When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. — Barbara Bloom
Photography
“They’ve promised that dreams can come true –
but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.” ― Oscar Wilde
“The nature of This Flower is to bloom.” – Alice Walker
“Belladonna: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison.” – Ambrose Bierce
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful;
they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” ― Luther Burbank
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When
I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’.
They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
John Lennon
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were
necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. — Claude Monet
Monochrome Madness will be posted later today for your viewing pleasure on Leanne Cole’s blog.
If you would like to participate and submit a photo in the upcoming weeks, please email your monochrome image to leanne@leannecole.com.au and include a link to your blog or website if you have one. It doesn’t have to be WordPress blogger, it can be a Facebook page, a Flickr page, etc. Include your name or your blog name. The image size should be low resolution, so the largest size should be 1000 pixels or less. The deadline for submission is before 6 p.m. on or before Tuesday, Melbourne Australia time. The earlier the better for Leanne. If you should miss the deadline your photograph will be posted the following week. The complete instructions are posted on Leanne’s blog should you have any questions or need help. The first MM of every month will have a theme. The next theme will be “Urban” for MM 2-26. Since Leanne will be visiting the USA she asks that you send your photos by the 28th of August. There will be two galleries during the theme week, one for the theme and one like there normally is for those that may choose not to do a theme. ✽
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“Catch the air around the butterfly.” ― Katerina Stoykova Klemer
“Your mind will answer most questions
if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
William S. Burroughs
Hip shot ♥
Suspension Footbridge
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W B Yeats
Fly on lion’s paw
It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. — Saint Augustine
Maverick Mist 