Quote of the day: “XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.” ― Antonio Machado, Border of a Dream: Selected Poems
Quote of the day: “The images on which we feed govern our lives.” — Marion Woodman I’m loving Doug Beasley‘s wonderful Vision Quest Cards: Photo Assignments For Personal & Spiritual Growth for my photography self-study/challenge assignments. This week I drew the card that says, “Take a walk, stop every 21 steps and make a photograph. Challenge yourself!” “That sounds like fun,” I thought, “where shall I take a walk?” Immediately I thought of Wolsfeld Woods, a Scientific and Natural area about 10 miles from my home. Wolsfeld Woods is a remnant of the Big Woods that once covered this area of Minnesota. It’s full of Read more…
Quote of the day: “Many days, I try to humble myself and hold a 2-minute gratitude session. I simply sit or kneel, with no distractions, close my eyes, and think about what I’m grateful for and who I’m grateful for.” — Leo Babauta Oh, what a lovely week! My gratitude list this week is full of appreciation for joys of all sizes and shapes. I cannot believe how quickly time flies by. Last Friday we were in Kansas City visiting our grandkids. What fun! Our son-in-law had a minor surgery so we got to babysit while our daughter was at the Read more…
Quote of the day: “The power in a photograph is its uncanny ability to speak from soul to soul. Its language is spiritual. Its mission is joy, beauty, communion. When I share a photograph with you, I am revealing something that is deeper than words…” — Jan Phillips, author of God is at Eye Level: Photograph as a Healing Art I love being in the woods. Any time of year is good, but in the summertime, there is so much growth and beauty you can almost breathe it in with each breath you take. I like nothing better than to grab my camera Read more…
Quote of the day: “Of all the forces of nature, I should think the wind contains the largest amount of motive power—that is, power to move things. … As yet, the wind is an untamed, and unharnessed force; and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made, will be the taming, and harnessing of it.” — Abraham Lincoln On the way home from a trip to Kansas City last week, I pulled out my point-and-shoot camera every so often and looked out the window of the car for likely photographic subjects. These windmills caught my eye. With a Read more…