In thinking about this phrase the other day- “They can’t see the forest for the trees”-it occurred to me that you can’t actually see the forest without seeing the trees. So yes, the big picture is important, but individual details and people are the key to understanding the whole. I think that’s why picking the…
I’m nervous about putting my work out into the world. What if everyone hates it? What if they think it’s stupid? What if I offend someone? Well lucky for me the only thing that makes me more anxious than all of that is how I’m going to feel if I look back at my life…
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Thanks to lots of hours on Pixabay and pouring through my own photos I think I’ve decided on this photo for the cover of Rell. It’s by Pixabay photographer DaveInTucson and I think it captures the atmospheric desert vibe of the novel’s setting. For the books cover I’m going to focus on the hills and…
Verdant moss mounds Even on the phone booth. The numinous cathedral of trees. Dripping, draping, vines. A different planet from my Customary desert of Concrete. Life, in any color you want it, As long as it’s green. PacificNorthwestPhotographyPoetry
You think “If I lived there Would I really still see it? Would I know that it is not Water and dirt But a place where peace and power Ride side by side?” Let me tell you, my old self. The answer is yes. OriginalWorkPacificNorthwestPhotographyPoetryWater
It’s just a hole in a concrete wall, and yet I saw something staring back at me 🙂 CreativityEverydayMagicPhotography
“Of Periods of Seas — Unvisited of Shores — Themselves the Verge of Seas to be — Eternity — is Those —” Emily Dickinson Sometimes when you’re not even sure you understand a stanza of poetry, you still understand the stanza of poetry PacificNorthwestPhotographyPoetryReflections
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