
“So you may say,
Greek flower; Greek ecstasy
reclaims forever
one who died
following intricate song’s
lost measure.'”
Hilda Doolittle
Weekly Photo Challenge

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” William Faulkner

“Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds” — John Milton

“Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.”
– Audre Lorde

“Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion,
I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.” — Sarah Kay

“In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear.” ― Ann Voskamp

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy.
Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh. — Rumi

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ―Banksy

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“Whoever said orange is the new pink is seriously disturbed.” – Elle Woods – Legally Blonde

When I was out taking pictures recently I came across this gold star and things hanging from a tree. The gold star reminded me of this time when my son came home from preschool and I saw him hide a piece of paper under the Spruce tree in our front yard. You can recognize when a young child is angry because they have that preschool age pout face and a walk that looks like they’re stomping grapes. Well you don’t want your children to grow up to be litter bugs so upon inquiring I found out the reason for this peculiar behavior and furtive action. Turned out that day in preschool class they had to color a drawing and he wasn’t rewarded with a gold star because he had drawn outside the lines. I could never draw within the damn lines either, so he was comforted and after awhile there was once more harmony in the litter-free universe.
Upon reflection rewards may generally be fairly insignificant. Rewards might be immediate, happen later on, or even after your death, so no reason to be concerned about them. You may even be your own reward and walking around some day come upon a gold star and other things dangling from a tree. Then you too might possess the power of the gold star. So for all of those that are outside the lines and may not have been rewarded in the past with a gold star in class, this one’s for you. ★ Live long and prosper.★
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward













