TREE OF LIFE

 

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.

We fell them down and turn them into paper,

that we may record our emptiness.”

 

~ Khalil Gibran ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Batik, made by a Finnish artist named Riita in 1980, taken in January 2020.

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A DEAD ROSE

 

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

old Time is still a-flying:

and this same flower that smiles to-day,

to-morrow will be dying.”

 

~ Robert Herrick ~

 

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

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SPICE

 

“Words are like spices.

Too many is worse than too few.”

 

~ Joan Aiken ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in August 2017.

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HALCYON

 

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

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

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AMOUREUX

 

“None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.”

 

~ Benjamin Whichcote ~

 

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

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THE COLLECTOR

 

“You will do foolish things,

but do them with enthusiasm.”

 

~ Colette ~

 

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

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THE GOLDEN SHAFT

 

“He who climbs upon the highest mountains

laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”

 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original Polaroid photo taken at the Peaks Of Otter, Virginia in Spring 1978 .

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DEATH AND COBWEBS

 

“When you bring the light into your dark house,

that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders.”

 

~ Rajneesh ~

 

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

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ONLY EVER NOW

 

“Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now.”

 

~ James Clavell ~

 

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

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PRIVATE HELL

 

“Aequat omnes cinis.”

 

~ Seneca ~

 

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

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