AS WE ONCE KNEW IT

 

“As beings, we should not strive to change the world but change ourselves.

For if we change ourselves all things are possible.”

 

~ Henry Johnson Jr. ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Rethymno on the Island of Crete in 1992.

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ADVICE FOR TROUBLED TIMES

 

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that

within me there lay an invincible summer.”

 

~ Albert Camus ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2011.

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IN AN INSTANT

 

“The universe is bringing our dreams to life, but unfortunately,

it is also bringing our nightmares that little bit closer as well.”

 

~ Anthony T. Hincks ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2018.

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WOMAN

 

“You had the power all along my dear.”

 

~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~

 

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

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THE BARD’S MISTRESS

 

“This momentary joy breeds months of pain;

this hot desire converts to cold disdain.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created in February 2020.

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WAG THE DOG

 

“Any man can make mistakes,

but only an idiot persists in his error.”

 

~Marcus Tullius Cicero ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Neolithic dog burial taken in February 1988.

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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

“Women should be angry about the violence and fear

that inform so much of our lives.

So should men.”

 

~ Soraya Chemaly ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of the statue Le Matin, sculpted by Pryas, taken in Paris in August 2015.

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A DEAD ROSE

 

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

old Time is still a-flying:

and this same flower that smiles to-day,

to-morrow will be dying.”

 

~ Robert Herrick ~

 

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

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LA MALÉDICTION

 

“Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.”

 

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a World War II bullet dredged out of the Rhine River taken in May 1981.

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RISE UP SISTERS

 

“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”

 

~ Socrates ~

 

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

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