55. Dreams
were always drawn
to call her name
and
reality just
could not
learn to let
her go.
― Robert M. Drake, Black Butterfly
To see the inspiration behind the original digital art, please see the story here.
inspiration
Kaleidoscope #444
A man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I stumbled across these bizarre flowers while taking a walk around my hotel on a July trip to Shawsville, VA to visit family. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #443
Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.
― Charles Eames
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I visited a local-ish winery, Saude Creek, located in Lanexa, VA. Their late-summer landscaping was in full bloom and I probably took way too many photos of the lush foliage and flowers including these Black-eyed-Susans. Oh, and the wine was good too… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #442
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It turns out my front yard is the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #441
Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.
― Sue Grafton
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I saw this beauty of a sunset on my way home from work and actually pulled over, got out, walked two blocks and crossed a bridge to take this pic. Ah, the sacrifices I make for my art… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #440
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
― Socrates
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It turns out my front yard is the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #439
We shouldn’t be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.
― Noam Chomsky
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I visited a local-ish winery, Saude Creek, located in Lanexa, VA. Their late-summer landscaping was in full bloom and I probably took way too many photos of the lush foliage and flowers including these Black-eyed-Susans. Oh, and the wine was good too… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #438
I believe that in the battle between guns and ideas, ideas will, eventually, win. Because the ideas are invisible, and they linger, and, sometimes, they can even be true. Eppur si muove: and yet it moves. ― Neil Gaiman, The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I stumbled across these bizarre flowers while taking a walk around my hotel on a July trip to Shawsville, VA to visit family. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Quote of the Day – The end of the caterpillar…
The end of the caterpillar is the beginning of the butterfly.
― Matshona Dhliwayo
To see the inspiration behind this original digital art, please see the story here.
Kaleidoscope #437
Will looked horrified. “What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
Happy Halloween Everyone!
Getting into the Halloween spirit with some creepy and sometimes disturbing kaleidoscopes…
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.
D.M. Sessous: writer, artist & dreamer 