The sun caught this amaryllis petal just so yesterday afternoon. And it looked like it was glowing. So I picked up my camera and shot this image hand-held just before I left to buy groceries. It was a simple action but filled with joy.

Full of Joy

Look, hasn’t my body already felt like the body of a flower?

Mary Oliver

Watching these amaryllis flowers from bud to bloom to dissolution is good practice for accepting the cycles of my life.

This is what joy looks like to me this morning…

We shake with joy, we shake with grief.
What a time they have, these two
housed as they are in the same body.

Mary Oliver

Yesterday’s DailyGood post, “Gazing Into the Heart of Perfection,” made me smile. I thought you might also enjoy it. And if you don’t have time to read the post, here is a video about the photographer it features. I think it will make you smile. It made me smile.

 

When I looked Feinstein up I was amazed to find that he’s actually best known for his New York and Coney Island street photography. I was totally impressed with his work. But the flower images touch my heart the most.

Pair the Feinstein video with Richard Feinman’s monologue, “Ode to a flower,” for another way to “see” flowers.

That’s all for today dear friends. I want to take a walk outside and do my Soma Yoga practice before my Santa Fe Workshop starts today.

What makes you feel full of joy?

May you walk in beauty.

 


Marilyn

Photographer sharing beauty, grace & joy in photographs and blog posts. I live in the Twin Cites in Minnesota, the land of lakes, trees, and wonderful nature.

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