life is beautiful

 

“Life is beautiful because it doesn’t last.”

 

~ Brit Marling ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art on the side wall of the apartment building at 17 Rue Beautreillis taken in May 2017.

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the load

 

“I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.”

 

~ Phillips Brooks ~

 

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

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SECOND CHANCE

 

“You know, I ain’t afraid of dyin’ but there’s one thing I can’t forget,

ain’t no one who’s gone over there, come back to talk to me about it yet…”

 

~ Memphis Slim ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Autumn 1990.

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DES RÊVES LOINTAINS

 

“If the path be beautiful,

let us not ask where it leads.”

“Si le chemin est beau,

ne nous demandons pas où il mène.”

 

~ Anatole France ~

 

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

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SECOND CHANCE

 

“You know, I ain’t afraid of dyin’

but there’s one thing I can’t forget,

ain’t no one who’s gone over there,

‘s come back to talk to me about it yet…”

 

~ Memphis Slim ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Heidesheim, Germany in Autumn 1990.

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