the cosmic lie of reason

 

“…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.”

 

~ Mark Nepo ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2023.

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twilight

 

     “At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps

its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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

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light shines down

 

“When you possess light within, you see it externally.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in February 2018.

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ces vieilles mains

 

“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand.

It was my other hand.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2019.

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EIN ENDLOSES MISSVERSTÄNDNIS

 

“As long as I have a want,

I have a reason for living.

Satisfaction is death.”

 

~ George Bernard Shaw ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in early 1980.

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SUMMERTYME TRYST

 

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon;

to me those have always been

the two most beautiful words

in the English language.”

 

~ Henry James ~

 

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

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CES VIEILLES MAINS

 

“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand.

It was my other hand.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

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

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LIGHT SHINES DOWN

 

“When you possess light within, you see it externally.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in February 2018.

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THE PATH FROM THERE TO HERE

 

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,

leading to the most amazing view.

May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”

 

~ Edward Abbey ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on La Palma, the Canary Islands in 1994.

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THE PATH OF BROKEN PROMISES

 

“Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Erbenheim, Germany in November 1985.

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A PATH REMEMBERED

 

“Come to the woods, for here is rest.

There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.

Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.”

 

~ John Muir ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Taunus Mountains, Germany in May 1983.

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THE PATH

 

“May the bridges I burn light the way.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Crete in October 1992.

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