"Pay attention to the world."
Susan Sontag
"Know that you have talent, are original, and have something important to say."
Brenda Ueland
"A word after a word after a word is power."
Margaret Atwood
"Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity."
Aaron Swartz
"To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination.... To read is to travel through that terrain with the author as guide...."
Rebecca Solnit
"A civilized person is one who is able, at all times and in all places, to recognize the humanity of others fully."
Tzvetan Todorov
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world ... are the ones who do."
Steve Jobs
Every year, it seems like a magic trick, or origami, to pack all these blossoms in such tiny buds. They’re beautiful flowers, and I also like #6 with the branch and buds against the bark. And I like way the (brick?) background came out in 9 & 10
“… it seems like a magic trick …” — so true! All these living things that spend the winter looking like dormant sticks, suddenly come back to life!
Thanks for the comment; and yes, that is brick, the wall of a building near my house with a deli, restaurant, and a couple of shops in it. Made a nice background, didn’t it?
Lovely sequence!
Thank you!
Nice series, but that last is my favorite.
Thank you! I liked that one also … I’m working on black and white versions of this same series; how that one looks after conversion and a few jazzy adjustments is quite interesting!
Beautiful shots! The pear blooms are definitely one of my favorite first blooms of spring and your photography is just amazing!
Thank you very much! I always like getting shots of the pear blooms since they’re one of the first signs of spring and they don’t last long. Glad you enjoyed the photos!