You're a Mirror I Cannot Avoid

I got inspired to do a Photoshop art piece the other day.  A lot of the time when I do this kind of work I realize that my art can be strange.  I also realized that this is the kind of art I prefer.

"Happiness is:  Looking in a mirror and liking what you see."

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Anonomous

Hidden Sun

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted to this blog.  My plan is to get back into the groove.  This was taken at Apollo Lake in Lancaster CA about an hour after sunrise.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. 

Buddah   

Always the Quiet One

Here's my Photoshop piece for the week.

A quiet mind cureth all. 

Robert Burton

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Memory

In Bodega Bay, California the crab pots are stacked and ready to go.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Francis Bacon

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Imaginary Ordinary

This will be the last of my pelican photographs for a while.  I'll put up more of these at a later time.  I used Photoshop to give this a painterly look.

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.
Susan Sontag 

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How We Roll

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Alan Watts 

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Freedom

I went to Bodega Bay in California and was fortunate enough to come upon this sight.  My husband grew up around there and said he'd never seen such a large flock of pelicans.  There were so many floating together in the water.  Being a photographer, this was a very exciting find.  The day was perfect and the water was calm.  In the next few days I'll be posting more of these.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery. 

Wayne Dyer

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