creation chimera

 

“Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.”

 

~ Kathleen Raine ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in July 2013.

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afterthought

 

“For still I see that forethought spares

     afterthought and after-sorrow.”

 

~ Amelia Barr ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in December 2010.

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rainbow’s end

 

“Poetry is a phantom script telling how

rainbows are made and why they go away.”

 

~ Carl Sandburg ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2015.

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silent movies

 

“The world is pressed against your fingers,

and you’re still looking for something to hold.”

 

~ Nitya Prakash ~

 

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

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cracks and crevices

 

“We are an episode between two oblivions.”

 

~ Thomas Nagel ~

 

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

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nevereveragainland

 

“O, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent,

more perfect than all that a man can invent.”

 

~ Roman Payne ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in May 2017.

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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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UNE MOSAÏQUE DE TEMPS

 

“Madness conquers,

I can no longer put my mosaics together,

I just cry and laugh.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo (detail) of a Roman mosaic floor in Pompeii taken in 1996.

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AFTERTHOUGHT

 

“For still I see that forethought spares afterthought and after-sorrow.”

 

~ Amelia Barr ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in December 2010.

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SILENT MOVIES

 

“When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that’s going on

from the images because the images are so strong.”

 

~ Monica Bellucci ~

 

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

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CRACKS AND CREVICES

 

“We are an episode between two oblivions.”

 

~ Thomas Nagel ~

 

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

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THE FIRST ACT IN THE TRAGEDY OF TOUCH

 

“Touch has a memory.”

 

~ John Keats ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo (detail) of a restored Roman mosaic taken in June 2004.

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UNE MOSAÏQUE DE TEMPS

 

“Madness conquers,

I can no longer put my mosaics together,

I just cry and laugh.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo (detail) of a Roman mosaic floor in Pompeii taken in 1996.

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THE TIME OF TOUCHING

 

“Touch has a memory.”

 

~ John Keats ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in 1994.

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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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RÉMINISCENCES

 

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

 

~ Aldous Huxley ~

 

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

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