THE NIGHT COMES DOWN

 

“One should always be drunk.

That’s all that matters…

But with what?

With wine, with poetry, or with virtue,

as you choose. But get drunk.”

 

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

 

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

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HITHER

 

“Men must endure, their going hence even as their coming hither.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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

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REFLECTING IN THE LIGHT

 

“The shadows: some hide, others reveal.”

 

~Antonio Porch ~

 

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

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MUSING

 

“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend

the brightest heaven of invention.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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

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IN THE GARDEN OF THE HONEYED MOON

 

“I have so much that I want to say to you,

but I can’t say a word.”

 

~ Michelle Burns ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sculpture at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris taken in Paris in May 2012.

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MOON DANCE

 

“And all the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush,

And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush,

Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love…”

 

~ Van Morrison ~

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

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DRIFTIN’

 

“I’ve been drifting like a dream out on the sea,

I’ve been drifting in between you and me.”

 

~ Tim Buckley ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in November 2007.

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A MUSE’S

 

“Love transcends dimensions of time and space.”

 

~ Brownell Landrum ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in April 2008.

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BLACK NIGHT SHADOWS

 

“Despair is the price one pays for self awareness.

Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.”

 

~ Irvin D. Yalom ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in April 2008.

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SURMENÉ

 

“Never forget that the nurturing and preservation

of your own muse is job one.

Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.”

 

~ Robert Genn ~

 

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

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