Imagine What Could Be
“I have a habit of letting my imagination run away from me. It always comes back though . . . drenched with possibilities.”― Valaida Fullwood I hope it always does!
Lost Thoughts: Life Reflections in a Vineyard
I couldn’t claim to know what the young Italian woman was thinking any more than I could know what the dog beside her was pondering. The original photo was taken during a 2012 visit to Italy with friends in a rented car. We stopped at a small farm vineyard to sample their wine, where an…
Open-Hearted
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot…
Beneath the Snow
The weather has been unusually cold here for the past two weeks, but it is warming now, with only a few small patches of our previous large snowfall remaining in shaded areas. After the snow melted near my fern hillside in the backyard, we were pleasantly surprised to see hints of red and white. I’m…
Finding Art In AI?
From what I gather in my reading, photography, much like AI graphics today, was once not considered an art form. When photography first emerged, people struggled to accept that a mechanical device could ever create art. They believed art required skill, time, and most of all, the direct human touch. Since photography could depict the…
Heart And Mind
While visiting the Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, CO, last September, I was taken with the sculpture, “Freedom of Youth” by Rosie Sandifer. While I saw and appreciated the sculpture’s joyful depiction of a child at play, it also communicated something more to me. I thought I saw a seriousness in the child’s face and…
