miracle

 

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

but wise words endure.”

 

~ Edward Thorndike ~

 

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

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stop to smell the roses

 

“And in the end, the love you take,

   is equal to the love you make…”

 

~ Paul McCartney ~

 

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the beauty of a book

 

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

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the deception

 

“So much of life, it seems to me,

is determined by pure randomness.”

 

~ Sidney Poitier ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in April 2015.

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BEGGAR’S BOWL

 

“It is safer to beg than to take,

but it is finer to take than to beg.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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PERSPECTIVE

 

“Beauty is a delightful prejudice.”

 

~ Theocritus ~

 

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MIRACLE

 

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

but wise words endure.”

 

~ Edward Thorndike ~

 

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LINE, FORM AND BEAUTY

 

“I have nature and art and poetry,

and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

 

~ Vincent Van Gogh ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a seagull taken in the Bay of Naples off the coast of Ischia, Italy in 1996.

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VERSE TOUJOURS

 

“Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.”

 

~ Lucille Clifton ~

 

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

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STOP TO SMELL THE ROSES

 

“And in the end, the love you take,

is equal to the love you make…”

 

~ Paul McCartney ~

 

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

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THE BEAUTY OF A BOOK

 

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

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HALF MAN, HALF BEAST

 

“I do not seek. I find.”

 

~ Pablo Picasso ~

 

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

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LA FONTAINE DE LA VIE

 

“Man’s contribution to human history

is nothing more than a drop of sperm.”

 

~ Jiang Qing ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2017.

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FLAVOURS

 

“Art is an action against death.

It is a denial of death.”

 

~ Jacques Lipchitz ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a work by Antoine Bourdelle taken in Paris in May 2012.

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BEGGAR’S BOWL

 

“It is safer to beg than to take,

but it is finer to take than to beg.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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

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BEAUTÉ EN PERSPECTIVE

 

“Beauty is a delightful prejudice.“

 

~ Theocritus ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken (with permission) in Paris in September 2017.

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