The Magic of the Cities.

Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer

Saturday, December 10, 2011

For Your Eyes Only



Life is a long lesson in humility.  ~James M. Barrie

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Friday, December 9, 2011

NYC III



Photo Friday - Fri Dec 09, 2011
This week's challenge:
'Depth Perception'.





Jaques Torres Chocolate
Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, on Water Street, you will find the first Jacques Torres Chocolate location. From street level, visitors can glimpse the chocolate factory in action and the store shelves filled with chocolate treats.

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

NYC - II (Secret Fiesta)






In the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson, "you have to blend in like a fish in water, you have to forget yourself."

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

NYC - I





Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, wars and so on...while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man...for precisely the same reason.
~Douglas Adams

I went to see a band in New York. The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said How many of you people feel like human beings tonight? Then he said How many of you feel like animals? And everyone cheered after the animals part. But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question.

~Mitch Hedberg

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Rothko





Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.  ~Corey Ford

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Central Park Runners





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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Momentos




(Sculptures by Jose Luis Cuevas)
The first thing we have to learn is that love is an art, just as living is an art; if we want to learn how to love we must proceed in the same way we have to proceed if we want to learn any other art. Maybe here lies the answer to the question of why people in our culture try so rarely to learn this art, in spite of their obvious failures: in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power - almost all our energy is used for learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving.
Extracts from - The Art of Loving - By Erich Fromm.


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Friday, December 2, 2011

Gardening





“Music should be thought of as the desire for an ecstatic relationship to life."
"Music has to have a deep joy inside it."

~ Keith Jarrett  [Musician and former disciple of the mystic philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff.]



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Thursday, December 1, 2011

December 2011 Theme Day: Action Shot



Brooklyn 2008


Music:  Ultra Music Festival 2010 (DJ Steve Porter Remix)
[Proper for 10 Months as Mavie to 90th Years Old]


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Janitzio



(Cross of a shrine in Janitzio Island. Mexico)

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.” 
~Jesus Christ


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Monday, November 28, 2011

NYC Streets





The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street. - Robert Doisneau - "The Encyclopedia of Photography" (1984)

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Night Before




Chelsea. New York City

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Flying Raindrops



Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
~Seneca

Happy Thanksgiving!

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