Weekly Photo Challenge: Through
“Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.” ~ Emily Dickinson
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“Fiat Lux“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast
“The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore the object must be eliminated from the picture.” ~ Piet Mondrian
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“Tribute to Mondrian“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Distorted
“Alone with myself,
The trees bend to caress me,
The shade hugs my heart.”
~ Candy Polgar
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“Nature’s Embrace“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Down
“My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.” ~ Edith Wharton
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“Hawk“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ready
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ~ Sam Levenson
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“Time is Now“
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Memorial Day
“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.” ~ Francis A. Walker
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope
“Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.”~ Marilyn vos Savant
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“Always the Sky“
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Nature’s Art
“Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.” ~ Seneca
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“Nature’s Art“
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Majestic
“Change is never easy. You fight to hold on. You fight to let go.” ~ Daniel Stern
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“Majestic“
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Digital Art
I recently discovered this beautiful blog, which explains different post-processing techniques for digital photography. Thanks to the detailed information provided there, I used some of my photographs to create these images… Hope you enjoy them 
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“Illusion“
“Fusion“
“Osmosis“
“Confusion“
“Introspection“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple
“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.” ~ Nicholas Sparks
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“Le Tour“
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Black or White?
“Shades of grey wherever I go
The more I find out the less that I know
Black and white is how it should be
But shades of grey are the colors I see.”
~ Billy Joel
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“Black or White?“
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One And Only
“I am you; you are me.
You are the waves; I am the ocean.
Know this and be free, be divine.”
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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“One And Only“
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San Ombra Lunare
For my 100th post, i have decided to share a passage from a book that has inspired me a lot, Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom.
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“Have I told you about the tension of opposites?” he says.
The tension of opposites?
“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.”
Sounds like a wrestling match, I say.
“A wrestling match.” He laughs. “Yes, you could describe life that way.”
So which side wins, I ask?
“Which side wins?”
He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
“Love wins. Love always wins.”
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“San Ombra Lunare“
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Underneath
“I never lose when I love. I only lose when I’m afraid to.” ~ Paulo Coelho
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“Underneath“
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Momentum
Here is an extract from By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness, by Paulo Coelho.
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“You have to take risks”- he said.
“We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
“Every day, God gives us the sun–and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy.
“Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived that moment, that it doesn’t exist–that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow.
But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment.
It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock.
It may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us.
But that moment exists–a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.”
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“Momentum“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Peaceful
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu
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“Undisturbed“
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Art Show – Long Beach, CA
 Hello Everyone,
From February, 6th, until March, 5th, my latest art work which has been focusing on water and its majesty will be shown through two different series entitled, “The Artist, Ocean.” and “Every.Drop.Counts.”
This selection of photographs will exclusively be displayed on metal, adding a brand new dimension to both the beauty of water and photography. An artist reception will be held on Friday, February, 10th, from 6pm to 8pm, and i truly hope you will be able to come say hi, enjoy the art, and have a cup of tea with me Love, Sophie Address: Hot Java
2101 E Broadway Ave
Long Beach, CA 90803-5704
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Determined
Here is another “teaching” that has inspired me from Paulo Coelho’s Masterpiece, Warrior of the Light: A Manual.
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Every warrior of the light has been afraid to enter a combat.
Every warrior of the light has betrayed and lied in the past.
Every warrior of the light has lost faith in the future.
Every warrior of the light has trodden a path which was not his own.
Every warrior of the light has suffered because of unimportant things.
Every warrior of the light has doubted that he is a warrior of the light.
Every warrior of the light has failed in his spiritual obligations.
Every warrior of the light has said yes when he meant no.
Every warrior of the light has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he and she are warriors of the light:
They had endured all this without losing the hope to improve.
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“Determined“
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The Invitation.
“It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon…
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep.”
~ The Invitation by Oriah
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“With Yourself“
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Launch
“My soul is in the sky.” ~ William Shakespeare
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“Où le vent t’emporte“
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Apart
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
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“Apart“
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