2013.01.12 I express myself with images

Since I’m inarticulate, I express myself with images.

~ Helen Levitt

The more you have, the more you are occupied.
The less you have, the more free you are.
~ Mother Teresa

Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

~ Ephesians 4:23

2013.01.05 Remembering summer . . .

You become what you think about all day long

and those days eventually become your lifetime.

~ Wayne Dyer

Whether he is an artist or not,

the photographer is a joyous sensualist,

for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

~ Walker Evans

Lo, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age.

~ Matthew 28:20

2012.12.29 You already are

You have a lifetime to learn technique.

But I can teach you what is more important than technique,

how to see;

learn that and all you have to do afterwards is press the shutter.

~ Garry Winogrand

The key to living your dream life is simple:  realize that you already are.

Christen Olivarez

as quoted in Desire to Inspire by Christine Mason Miller

The God of peace will be with you.

~ Philippians 4:9

So, what is in this photo?

I have a rag rug on top of my desk.

I had mis-placed a paper

and thought I might have slipped it between the rug and the desktop.

When I lifted the rug, the sunshine came through with this pretty pattern.

But, no missing paper.

~ Me

2012.12.21 Marvelous things without number

Finding beauty in the stains of life . . .

~ Me

The world is full of magic things,

patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

~ William Butler Yeats

Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to Spring.

~ Anonymous (could have been said by me :)

HE does great things,

and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.

~ Job 5:9

2012.12.16 Purpose for your life

Finding beauty in the shadows of life . . .

~ Me

God knows your value; He sees your potential.

You may not understand everything you are going through right now.

But hold your head up high,

knowing that God is in control

and He has a great plan and purpose for your life.

~ Joel Osteen

Trust in him.

~ Psalm 37:5