Kaleidoscope #14

Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
–Baruch Spinoza

 

 

 

 

 

As promised, below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a maple sapling growing between stone pavers in my backyard. Taken on an overcast day with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #13

It’s my choice to be beautiful. It’s my choice to be ugly. And it’s my choice to decide what those words actually mean.
–Virginia Petrucci

 

 

 

 

 

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 #12

I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.
— Alexander McQueen

 

 

 

 

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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Kaleidoscope #11

A beautiful person is a person who can see the beauty in the midst of ugliness.
–Debasish Mridha

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a lichen and moss covered tree trunk and exposed roots from my backyard. Taken on an overcast day with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #10

God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted.
–Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Kaleidoscope #9

Everything has beauty. Even the ugly. Because without the ugly, there would be no beauty. Because without beauty, we would not survive our pain, our sorrow and our suffering.
–Madeline Sheehan, Unbeautifully

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I caught this lovely sunset on a random Sunday evening as I was leaving a grocery store. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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10-word Butterfly Love Story


Week Eight (Day 21) Write a ten-word love story. Bonus: Illustrate it.

Thankfully, I went on a six-word story bender not too long ago, so I had a few ideas to tweak for this challenge. I also wanted to play with fire and ice for this one so I chose:

Her burning heart made no apologies,
his frozen heart melted

**note**
(Day 21) is the prompt designation in Noah Scalin’s book, 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life! I am using this book as the catalyst and inspiration for these weekly posts.

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Kaleidoscope #8

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a candle in a cracked-glass hurricane. This was taken in the spring of 2016 for a Photography 101 challenge called “Warmth.” No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera.

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Kaleidoscope #7

I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink,
in the suffering, in the daily,
in all the days before I die,
the moments before I sleep.
–Ann Voskamp
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. Awesome clouds just before sunset, taken last month after dinner. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #6

Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul.
Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.
–Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this container of pansies on a lunchtime walk around downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera. And it’s even a little blurry…

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