Posts Tagged With: Horizon

on breath borrowed

 

“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.”

 

~ D. H. Lawrence ~

 

Photo taken in Santorini in October 1992.


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just as quickly forgotten

 

“They don’t keep their promises in the promised land,
its getting mighty hard to find an honest man.”

 

~ Don McLean ~

 

Photo taken in July 2023.


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sand

 

Who has believed in the world
and died with his name on his lips?”

 

~ Jack Kerouac ~

 

Photo taken in Virginia Beach, Virginia in November 2004.


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never looked back

 

“Walk ahead, because if you look back, you will go back.”

 

~ Dragos Bratasanu ~

 

Photo taken in Paris in July 2014.


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the ghosts of my life

 

“Maybe before you die, it’s your ghosts you see.”

 

~ Lauren Oliver ~

 

A scan of a Polaroid negative taken sometime around 1970.


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a nice ending

 

“This man lies as other men breathe…”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

Meme created in 2013.


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float away

 

“As they expect to see you drowning, keep on floating.”

 

~ Gift Gugu Mona ~

 

Photo taken on the Canary Island of La Palma in 1994.


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last pages

 

“Ah, but I was so much older than, I’m younger than that now…”

 

~ Bob Dylan ~

 

Photo taken in in October 2006.


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who wouldn’t

 

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized
for a crime you haven’t committed.”

 

~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ~

 

Photo taken in January 2025.


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on breath borrowed

 

“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.”

 

~ D. H. Lawrence

 

000 on breath borrowed

Photo taken in Santorini in October 1992.


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long hard cold dark lonely winter

 

“Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind,
Thou art not so unkind, as Man’s Ingratitude…”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

000 long hard cold dark lonely winter 2

Photo taken in Paris in September 2016.


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a man without a country

 

“You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies.
You must learn to live alone in silence.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

000 a man without a country

Photo taken in the Summer of 1978.


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one small dark cloud

 

“I keep the wind in the folds of my dress,
the rain on my hair, and light in my eyes.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

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Photo taken in July 1986.


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sing a song of solitude

 

“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

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Photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2017.


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just as quickly forgotten

 

“They don’t keep their promises in the promised land,
its getting mighty hard to find an honest man.”

 

~ Don McLean ~

 

000 just as quickly forgotten

Photo taken in July 2023.


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earth day

 

“Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together… all things connect.”

 

~ Chief Seattle ~

 

000 earth day 1

Photo taken somewhere in northern France in May 2013.


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dances i never danced

 

“Though now, of all that could have been, there is nothing.”

 

~ James Richardson ~

 

000 dances i never danced 2

Photo taken in June 2012.


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safely sacred

 

“…it begins with isolation –
demons always inhabit desolate places…”

 

~ John Geddes ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken at Matala, Crete in October 1992.


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redolence

 

“Ah, but I was so much older then,
I’m younger than that now…”

 

~ Bob Dylan ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in November 2015.


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never looked back

 

“Walk ahead, because if you look back, you will go back.”

 

~ Dragos Bratasanu ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in July 2014.


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