Posts Tagged With: Understanding

STARDUST

Posted on 25/07/2021 by Nightpoet

“I am one of billions.

I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form.

I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on

to be other things someday and I will be free.”

~ Laini Taylor ~

000 stardust

Digitally enhanced image created from the photos of two small surface fragments from Mars (left fragment) and the Moon (right fragment), thrown into space by the impact of meteors, taken in October 2016.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Beginning, Digital Imagery, End, Hope, Mars, Moon, Nothing, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Stardust, Stars, Understanding | 1 Comment

THE TERPSICHORE OF TENDERNESS

Posted on 07/02/2021 by Nightpoet

“Tenderness is the rest of passion.”

~ Joseph Joubert ~

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a sculpture by Mlle M. Rellew taken in February 2021.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Anachronism, Archaic, Awareness, Choreographed, Deep, Digital Imagery, Emotion, Fervour, Molten, Passion, Path, Patience, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Prehistoric, Primitive, Primordial, Retrogression, Smouldering, Tenderness, Terpsichore, Understanding | 1 Comment

FOR ALL OUR LIVES

Posted on 09/08/2020 by Nightpoet

“All that nothing causes all that pain…”

~ Chris Smither ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Breath, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Dust, Fear, Fester, Fixation, Life, Lives, Morning, Paris, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rotting, Shadows, Street Art, Understanding | 1 Comment

RAVEN BLACK

Posted on 23/05/2020 by Nightpoet

“You answer to none but the whim of your own black heart.”

~ Joshua Winning ~

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in December 2007.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Absinthe, Belittle, Black, Compensate, Cure, Darkness, Destroy, Digital Imagery, Disease, Emotions, Fantasies, Feckless, Forgiveness, Hate, Heart, Hostility, Hurt, Kindness, Lash, Pain, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Raven, Revenge, Strike, Torment, Truth, Understanding, Vitriol, Wrongs | 1 Comment

THESE DARK DAYS

Posted on 01/04/2020 by Nightpoet

“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

~ Plato ~

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in April 2020.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Bounty, Care, Concern, Conscience, Darkness, Days, Death, Digital Imagery, Empathy, Fear, Future, Harvest, Hatred, Heart, Ignorance, Kindness, Life, Light, Limits, Love, Perspective, Photography, Plentiful, Poetry, Positive, Rich, Safe, Seeds, Shared, Sickness, Strong, Time, Understanding | 2 Comments

ADVICE FOR TROUBLED TIMES

Posted on 24/03/2020 by Nightpoet

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that

within me there lay an invincible summer.”

~ Albert Camus ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2011.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Affectionate, Aware, Caring, Charitable, Comforting, Compassion, Concerned, Consideration, Digital Imagery, Empathetic, Giving, Good Natured, Gracious, Heart, Helpful, Kindness, Life, Love, Loving, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Sensitive, Sympathetic, Understanding, Warm-Hearted | 1 Comment

WAG THE DOG

Posted on 06/01/2020 by Nightpoet

“Any man can make mistakes,

but only an idiot persists in his error.”

~Marcus Tullius Cicero ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Neolithic dog burial taken in February 1988.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Ass, Awareness, Bimbo, Bitch, Compassion, Comprehension, Consequences, Corruption, Cult, Death, Depravity, Digital Imagery, Distraction, Empathy, Fascist Pig, Filth, Future, Hatred, History, Ignorance, Immorality, Intelligence, Photography, Pig, Poetry, Politics, Racism, Sense, Silicone, Teeny Weenie, Tiny Hands, Understanding, Worshipers | 1 Comment

A TIME THAT’S NEVER BEEN

Posted on 06/11/2019 by Nightpoet

“Fare thee well! and if for ever,

still for ever, fare thee well.”

~ Lord Byron ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Affection, Annihilation, Death, Decay, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Feelings, Friendship, Lies, Life, Love, Memories, Misconception, Mistrust, Paris, Past, Photography, Poetry, Promises, Shrivel, Suicide, Summer, Time, Understanding, Wings, Winter, Words, Wrinkle | 1 Comment

LIFE AS ART

Posted on 14/10/2019 by Nightpoet

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

~ Pablo Picasso ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Art, Canvas, Clarity, Colours, Digital Imagery, Diversity, Emotions, Imagination, Landscapes, Life, Love, Mirror, Paintbrush, Painting, Palette, Paris, Passion, Perspective, Photography, Pigments, Poetry, Rainbow, Sentiment, Tenor, Understanding, Verisimilitude | 2 Comments

WAITINGS

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Nightpoet

“If you wait, you grow old, nothing more.”

