the beauty of a book

 

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

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

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DEN OF THIEVES

 

“In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”

 

~ Hunter S. Thompson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2016.

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THE DRAGON IS DANCING

 

“Never laugh at live dragons.”

 

~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of embroidery by my friend Randy Hase taken in December 2019.

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RISE UP SISTERS

 

“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”

 

~ Socrates ~

 

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

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THE BEAUTY OF A BOOK

 

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

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

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THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

 

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

 

~ L. Frank Baum ~

 

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

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FORCE DES FEMMES

 

“I raise up my voice – not so I can shout,

but so that those without a voice can be heard…

we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”

 

~ Malala Yousafzai ~

 

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

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ÉGALITÉ

 

“Feminism is equality:

politically; culturally; socially; economically.

That’s it, that simple.”

 

~ Emma Watson ~

 

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

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PARIS: PLEASURES, PASSIONS AND PERAMBULATIONS – FOUR

 

“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”

 

~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken at Les Deux Magots in Paris in May 2018.

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A COMFORTABLE FIT

 

“Cancel my subscription to the resurrection…”

 

~ Jim Morrison ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2018. Photo courtesy of Mühlberger Media Inc.

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NO FUTURE

 

“I believe the future is only the past again,

entered through another gate.”

 

~ Arthur Wing Pinero ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a crop of an original photo of art by César Olhagaray on a preserved section of the Berlin Wall taken in Berlin in January 2018.

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