Quote - Julia Cameron - What next?

"I learned when hit by loss, to ask:  'What next?' instead of 'Why me?'  Whenever I am willing to ask, 'What next?' I have moved ahead."  ~ Julia Cameron

4/30/2014 Outdoor Wednesday #277

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Spring has arrived.  YEA!

Thinking Outside the Box - Metal Flower

What is this?   A metal flower on an entrance gate in Chicago.    Which side is up?    Either side.   Perhaps one could even turn it to the right side or left side.   Every Monday I explore what I can do differently with the photos taken that week or photos buried in my files that were never used.

Quote - Joel Meyerowitz - Split Second

"We all experience it.  Those moments we gasp and say, "Oh look at that!"  Maybe it's nothing more than the way the shadow glides across a face, but in the split second, when you realize something truly remarkable is happening and disappearing right in front of you, if you can pass a camera before your eye, you'll tear a piece of time out of the whole, and in a breath, rescue it and give it meaning."  ~ Joel Meyerowitz

Quote - Virginia Woolf - Laughter and Anguish

"The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish,  cutting the world asunder."
~ Virginia Woolf

Quote - Anonymous - Explanation

"Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." ~ Anonymous

Quote - Mark Nepo - Letting Go

"In this the stone I throw in the lake knows more than I.   Its ripples vanish."
~ Mark Nepo - The Book of Awakening, page 503

4/24/2014 - Skywatch Friday

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Rolling.....
© JM 2014

Quote - Eckhart Tolle - Accept

"Accept --- then act.  Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it ... this will miraculously transform your whole life."
~ Eckhart Tolle

4/23/2014 - Outdoor Wednesday - #276

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Do you remember using one of these phones?

Look no snow for a change.

Chicago River plus skyline.

Quote - Gerard de Nerval - Flower

"Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature."  ~ Gerard de Nerval

Quote - Ray Bradbury - Wonder

"Stuff your eyes with wonder...live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.   See the world.  It's more fantastic than any dream or paid for in factories." ~ Ray Bradbury

Thinking Outside The Box - Barbed Wire

4/17/2014 Skywatch Friday

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Thanks to our skywatch hosts:  Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy.

"The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary."
~  Alfred Kreymborg

Quote - Eckhart Tolle - Goodness

"You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already in you, and allowing the goodness to emerge. But it can only emerge if something fundamental changes in your state of consciousness."
~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

4/16/2014 Outdoor Wednesday - # 275

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Photographs taken at the Skokie Lagoons.

Quote - Iris Hasselden - Seasons

"Every season brings us magic wonder in the light and shade nature gives us endless bounty memories that can not fade."
~ Iris Hasselden

Thinking Outside The Box - Skokie Lagoons

Quote - Wassily Kandinsky - Unknown World

"...lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and .... stop thinking!   Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to "walk about" into a hitherto unknown world.  If the answer is yes, what more do you want?"
~ Wassily Kandinsky

Thinking Outside The Box - Gas Station Storage Tank Covers

While my husband, John, was pumping gas into our SUV, I noticed these storage tank covers.   Image was taken in color.   Obviously, I played with photo in Picasa.   Came up with this.   Notice the unusual designs. There is no beginning and no end to circles.  

Quote - Louie Schwartzberg - Seeing

"As artists, our job is to help people see things that perhaps we don't see on the surface."
~ Louie Schwartzberg

4/3/2014 Skywatch Friday - Ladder and Stairway to Heaven and Beyond

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Found a ladder to climb up to heaven and beyond in West Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday.

Found this stairway to heaven in Wilmette, Illinois, Wednesday.

Dig this, on the very same day a ladder and a stairway.    Kewelopolis!

Quote - Julia Cameron

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."
~ Julia Cameron

4/2/2014 Outdoor Wednesday - #273

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Photo taken of Magnolia blossom..  Studying textures .... soft petals, cardboard box top, and weaved packing paper. Original image was taken in color.  Decided to switch format to black and white.

Quote - Dalai Lama - Motivation

"The quality of everything we do; our physical actions, our verbal actions and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation."
~ Dalai Lama