Kaleidoscope #164

 

Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.
–Elana K. Arnold, Burning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This one came out of the archive. It’s a stormy Atlantic Ocean from a trip to Nags Head, North Carolina in the late 90’s. I had one of those awesome film cameras that took panoramic shots. Film negative saved to CD.

 

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Kaleidoscope #163

 

Only in the moments of being alone in the darkness on the raft, will you have the space to speak, listen, and to act from the heart. Only in the moments of pain, do we begin to empathize with humankind. Only when you are lost, you will find new meaning. Float on.
–Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay.

Kaleidoscope #162

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment – this day – is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day – each moment of this day – a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.
–Dan Custer 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. All I can say, is sometimes you have to look down to see a rainbow.. I caught this oil-slick rainbow at dusk after a rain just outside my office building with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

 

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Kaleidoscope #161

Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
–Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a gorgeous sunset taken outside of Mesa, Arizona in November, 2008 at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party. If you look closely, you can make out saguaro cacti. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.

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Kaleidoscope #159

Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.
–Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 22 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a bush from the front of my house that has its winter berries going on. Taken on an bright morning with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #158

It is a new world, and we must decide how we are to end this old one and begin it anew.
–Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s the big blue sky pic I took on a recent trip to Illinois. No special lighting or retouching, simply a snap from my smart phone. Yes, the sky really was that blue…

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Kaleidoscope #157

 

You raze the old to raise the new.
–Justina Chen, North of Beautiful 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s water flowing along the sidewalk into a storm drain. This was taken in 2016 on a bright fall afternoon, no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera.

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Kaleidoscope #156

But there’s a beginning in an end, you know? It’s true that you can’t reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.
–Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s my car’s engine, no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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