DARKNESS

 

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence,

and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

 

~ Helen Keller ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in January 2001.

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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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A TIME THAT’S NEVER BEEN

 

“Fare thee well! and if for ever,

still for ever, fare thee well.”

 

~ Lord Byron ~

 

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

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SEASON OF FRIENDSHIP

 

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

 

~ Josh Billings ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of Camille Claudel’s sculpture (detail) L’Âge mur taken in Paris in June 2019.

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THE STAIRCASE

 

“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.

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AT LAST I AM FREE

 

“There is a time for departure

even when there’s no certain place to go.”

 

~ Tennessee Williams ~

 

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

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EIGHT HEARTS

 

“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”

 

~ William Sharp ~

 

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

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POURING PARIS RAIN

 

“The rain’s very important.

That’s when Paris smells its sweetest.

It’s the damp chestnut trees.”

 

~ Audrey Hepburn ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in April 2008.

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HANDS

 

“Hands have their own language.”

 

~ Simon Van Booy ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.

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OLD DEAD DOG

 

“One does not just excavate

buried objects or situations,

the true archaeologist also excavates

long lost feelings and emotions.”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

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

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A BRIEF INADEQUATE INTERVAL

 

When asked about death she replied,

“How could I be concerned

with anything that is not life?”

 

~ Collette ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the alley behind Balzac’s house in Paris in September 2015.

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WE’VE DONE WELL

 

“I like to listen.

I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.

Most people never listen.”

 

~ Ernest Hemingway ~

 

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in September 2016.

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