“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Robert Frost
Photography
A flower’s fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us in vestigial ways of fertility, vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth. We inhale its ardent aroma and, no matter what our ages, we feel young and nubile in a world aflame with desire.
Diane Ackerman — A Natural History of the Senses.
“One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty… absolute certainty.” – Paul Outerbridge
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Video – Cameron Michael
When we assume hummingbird consciousness,
our life becomes a wonderland of sensuous delights.
We live for beauty, delighting in flowers, aromas, fine mist, delicate tastes.
Hummingbirds awaken us to the beauty of the present moment.
Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
I am. I am. I am.”
— Sylvia Plath
In queenly elegance the Dahlia stands, and waves her coronet. – Joseph Breck
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. — Josh Billings
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It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
Henry David Thoreau
Maverick Mist 