Posts Tagged With: Promise

réflexions

 

“It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence
which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.”

 

~ Max Frisch ~

 

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ready to embrace it

 
“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes,
and pompous in the grave.”

 

~ Thomas Browne ~

 

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


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bandora’s pox

 

“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty!
What a monster…what a contradiction, what a prodigy.”

 

~ Blaise Pascal ~

 

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


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la muse

 

“Fool,” said my muse to me. “Look in thy heart and write.”

 

~ Philip Sidney ~

 

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


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a drowning man

 

“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms.”

 

~ Franz Kafka ~

 

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


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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 ~

 

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


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printemps

 

“She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow head,
and whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.”

 

~ A.A. Milne ~

 

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


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lamp

 

“Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.”

 

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a Roman lamp taken in 2004.


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moon over me

 

“There are nights when the wolves are silent
and only the moon howls.”

 

~ George Carlin ~

 

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


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woman

 

“You had the power all along my dear.”

 

~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art by Gregos taken in Paris in May 2017.


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STILL DELUDED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

 

“A rational army would run away.” 

 

~ Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2018 of street art by Kai.


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THE PROMISE OF A BLOSSOM

 

“A pneumatic toy frog hops onto a lily pad, trembling.
Beneath the surface, lies terror.”

 

~ Thomas Pynchon ~

 

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LEGACY

 

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

 

~ Nelson Henderson ~

 

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


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REDOLENCE

 

“Ah, but I was so much older then,
I’m younger than that now…”

 

~ Bob Dylan ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in November 2015.


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BLUE SILENCE

 

“To me, words are primarily things to do with your mouth.”

 

~ Robert Wyatt ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of the painting “Blue Pain” (2009) by M. Weller taken in May 2021.


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OBLIVION

 

“We are an episode between two oblivions.”

 

~ Thomas Nagel ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of just a few of the many boxes taken in May 2005.


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BANDORA’S POX

 

“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty!
What a monster… what a contradiction, what a prodigy.”

 

~ Blaise Pascal ~

 

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


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IN AN INSTANT

 

“The universe is bringing our dreams to life, but unfortunately,
it is also bringing our nightmares that little bit closer as well.”

 

~ Anthony T. Hincks ~

 

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


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WOMAN

 

“You had the power all along my dear.”

 

~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~

 

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


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MEDUSA

 

“When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.”

 

~ Mason Cooley ~

 

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


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