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Archives for May 2013

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You can’t always get what you want…

You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need
— Rolling Stones

I’m not a big Rolling Stones fan, but the chorus is running through my head on an infinite loop this morning.

You see, yesterday I went for a walk. It was a gorgeous day, and I took a walk around the little lake on the property where I work. Inspired by my Singapore lily pad images, I wanted to see what I could capture with the water. I desperately wanted to get closer to these lily pads, to get rid of all off the surrounding stuff, but without hip waders or a zoom lens that was not going to happen. Frustrated, I took a couple of frames with my iPhone and moved on.

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I realized this morning: I couldn’t get what I wanted, but I got what I needed.

Beauty, peace, tranquility. The perfect image to edit and share today.

I hope you all have a great weekend! If you have a chance, come over and say hi to me and the Bhoomies today.

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Back to Play

The thing I’m realizing about play, and the resulting creativity that comes along, is that you need time. Unstructured time to just see what happens. No agenda. Come what may…

Here’s the result of my play this morning. I call it “Lifeblood.”

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This was created with some new apps I’ve been playing with recently, Handy Photo, Percolator and Repix, along with some of my mainstay apps, Glaze and Snapseed.

It feels good to play again.

Linking up to Paint Party Friday this week. Hi everyone!

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Photo-Heart Connection: April

Looking through.

That’s the feeling I get from this image: Looking through.

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I’m looking through a small, frosted window. It’s dirty, maybe in a warehouse or shop.

(But it’s still beautiful.)

I can’t see the whole of anything, all I see are pieces and parts.

(But it’s still beautiful.)

I can’t see the details. They are only impressions left on the glass.

(But it’s still beautiful.)

We can’t always see things perfectly. Sometimes we can only see what’s right in front of us: Part of something, through a dirty window. That can be enough.

Enough to call it beautiful.

I am a person who is always looking for the big picture in my life. I want to know how everything fits in with a greater plan. I want to see and understand the connections. My Photo-Heart Connection this month reminds me that’s not always possible. It reminds me that even when I can’t see the whole plan, I can still enjoy the part I can see — what’s right in front of me. There is beauty in the parts without seeing the whole. It’s funny… I processed this image to look this way. It started as a silhouette of bamboo against the sky, but it became a window. A window to my heart, with a message I needed to hear.

What is your Photo-Heart Connection this month? What message does your heart have for you? Review your April images, and share with us here.


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