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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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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Kaleidoscope #234

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
― John Muir, The Mountains of California

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a lovely sunset taken during a trip to Delaware in August, 2008. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.

 

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