Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
–Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These sunflowers were on display in front of my local grocery store. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
I never change, I simply become more myself.
–Joyce Carol Oates, Solstice
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These lovelies were arrangements in planters at a local outdoor mall. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
–Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay and I initially used it to create “Clay Butterfly” that was published on 8/21/2017. Side note, this is actually the first image I used when practicing with kaleidoscopes in Photoshop.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
–Albert Einstein
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s the big blue sky pic I took on a summer trip to Illinois. No special lighting or retouching, simply a snap from my smart phone. Yes, the sky really was that blue…
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. –Helen Keller
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a bouquet of silk flowers on my dining room table using the curtain as a drape. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
–Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These lovelies we arrangements in planters at a local outdoor mall. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.
–Gilda Radner
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These orange flowers are part of the landscaping in front of my office building. Since they’re small, I had to get in super close. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
–Margaret Mead
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These sunflowers were on display in front of my local grocery store. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
–Leo Tolstoy
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay and I originally used it to create “Clay Butterfly” that was published on 8/21/2017. Side note, this is actually the first image I used when practicing with kaleidoscopes in Photoshop.
What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
–Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Below is the original photo used to create this image. These black-eyed susans were on display outside my local grocery store. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
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