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

Friday, July 13, 2012

Silence Valley


Valle del Silencio

The photographer must be absorbent--like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic moment.... His technique should be like an animal function...he should act automatically. - Robert Doisneau

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jul 13, 2012
This week's challenge:
'Countryside'.


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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Intermezzo



Birth

Photography has always been about capturing a feeling or a mood for me.   ~Dalla


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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Bus Stop


Christopher St & 7th Ave South. West Village. NYC

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years”  ~ Thomas Wolfe

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Mannahata! - II








Poetry of Mannahata!

The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon). A 1610 map depicts the name as Manna-hata, twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River (later named the Hudson River). The word "Manhattan" has been translated as "island of many hills" from the Lenape language.


Enjoy Your Sunday!

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Friday, July 6, 2012

Mannahata! - I










The summer air, the bright sun shining, and the sailing clouds aloft...
From: Mannahatta ~Walt Whitman


THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jul 06, 2012
This week's challenge:
'Sports'.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Il Caffè Florian



Il Caffè Florian. Venezia 1720
Opened in 1720 in Piazza San Marco in Venice, Caffè Florian is Italy’s oldest CafĂ©. While seated in one of the cafĂ©’s frescoed rooms or outside listening to the orchestra in the Piazza, one can enjoy impeccable service and products of the finest quality.
Famous for its rich history as a crossroads of art, culture,
politics and entertainment, today the Florian is also known for its elegant trademark products: coffee, teas, chocolates, cookies, porcelains, and design objects. The Florian Gourmet, Lifestyle, and Design collections are available for sale at exclusive trademark boutiques and online at  www.caffeflorian.com.

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri Jun 22, 2012
This week's challenge:
'Words'.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Time Passed


Pushkin Gardens

A Magic Moment I Remember
~ Pushkin
A magic moment I remember:
I raised my eyes and you were there,
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that's beautiful and rare.

I pray to mute despair and anguish,
To vain pursuits the world esteems,
Long did I near your soothing accents,
Long did your features haunt my dreams.

Time passed. A rebel storm-blast scattered
The reveries that once were mine
And I forgot your soothing accents,
Your features gracefully divine.

In dark days of enforced retirement
I gazed upon grey skies above



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