Posts Tagged With: Kindness

the absurdity of it all

 

“We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode
in the blissful repose of nothingness.”

 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

 

000 the absurdity of it all 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in September 1987.


© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

advice for troubled times

 

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that
   within me there lay an invincible summer.”

 

~ Albert Camus ~

 

000 advice for troubled times 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2011.


© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

all this paradise

 

“Think of what a paradise this world would be
if men were kind and wise.”

 

~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

 

000 all this paradise 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2018.


© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

que sais-je?

 

“Je pense, donc je suis.”

 

~ René Descartes ~

 

000 que sais-je? 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a statue of the essayist and philosopher Michel de Montaigne located at the Square Paul-Painlevé in Paris, taken in June 2019.


© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

la malédiction

 

“It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.”

 

~ Anton Szandor LaVey ~

 

000 la malédiction 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of of a World War II bullet dredged out of the Rhine River taken in May 1981.


© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

ces vieilles mains

 

“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand.
It was my other hand.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

000 ces vieilles mains 1

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2019.


© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

ONE HEART SHARED

 

“The heart will break, but broken live on.”

 

~ Lord Byron ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in October 2021.


© 2021 nightpoet – all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

RAVEN BLACK

 

“You answer to none but the whim of your own black heart.”

 

~ Joshua Winning ~

 

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


© 2020 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

THESE DARK DAYS

 

“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

 

~ Plato ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in April 2020.


© 2020 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

ADVICE FOR TROUBLED TIMES

 

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that
within me there lay an invincible summer.”

 

~ Albert Camus ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2011.


© 2020 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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.


© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

LA MALÉDICTION

 

“Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.”

 

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a World War II bullet dredged out of the Rhine River taken in May 1981.


© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

QUE SAIS-JE?

 

“Je pense, donc je suis.”

 

~ René Descartes ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a statue of the essayist and philosopher Michel de Montaigne located at the Square Paul-Painlevé in Paris taken in June 2019.


© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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.


© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

CHARON’S OBOL

 

“Oblivion carries me on his shoulder…”

 

~ Tim Buckley ~

 

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


© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

NEMESIS

 

“History has a Nemesis for every sin.”

 

~ Theodor Mommsen ~

 

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


© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

ALL THIS PARADISE

 

“An intelligent hell would be better
than a stupid paradise.”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

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


© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved


Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment