ready to embrace it

 

“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes,

and pompous in the grave.”

 

~ Thomas Browne ~

 

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

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autumnal reflections

 

“Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real,

and you’re just a reflection of him.”

 

~ Bill Watterson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in September 2016.

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the long nightmare

 

“The sleep of reason produces monsters.”

 

~ Francisco de Goya ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in April 2022.

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slowly sinking into night

 

“We are made of starstuff.”

 

~ Carl Sagan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo taken in September 1980.

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TOUR DE BABEL

 

“A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel

where all are speakers and no hearers.”

 

~ Alexander Smith ~

 

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

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FROM THE ASHES

 

“In order to rise from its own ashes a phoenix first must burn.”

 

~ Octavia Butler ~

 

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

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PHOENIX

 

“In order to rise from its own ashes a phoenix first must burn.”

 

~ Octavia Butler ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a Polaroid photo taken in the mid 1970’s.

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LOST IN THOUGHT

 

“Even in the loneliest moments I have been there for myself.”

 

~ Sanober Khan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a sculpture by Claude Morin, “L’equilibre” taken in Paris in May 2019.

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AUTUMN

 

“The Indian Summer, the dead Summer’s soul.”

 

~ Mary Clemmer ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 2010.

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TOUR DE BABEL

 

“A bottomless pit of violence,

a Tower of Babel where all

are speakers and no hearers.”

 

~ Alexander Smith ~

 

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

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TAKE YOUR WALL AND SHOVE IT

 

“The truth is that there are still

many walls to tear down.”

 

~ Quote Written On The Berlin Wall ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a preserved section of the Berlin Wall taken in Berlin in January 2018.

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VRAI CŒUR

 

“I would like to be able to breathe ~

to be able to love her by memory or fidelity.

But my heart aches.

I love you continuously, intensely.”

 

~ Albert Camus ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Rambach, Germany July 2004.

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