ODE AU VIEILLISSEMENT

 

“But age became him as it did the oaks and the cedars.”

 

~ Thomas Burnett Swann ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a portrait taken in Paris in May 2017.

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LE SEUL

 

“Let your love be like the misty rains,

coming softly, but flooding the river.”

 

~ Malagasy Proverb ~

 

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

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NOTHING

 

“One never knows what each day will bring…”

 

~ John Weld ~

 

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

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CHAIRMAN MEOW

 

“In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”

 

~ Mao Zedong ~

 

Original photo of street art taken in the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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NICHE

 

“A fine line separates the weary recluse

from the fearful hermit.

Finer still is the line between

hermit and bitter misanthrope.”

 

~ Dean Koontz ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a windowless niche high on the wall of an apartment building in Paris in June 2017.

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WHY

 

“In light of all the gun violence in the USA,

I’d prefer my democracy unleaded.”

 

~ Jayseth Guberman ~

 

Original photo of street art by arsene taken in Paris in June 2017.

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RESIST

 

“The strength and power of despotism

consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”

 

~ Thomas Paine ~

 

Original photo of street art by an anonymous artist taken in the Marais Quarter of Paris in June 2017.

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BEE

 

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken at Notre Dame in Paris in June 2017.

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ETERNAL LIFE

 

“As yourselves your empires fall,
And every kingdom hath a grave.”

 

~ William Habington ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Cimetière Père Lachaise in Paris in June 2017.

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SUICIDE BY HUMANITY

 

“The common curse of mankind, ~ folly and ignorance.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Original photo of street art “100,000 Elephants Killed In Three Years” by Polar Bear taken in the Rue Edouard Quenu in Paris in June 2017.

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