“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Photo taken in England in June 2007.
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Posts Tagged With: Superstition
the corridor
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Blindfold, Corridor, Delusion, Fabrication, Factual, Falsehoods, Fantasy, Fear, Fiction, Gag, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Lies, Myth, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Propaganda, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Truth, Universe, Verifiable, Violence
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blood moon
“The moon was sharp enough to draw blood from a stone.”
~ Tom Waits ~
Photo of an eclipse taken in March 2007.
© 2025 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ancients, Blood, Death, Disaster, Earth, Fools, Full Moon, Harbringer, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Red, Rusty, Shadow, Shining, Superstition, World
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hopes and dreams
“…and there will come a time when you can
even take your clothes off when you dance…”
~ Frank Zappa ~
Photo of the ruins of Battle Abbey, near Hastings, England taken in June 1982.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Awareness, Churches, Classrooms, Cognitive Thought, England, Knowledge, Libraries, Life, Logic, Myth, Perspective, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Religion, Ruins, Science, Shrines, Superstition, Truth
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the corridor
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Photo taken in England in June 2007.
© 2024 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Blindfold, Corridor, Delusion, Fabrication, Factual, Falsehoods, Fantasy, Fear, Fiction, Gag, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Lies, Myth, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Propaganda, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Truth, Universe, Verifiable, Violence
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view from a distant star
“Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”
~ Mason Cooley ~
Photo taken in April 2007.
© 2024 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Astronomy, Blind Belief, Charlatans, Death, Egos, Fables, Facts, Falsehoods, Fantasy, Fiction, Gene Pool, Logic, Myth, Perspective, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Religion, Scientific Reasoning, Snake Oil Sellers, Superstition, Truth
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the corridor
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in England in June 2007.
© 2023 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Delusion, Digital Imagery, Fantasy, Fear, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Violence
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the celestial laundry line
“That which can be asserted without evidence,
can be dismissed without evidence.”
~ Christopher Hitchens ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a flexed burial dated to ca. 3000 BCE taken in January 1988.
© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Archaeology, Buddha, Death, Digital Imagery, Dogma, Flexed Burial, Heaven, Hell, History, Jesus, Life, Limbo, Muhammad, Neolithic Era, Organized Religion, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Religion, Superstition
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miracle
“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,
but wise words endure.”
~ Edward Thorndike ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in July 2013.
© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Belief, Comprehension, Digital Imagery, Electrochemical Signals, Form, Miracle, Myth, Passion, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Preservation, Religion, Substance, Superstition, Thoughts, Vision, Words, Writing
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blood moon
“The moon was sharp enough to draw blood from a stone.”
~ Tom Waits ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of an eclipse taken in March 2007.
© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ancients, Death, Digital Imagery, Disaster, Earth, Fools, Full Moon, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Shadow, Superstition
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hopes and dreams
“The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable.
The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.”
~ Ajahn Sumedho ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of the ruins of Battle Abbey, near Hastings, England taken in June 1982.
© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Awareness, Churches, Classrooms, Cognitive Thought, Digital Imagery, England, Knowledge, Libraries, Life, Logic, Myth, Perspective, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Religion, Ruins, Science, Shrines, Superstition, Truth
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IN THE FLICKERING LIGHT
“If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how
people were depicted inside nature, not outside it.
It was a kind of dream time…”
~ Gregory Colbert ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2018.
© 2021 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Archaeology, Art, Artist, Belief, Cave Art, Cave Paintings, Caves, Dreams, Emotions, History, Mushrooms, Painting, Perception, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Shadows, Spirits, Superstition
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MIRACLE
“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,
but wise words endure.”
~ Edward Thorndike ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a wall advertisement taken in the Marais district of Paris in July 2013.
© 2021 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Belief, Comprehension, Digital Imagery, Electrochemical Signals, Form, Miracle, Myth, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Preservation, Religion, Substance, Superstition, Thoughts, Vision, Words, Writing
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IN THE FLICKERING LIGHT
“If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings,
you see how people were depicted
inside nature, not outside it.
It was a kind of dream time…”
~ Gregory Colbert ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2018.
© 2018 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Archaeology, Art, Artist, Belief, Cave Art, Cave Paintings, Caves, Dreams, Emotions, History, Mushrooms, Painting, Perception, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Shadows, Spirits, Superstition
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THE CORRIDOR
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken at Winchester Cathedral, England in June 2007.
© 2016 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: England, Photography, Poetry, Science
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Delusion, Digital Imagery, England, Fantasy, Fear, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Violence
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