Visual Quotations 61: Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all -Emily Dickinson- Continue reading Visual Quotations 61: Hope
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Visual Quotations 60: Castle/2
” … the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements.” – Bram Stoker Carreg Cennen, Wales Continue reading Visual Quotations 60: Castle/2
The Promise of the Peony
“The potential for greatness lies within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph, Olympian “When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.” – Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker One more peony shot here Continue reading The Promise of the Peony
Visual Quotations 58: Castle
“Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.” – Bram Stoker, author of Dracula Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Continue reading Visual Quotations 58: Castle
Visual Quotations 57: Beauty
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank Continue reading Visual Quotations 57: Beauty
Visual Quotations 55: Pleasure
“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” – Sam Abell Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Pleasure Continue reading Visual Quotations 55: Pleasure
Visual Quotations 54: Celebrate
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.” – Hillary Clinton Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Celebrate Continue reading Visual Quotations 54: Celebrate
Visual Quotations 53: Whole
“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Whole Continue reading Visual Quotations 53: Whole
Visual Quotations 52: Wings
“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.” – Helen Hayes Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Wings Continue reading Visual Quotations 52: Wings
Visual Quotations 50: Awakening
“This surprised me because it made me realize that what I sought was not outside myself. It was within me, already there, waiting. Awakening was really the act of remembering myself … ” – Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter click on the photo for a larger view Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Awakening Continue reading Visual Quotations 50: Awakening
Visual Quotations 49: Mysterious
“As soon as man does not take his existence for granted … … but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious … … thought begins.” Albert Schweitzer Ese’s shoot and quote is: Mysterious Continue reading Visual Quotations 49: Mysterious
Visual Quotations 48: Injustice
“Injustice boils in men’s hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time.” – Mary Harris Jones Ese’s Shoot and Quote: Hot Continue reading Visual Quotations 48: Injustice
Visual Quotations 47: Diversity
“The universe is full of men going through the same motions in the same surroundings, but carrying within themselves, and projecting around them, universes as mutually remote as the constellations.” ― Emmanuel Mounier, Personalism The scene and surroundings, a train station … … and the people and their universes within the scene … Ese’s weekly shoot and quote is: Diversity Continue reading Visual Quotations 47: Diversity
Visual Quotation 46: The Last View
“These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago… I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. And they in turn seem to be aware of me.” – Ansel Adams Care facility for seniors, Alexandria, Ontario Continue reading Visual Quotation 46: The Last View
Visual Quotation 43: Empty 2
“Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in which intelligence could clothe itself.” – Annie Besant Sunset at 35,000 feet Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Empty Continue reading Visual Quotation 43: Empty 2
Visual Quotation 42: Empty
“When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.” – Mickey Rourke Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Empty Continue reading Visual Quotation 42: Empty
Visual Quotation 41: Fragile
“If only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.” – ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Fragile Continue reading Visual Quotation 41: Fragile
Visual Quotation 40: Music
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe …
wings to the mind …
flight to the imagination … Continue reading “Visual Quotation 40: Music”
Visual Quotation 39: New Year’s Resolution
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” – Helen Keller Continue reading Visual Quotation 39: New Year’s Resolution
Visual Quotation 38: Continuous
“Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. ” Quote by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote is: Continuous Continue reading Visual Quotation 38: Continuous
Beyond the Brush 