a long uncertain ride

 

“A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke,

only man can prevent.”

 

~ Elie Wiesel ~

 

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

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vanishing footprints

 

“I dwell in a lonely house I know that vanished many a summer ago.”

 

~ Robert Frost ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in May 2022.

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mosaic

 

“We are mosaics – pieces of light, love, history,

stars glued together with magic and music and words.”

 

~ Anita Krishan ~

 

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

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FOUR BEFORE TWELVE

 

“Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie

every environmental problem we face today.”

 

~ Jacques Yves Cousteau ~

 

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

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LEGACY

 

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees,

under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

 

~ Nelson Henderson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in September 2016.

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PILES OF BONES

 

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”

 

~ Carl Sagan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in 1988.

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JE VIS À DANSER

 

“Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of the painting Ramsès dans son harem (detail) by Jean Lacomte du Noüy taken in Paris in June 2019.

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PETROGLYPHS

 

“Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.”

 

~ Marcus Aurelius ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of petroglyphs on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands taken in 1994.

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FOUR BEFORE TWELVE

 

“Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie

every environmental problem we face today”

 

~ Jacques Yves Cousteau ~

 

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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MOSAIC

 

“…life is a deep dark meaningful mystery,

an uncertain road filled with fantasy and feeling…”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

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

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BYE, BYE BABY

 

Happy Birthday Tim…

 

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original scan of an illustration by Carol Carberry ca. 1969.

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THE BEAUTY OF BOOKS

 

“So many books, so little time.”

 

~ Frank Zappa ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a painting by Wickenhäuser taken in November 2018.

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THE GREAT EXTINCTION

 

“Our planet is currently undergoing

a mass extinction of species

called the Anthropocene – the Age of Man.”

 

~ Louie Psihoyos ~

 

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

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TROUBADOUR

 

“If songs were lines in a conversation
The situation would be fine.”

 

~ Nick Drake ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a crop of an original photo of fossil Crinoids taken in February 2018.

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HAPPY ENDING

 

“Words of snow, which fell last year.”

 

~  German Proverb ~

 

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

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LEGACY

 

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees,

under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

 

~ Nelson Henderson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Bavarian Alps in September 2016.

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PASS IT ON

 

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the stone circle during the Albion People’s Naming Ceremony at the Stonehenge Free Festival, England on June 21st 1982.

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