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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.
–Brent Weeks, The Black Prism
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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