THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WITHIN

 

“The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles.

Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.”

 

~ Carl Sagan ~

 

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

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A LONG UNCERTAIN RIDE

 

“A destruction, an annihilation

that only man can provoke,

only man can prevent.”

 

~ Elie Wiesel ~

 

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

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ONLY EVER NOW

 

“Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now.”

 

~ James Clavell ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo 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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PHASES AND SHADOWS

 

“If I die in this city let my soul drown in the Seine,

don’t make the wheel start up again,

then is now and now is then,

it’s the same thing…”

 

~ John Greaves ~

 

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

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L’OMBRE DE LA MORT

 

“Life itself is but the shadow of death,

and souls departed but the shadows of the living.”

 

~ Thomas Browne ~

 

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

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CES VIEILLES MAINS

 

“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand.

It was my other hand.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

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

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THE THINKING MAN

 

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled,

but a fire to be kindled.”

 

~ Plutarch ~

 

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

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CAW YOUR RASPY POETRY

 

“The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.”

 

~ Cecilia Dart-Thornton ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Bayern (Bavaria), Germany in September 2016.

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DREAM

 

“Do not follow where the path may lead.

Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

 

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

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