to traverse even in the rain. 😉
You can read more about Saint Stephen’s Green on Wikipedia via this link.
Food Images Inspired by Yozo Hamaguchi
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged Alimentum, art, food, illustration, Inspiration, Japanese Aesthetics, Photography, travel, Yozo Hamaguchi on October 6, 2012| 16 Comments »
I am pleased to share that Alimentum Journal is featuring a set of my food photographs inspired by Japanese artist Yozo Hamaguchi.
Even before my extraordinary journey to Japan a few years ago, I had been intrigued by Japan and its culture, especially depictions of nature in print and on cloth, and as expressed in music, words and images. But visiting Japan awakened my senses to food as visual art object. Further research introduced the works of Yozo Hamaguchi, who inspired a whole series of photographs.
The Hamaguchi-inspired images can be viewed in the Alimentum Art Gallery HERE.
And you can view the full gallery of images on my website HERE.
Bon apetit! 😉
hot off the press: the long walk
Posted in Contributing Writer, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged children, colors, Contributing Writer, Creativity Portal, forks, imagination, muse, nature, Photography, roads, storytelling, travel on September 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
What do forks have to do with a long walk? Well, just click the picture or on this link to find out. Find a tale inspired by my interactions with a five-year old who has grown adept at asking “can you make up a story about [fill in the blank],” and my interactions with a 50-plus year old who has the spirit of a five-year old who tells me quite often what he will do with a fork in the road.
With such muses in my life, how could I not write this tale? Please enjoy and let me know what you think.
blooms by the roadside
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, Somerville Community Path, travel on August 29, 2012| 8 Comments »
There’s a wooded path near my house that takes about five minutes to walk in one direction. It is amazing what’s to be found in such a short length.
the blues
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged blue, colors, Essex, Inspiration, landscape, Massachusetts, nature, Photography, travel on August 8, 2012| 1 Comment »
Beauty at the World’s End
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, colors, Hingham, landscape, Massachusetts, nature, Photography, travel, World's End on May 29, 2012| 2 Comments »
Found …
Posted in Inspiration, On the Road, tagged colors, currency, Inspiration, Japan, musings, Photography, travel on May 6, 2012| 3 Comments »
… a coin at the bottom of a suitcase, and with it, memories of a lovely trip to Japan. I tossed the coin on a tabletop and that’s where the sun touched it.
Belle Isle Marsh
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blue, colors, Inspiration, juniper, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, travel on November 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in East Boston, Massachusetts is Boston’s last remaining salt marsh. It is a family-friendly, dog-friendly (i.e. watch your step!), easy to traverse recreation spot. Because it is near the airport, there is often the interesting juxtaposition of a plane flying over as a white heron or mallard duck or any number of other seabirds look up at a fellow winged beast.
It is a regular hiking spot for Steve and I. I enjoy photographing the foliage in silhouette against the sky …
… and the end of season seeds and berries about to hit the ground.
He enjoys collecting juniper berries for one of his special sauces. 😉
You can read more about Belle Isle here. And, you may read more about Steve’s Juniper Berry Sauce in the near future. Yum. Meanwhile, have a good Monday, folks.
Red Waters, Red Moons and White Butterflies
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, butterflies, design, Inspiration, leaves, life, moon, paper craft, Photography, reflections, relationships, travel on November 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Dublin Moon Series … that’s what I’ve decided to call this week’s creations of papery moons and butterflies and tiny poetry-laced leaves. The lunar inspiration is clear. Dublin is in reference to that certain scientist fellow I write about on occasion. In our time together he has been an unexpected source of creative inspiration. He’s certainly expanded my thinking about light and angles and even about getting grubby to get the best shot. Earlier this week he traveled to Dublin for business. As I helped him pack, we came across a small notebook not much bigger than a matchbook. It lay at the bottom of a bag he’d taken on a previous trip fishing on the high seas.
I remembered giving him that notebook because on that trip we wouldn’t have much phone contact. And because I love a good story, I told him to take notes so that he could tell me later about all of his adventures with appropriate detail. Well, upon his return he managed to tell me a very good story without ever pulling that notebook from his bag. So nearly a year later we flipped through the pages, chuckling as he deciphered his notes. Then he came to a phrase that made him pause. Imagining that he had recorded seeing a mermaid, I laughed and shouted, “What is it? What is it? What did you write?”
Well, what he had written was this: “Let me try to see the world through her eyes.” Now, over the years, I had gathered that as he traveled he sometimes took pictures of things for me like rose clouds in the sky and trees reflected in blue waters. Once he had texted from a different boating adventure, “As I look out over the ocean, I see a lone butterfly and it makes me think of you.”
I did not create all of these paper works for this fellow, but I do recognize that this form provided a creative outlet for me to engage with him. I was compelled to imagine what it was like for him to be out on that boat and seeing the butterfly over the ocean, and when he’s traveling in Japan, how he sees the red sun. Anyway …
I think my paper period is done. He shall be home soon, and I’ve got a backlog of writing, photography and exhibit-related tasks to focus on. Though, I must admit this morning I did find myself humming Blue Moon. 😉 And I do have a lot of blue paper left.
We’ll see …
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