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Balancing on the edge between spirit and action

Quote of the day: “Photography, I discovered, is as much about seeing inside ourselves as it is about looking out at the world. All creative activity joins spirit to matter and so can transform. But photography is special. It is all about focus and attention, image and shadow, figure and ground, darkness and light.” —Jan Phillips God is at Eye Level Photography helps me to discover who I am and what matters to me. Over the past months, I’ve learned that beauty is everywhere I look. I’ve learned that when I make portraits of someone, I need to first be in Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Friday’s Bliss List

Quote of the day: “I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.“ —Zooey Deschanel It’s been a week of highs and lows for me. I spent much of the week stumbling around in a funk. Fortunately, the funk is gone and I’m ending the week on a high. Here is my list of things to be grateful for this week: Saturday, we attended the Habitat for Humanity house dedication for a Somali family that I am Habitat Family Neighborhood Partner with for the next year. The charming house above is going Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Stepping toward the light

Quote of the day: “Every step in the process of taking pictures is a step toward the light, an experience of the holy, an encounter with the God who is at eye level, whose image I see wherever I look.” —Jan Phillips God is at Eye Level   Today I played with Photoshop.  I had been wanting to find a better way to make photo a mandala (also known as photo kaleidoscope) and today I found a nice YouTube video that taught me what I wanted to know. Picking the part of a photo to use is part art and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Hope Rekindled

Quote of the day: “Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” —Sarah Ban Breathnach Spring rains have come to Minnesota. I went out for a walk this morning and found everything bursting out with new life. Green is popping out everywhere and the birds, ducks and geese are singing, quacking, and honking up a storm! Life is amazing. Life is a miracle. Life is good. Spring always reminds me that life is a series of cycles with ups and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Ordinary Miracles

Quote of the day:  “Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.” —Hafiz I am celebrating the wonder of the incredibly warm weather we have been having in the middle of March in Minnesota! For the past two nights I’ve left the windows open all night and awakened to the sounds of birdsong in the morning. Ahhhh… I know lots of folks are worrying about what this surprising weather portends. I too feel unease every so often. But more than that I am breathing in each moment and savoring it. Let tomorrow bring what it will. Today Read more…

By Marilyn, ago