If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet

still re-posting…

Beauty is a form of genius–is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.
It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water
of that silver shell we call the moon. Oscar Wilde

More from the archives…(click to enlarge)

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau

(re-post from 2002. the view out my back landing in Montreal)

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. Richard Bach

A heartfelt thanks to all that visited and congratulated me on my win. I attribute much of my success to
all the friends here at xanga that over the years have supported my artistic endevours. I couldn’t have
done it without you

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Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. Emily Dickinson

I WON!! I entered Exposure 2005 and last night was the “Best in Show” competition held at a bank downtown. There were 3 catagories: Traditional Color Photography, Traditional B&W Photography and Digital Photography – I won first place in Digital Photography for this photo!!

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways,
and they’re still beautiful. Alice Walker

sea brain?

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(location unknown…somewhere up high…)

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. Buddha

taken from the plane. ice on Lake Michigan.

One’s values are profoundly changed when he is finally convinced that creation is only a vast motion picture and that not in, but beyond, lies his own ultimate reality. George Harrison

i know, i don’t usually post things like this, but i couldn’t help myself with all the hubbub going on about the recent Christo work currently in Central Park. Go HERE for the New York Times article.

“The Crackers” 2005

Gift to the City — is it Art or for the Birds? “The Crackers” is as much a public happening as it is a tasty snack, defying the domino theory. Peanut butter or cheddar cheese. They poured their hearts and souls into the project for over 26 minutes. It required three dozen crackers and spanned over nearly 23 inches along a footbridge in the park at a cost (borne exclusively by the artists) of $2.50. Is it art? You decide. The installation was completed with no permits or bureaucracy, and fed to the ducks after about a half hour.

For More Info, please go to The Crackers.