“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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Posts Tagged With: Legacy
PILES OF BONES
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Air, Arrogance, Birds, Birdsong, Bones, Civilization, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Extinction, Future, Humans, Leaves, Legacy, Life, Narcissism, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rubble, Ruins, Shadows, Sky, Time, Water, Wind
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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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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Beauty, Bodies, Children, Creativity, Dance, Danse, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Eyes, Future, Heart, Imagination, Intellect, Legacy, Life, Light, Love, Meaning, Minds, Motion, Music, Paris, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Pulse, Purity, Soul, Spirit, Teaching, Universe
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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.
© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Archaeology, Death, Digital Imagery, Future, History, Legacy, Life, Memories, Passing, Past, Petroglyphs, Photography, Poetry, Proffer, Stone
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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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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Apathy, Ashes, Blind, Burning, Carcass, Darkness, Deaf, Death, Digital Imagery, Dumb, Elephant, Embers, History, House, Humanity, Ignorance, Indifference, Legacy, Life, Overpopulation, Paris, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Room, Time, Twelve O'Clock, Wind
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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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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ancestors, Blessed, Children, Curse, Darkness, Death, Descendants, Destiny, Digital Imagery, Evil, Fate, Future, Genocide, Greed, Legacy, Life, Paris, Past, Photography, Poetry, Selfishness, Solutions, Street Art, Suicide, Survival
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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.
© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Beauty, Books, Child, Digital Imagery, Generations, Gift, Information, Knowledge, Learning, Legacy, Life, Literature, Love, Mind, Past, Photography, Poetry, Scrolls, Tablets, Time, Wisdom
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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.
© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bones, Civilization, Death, Desert, Digital Imagery, Dust, Extermination, Extinction, History, Humanity, Legacy, Life, Meteor, Past, Photography, Poetry, Procreation, Resources, Science, Stupidity, Wasteland
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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.
© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Appreciation, Beauty, Creativity, Death, Digital Imagery, Heart, Icarus, Instrument, Legacy, Life, Love, Memories, Music, Musicians, Nick Drake, Passion, Past, Photography, Poetry, Recognition, Shadows, Songs, Thought, Time, Troubadour, Vision, Voice, Words
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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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Categories: Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Street Art
Tags: Death, Digital Imagery, Happy Ending, History, Humanity, Ignorance, Legacy, Life, Memories, Paris, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Time
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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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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Dreams, Germany, Legacy, Life, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Survival
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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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Categories: England, History, Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Albion People, Ancestors, Children, Death, Descendents, Digital Imagery, England, Future, History, Legacy, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Stonehenge
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