traitorous shoes

 

“If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?”

 

~ Gloria Steinem ~

 

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

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silent movies

 

“The world is pressed against your fingers,

and you’re still looking for something to hold.”

 

~ Nitya Prakash ~

 

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

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LEFT TO DIE AND DANGLE

 

“The streets sing, the stones talk.

The houses drip history, glory, romance.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken on the Rue Rataud in Paris in May 2012.

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SILENT MOVIES

 

“When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that’s going on

from the images because the images are so strong.”

 

~ Monica Bellucci ~

 

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

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EAR LOBE LICE

 

“Everybody who does not live in a prostitute’s bed

and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.”

 

~ George Bernard Shaw ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo (detail) of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.

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FOUR IN THE MORNING

 

“The past is a closed door.”

 

~ Margaret Atwood ~

 

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

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A WALK DOWN LONELY STREET

 

“Lonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her in vain.”

 

~ Oscar Hammerstein II ~

 

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

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PILGRIM

 

“All of us are pilgrims on this earth.

I have even heard it said that the earth itself

is a pilgrim in the heavens.”

 

~ Maxim Gorky ~

 

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

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BETWEEN SENTENCES

 

“Read between the lines.

Then meet me in the silence if you can.”

 

~ May Sarton ~

 

Digital painting created in January 2019.

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THREE DIMENSIONS

 

“The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet.”

 

~ Michael LeBoeuf ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art by Canad’or taken in Paris in May 2018.

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COME DANCE WITH ME

 

“Dancing is silent poetry.”

 

~ Simonides ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in April 2008.

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ONE SHOE TWO TALES

 

“If you try to walk in my shoes, you’ll end up in a bookstore.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of the River Limmat, Zurich, Switzerland, taken in April 2007.

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