NO PLACE ELSE

 

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2019.

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ARTEMIS

 

“Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks

she draws her golden bow,

rejoicing in the chase,

and sends out grievous shafts.”

 

~ Homer ~

 

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THE WHITE ROOM

 

“The color white is the absence of memory.”

 

~ Stephen King ~

 

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CURLED IN THE AFTERGLOW

 

“I like my afterglow with you in motion.

I measure time by how your body sways.”

 

~ Jennifer Crusie ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of “aux bras levés,” (1890), a painting by Marie Laprade, taken in Paris in June 2019.

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ABSINTHE

 

“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.”

 

~ Ethel Mumford ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of “In A Café,” a painting by Edgar Degas, taken in Paris in June 2019.

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HOLY FOOL

 

“It seems to me that I have always existed

and that I possess memories

that date back to the Pharaohs.”

 

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

 

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ONE REAL STONED HEP CAT

 

“But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun.”

 

~ Neil Young ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.

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DANSEUSE

 

“Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”

 

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

 

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COQUETTE

 

“Marriage is the tomb of friendship.”

 

~ Hannah Webster Foster ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sketch by V. Manzano taken in Paris in June 2019.

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SKINTIMACY

 

“They slipped briskly into an intimacy

from which they never recovered.”

 

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald ~

 

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