~ Walter Bargen ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in October 2019. Courtesy of VollMond GmbH.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Acceptance, Affection, Birth, Death, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Future, Godot, Hatred, Life, Love, Maturity, Old, Peace, Photography, Poetry, Sex, Time, Touch, Understanding, Waiting | 1 Comment

NEXUS

Posted on 01/10/2019 by Nightpoet

“And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”

~ Khalil Gibran ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Beauty, Body Language, Bond, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Encounters, Energy, Eyes, Face, Feelings, Joy, Life, Light, Love, Mind, Mystery, Nexus, Observation, Paris, Passion, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rendezvous, Strangers, Understanding, Warmth, Words | 2 Comments

RISE UP SISTERS

Posted on 27/09/2019 by Nightpoet

“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.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Balance, Compassion, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Feminism, Intuition, Life, Men, Motivation, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Power, Sisters, Understanding, Women | 2 Comments

LES DEUX AMANTS

Posted on 07/08/2019 by Nightpoet

“The love expressed between women is particular and powerful,

because we have had to love in order to live;

love has been our survival.”

~ Audre Lorde ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of Jules-Robert Auguste’s painting Deux Femmes Dénudées (1825-1830) in the Musée d’Orsay taken in Paris in June 2019.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Affection, Ardour, Arousal, Art, Beauty, Breasts, Companionship, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Erotica, Heart, Imagination, Lesbians, Life, Love, Orgasm, Painting, Paris, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Sensuousness, Sex, Sisters, Soul, Tenderness, Touch, Understanding, Women | 1 Comment

HOW MANY HANDS

Posted on 15/07/2019 by Nightpoet

“Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

~ Charles Spurgeon ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Ardour, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Door, Doorknob, Emotions, Forbearance, Grace, Hands, Heart, Hope, Key, Life, Love, Memories, Old, Paris, Passion, Past, Photography, Poetry, Portal, Promise, Sensuous, Shadows, Sin, Tattered, Time, Torn, Understanding, Weathered, Worn | 1 Comment

THE STAIRCASE

Posted on 27/04/2019 by Nightpoet

“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.”

~ Anonymous ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Compassion, Empathy, Friends, Friendship, Hands, Heart, Human Species, Interaction, Life, Love, Misanthrope, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Soul, Staircase, Time, Understanding | 1 Comment

DIFFÉRENTS

Posted on 06/11/2018 by Nightpoet

“Not all who wander are lost.”

~ Gandolf ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a painting by an unknown artist taken in November 2018.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Despised, Different, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Eyes, Feelings, Hated, Insight, Lies, Life, Negative, Ostracised, Outsider, Past, Perspective, Perspicuity, Photography, Poetry, Positive, Protection, Second Sight, Thoughts, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom | 3 Comments

PARALLEL PERPLEXIONS

Posted on 24/10/2018 by Nightpoet

“Parallel lines meet in eternity but
Parallel lives meet for tea.”

~ Gary Gach ~

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken Paris in May 2012.

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Beauty, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Fervour, Happiness, Heart, Intellect, Joy, Life, Light, Love, Memories, Night, Paradox, Parallel, Paris, Passion, Past, Perplexion, Photography, Poetry, Shadows, Sights, Smells, Soul, Sounds, Space, Spirit, Time, Understanding, Wisdom | 2 Comments

PORTRAIT IN THE COLOUR OF MODESTY

Posted on 13/10/2018 by Nightpoet

“So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.”

~ Juvenal ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Ardour, Beauty, Breasts, Charms, Compassion, Comprehension, Desire, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Enigma, Eyes, Heart, Hunger, Life, Love, Modesty, Mouth, Mystery, Nipple, Painting, Passion, Photography, Pleasure, Poetry, Shadows, Smile, Understanding | 1 Comment

BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY

Posted on 23/08/2018 by Nightpoet

“Humankind seems to have

an enormous capacity for savagery,

for brutality, for lack of empathy,

for lack of compassion.”

~ Annie Lennox ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Chaos, Compassion, Corruption, Decency, Digital Imagery, Empathy, Greed, Heart, History, Honesty, Integrity, Life, Love, Money, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Selfishness, Understanding | 1 Comment

CASTING SHADOWS

Posted on 01/07/2018 by Nightpoet

“We think not in words but in shadows of words.”

~ Vladimir Nabokov ~

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

Categories: Photography, Poetry | Tags: Comprehension, Death, Digital Imagery, History, Life, Memories, Oblivion, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Shadows, Sunlight, Understanding, Universe | 1 Comment

Posts Tagged With: Understanding

“I am one of billions.

I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form.

I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on

to be other things someday and I will be free.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Tenderness is the rest of passion.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“All that nothing causes all that pain…”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“You answer to none but the whim of your own black heart.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that

within me there lay an invincible summer.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Any man can make mistakes,

but only an idiot persists in his error.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Fare thee well! and if for ever,

still for ever, fare thee well.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“If you wait, you grow old, nothing more.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

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

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“The love expressed between women is particular and powerful,

because we have had to love in order to live;

love has been our survival.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Not all who wander are lost.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Parallel lines meet in eternity but Parallel lives meet for tea.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“Humankind seems to have

an enormous capacity for savagery,

for brutality, for lack of empathy,

for lack of compassion.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

“We think not in words but in shadows of words.”

SPREAD THE WORD:

Like this:

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