Kaleidoscope #243

To create art with all the passion in one’s soul is to live art with all the beauty in one’s heart.
–Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.

 

Kaleidoscope #241

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you…
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kaleidoscope #238

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
― Dr. Seuss

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a glass sun-catcher that hangs in my office window. Taken on a bright morning with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #235


There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this blooming redbud on a lunchtime walk around the Richmond capital buildings. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera. I like how the background came out a little blurry…

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