the fox

 

“Men have forgotten this truth,” said the fox. “But you must not forget it.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”

 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in December 2007.

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étreinte de l’ange

 

“Is it possible that existence is our exile

and nothingness our home?”

 

~ Emile M. Cioran ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.

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ALONE

 

“We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone.

Everything in-between is a gift.”

 

~ Yul Brynner ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo taken in May 1981.

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THE ANGEL OF DEATH

 

“Is it possible that existence is our exile

and nothingness our home?”

 

~ Emile M. Cioran ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.

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THE WORTHY KING OF FOOLS

 

“I reckon we are all fools. Born so, no doubt.”

 

~ Mark Twain ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken on the Rue Mouffetard in Paris December 2008.

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RIDDLES

 

“I am a man of few words, but many riddles.”

 

~ Frank Gorshin ~

 

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

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MOO

 

“Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now…”

 

~ Bob Dylan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in the Bavarian Alps in July 2013.

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UNIVERSYMPHONY

 

“May night continue to fall upon the orchestra.”

 

~ Andre Breton ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of The Colours and Voices Orchestra taken in November 2019. Photo courtesy Flora Flowerchild.

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SONG FOR MY LADY

 

“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a July 2020 scan of a painting done circa 1969 by a lady friend known only as my “Spirit.”

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DEVIL’S DOPPELBOCK

 

“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a sculpture by an unknown artist taken in September 2013.

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ALONE

 

“We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone.

Everything in-between is a gift.” 

 

~ Yul Brynner ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in May 1981.

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SOMETIMES

 

“If they don’t appreciate your presence,

perhaps you should try giving them your absence.”

 

~ Tinku Razoria ~

 

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

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SHADOWLAND

 

“Love that ends is the shadow of love;

true love is without beginning or end.”

 

~ Hazrat Inayat Khan ~

 

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

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ÉTREINTE DE L’ANGE

 

“Is it possible that existence is our exile

and nothingness our home?”

 

~ Emile M. Cioran ~

 

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

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PRISM’D PRISON

 

“English words are like prisms.

Empty, nothing inside,

and still they make rainbows.”

 

~ Denis Johnson ~

 

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

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