NO PLACE ELSE

 

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

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

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ARTEMIS

 

“Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks

she draws her golden bow,

rejoicing in the chase,

and sends out grievous shafts.”

 

~ Homer ~

 

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

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CURLED IN THE AFTERGLOW

 

“I like my afterglow with you in motion.

I measure time by how your body sways.”

 

~ Jennifer Crusie ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of “aux bras levés,” (1890), a painting by Marie Laprade, taken in Paris in June 2019.

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ABSINTHE

 

“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.”

 

~ Ethel Mumford ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of “In A Café,” a painting by Edgar Degas, taken in Paris in June 2019.

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DANSEUSE

 

“Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”

 

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

 

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COQUETTE

 

“Marriage is the tomb of friendship.”

 

~ Hannah Webster Foster ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sketch by V. Manzano taken in Paris in June 2019.

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SKINTIMACY

 

“They slipped briskly into an intimacy

from which they never recovered.”

 

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald ~

 

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

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THE GREAT SILENCE

 

“Humans, if nothing else,

have the good sense to die.”

 

~ Markus Zusak ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art by HeartCraft taken in Paris in May 2019.

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WHERE I BELONG

 

“The chief danger about Paris is

that it is such a strong stimulant.”

 

~ T.S. Eliot ~

 

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

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ONE BREAST BARED

 

“Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,

and sweet reluctant amorous delay.”

 

~ John Milton ~

 

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

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