Posts Tagged With: Comprehension

the concept of glass

 

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”

 

~ Robertson Davies ~

 

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miracle

 

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,
but wise words endure.”

 

~ Edward Thorndike ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in July 2013.


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the road

 

“The road never ends…only our vision does.”

 

~ Amit Reddy ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Pompeii in June 1996.


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points of light

 

“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves.
I wonder if there is infinity within.”

 

~ Charles Lindbergh ~

 

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genése

 

“We become aware of the void as we fill it.”

 

~ Antonio Porchia ~

 

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UNE MOSAÏQUE DE TEMPS

 

“Madness conquers,
I can no longer put my mosaics together,
I just cry and laugh.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo (detail) of a Roman mosaic floor in Pompeii taken in 1996.


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CASTING SHADOWS

 

“We think not in words but in shadows of words.”

 

~ Vladimir Nabokov ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in June 2018.


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THE IMAGE

 

“To carry language from two dimensions
into three is the task of the poets.”

 

~ Terence McKenna ~

 

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


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BLOSSOM

 
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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THE CONCEPT OF GLASS

 

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”

 

~ Robertson Davies ~

 

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MIRACLE

 

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,
but wise words endure.”

 

~ Edward Thorndike ~

 

000 miracle 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a wall advertisement taken in the Marais district of Paris in July 2013.


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STAYING AFLOAT

 

“The world is filled with fools,
but none of them considers himself one,
or tries not to be one.”

 

~ Baltasar Gracián ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in November 2010.


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POINTS OF LIGHT

 

“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves.
I wonder if there is infinity within.”

 

~ Charles Lindbergh ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in February 2020.


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THE EXPERIMENT

 

“We are like butterflies that flutter for a day and think it is forever.”

 

– Carl Sagan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken 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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UNE MOSAÏQUE DE TEMPS

 

“Madness conquers,
I can no longer put my mosaics together,
I just cry and laugh.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo (detail) of a Roman mosaic floor in Pompeii taken in 1996.


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THE IMAGE

 

“To carry language from two dimensions
into three is the task of the poets.”

 

~ Terence McKenna ~

 

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


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PORTRAIT IN THE COLOUR OF MODESTY

 

“So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.”

 

~ Juvenal ~

 

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


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CASTING SHADOWS

 

“We think not in words but in shadows of words.”

 

~ Vladimir Nabokov ~

 

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


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