Tag: blog
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Spiraling up~
Today brought a lesson that I keep relearning. I was having a productive, focused day, and then a thought crossed my mind. It was small, triggered by a minor event, but it was just enough to start a subtle spiral downward. I caught myself slipping into that familiar place of worry and anxiety—the one that…
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Writing Between the Spaces
Tonight, as I sat down to write my daily blog, I found myself reflecting on the journey that this practice has become. It isn’t about the finished product—the polished words or the curated images you see—it’s about the states I move through before those elements come to life. Every day is different. There’s a quiet…
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Post-Travel Reflections: Jet Lagged Thoughts
After a journey that began nearly 24 hours ago, I find myself back home in Düsseldorf, embracing this moment of quiet reflection. Honoring my commitment to this daily blog, I write in a state of jet lag—a strange, dreamlike condition that feels suspended between worlds. Air travel, when you think about it, is an unnatural…
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“Chasing the Winter Sun: A Timeless Connection to Light and Life”
images taken today in the Abrahamic Family House, in Abu Dhabi with the slogan: “Diverse in our Faiths.Common in our Humanity.Together in Peace.” The golden embrace of the sun is a profound gift that transcends time, connecting ancient civilizations to modern-day life. In my photographs, the sunlight interacts with architectural grandeur and human emotion, echoing…
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Daily Coffee Talk~88/365
Hi again, The last few days I found myself unable to write, thinking constantly of the situation in Ukraine and feeling the pain of innocent people echoing in my mind. We must fight the low with embracing the high. If I have learned anything from witnessing the bravery of Ukrainian people, it’s that you cannot…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 84/365
When we are confronted with life changing events or the possibility of them, we tend to go inward and see life more clearly. With the shocking onset of a war in an otherwise peaceful Europe, life becomes more real. Our senses are honed to feel, detect, and comprehend what is and might be going on…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 67/365
Today this image of the ethnic woman that I took in China triggered in me thoughts of lightness and weight. As I live and get older I feel the weight of my history and all that has happened in it. I picture my life events as packages and bags that we have had to carry…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 64/365
Do you have time periods when your dreams become vivid , alive and filled with color? I am currently having those type last of dreams and they leave me wondering about where we actually go in our dreams and what part of our faculties is actually active? There are so many levels of dreams that…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 61/365
I am still traveling through favorite moments in photography today and these images stand out. During my travels through Yunnan, I often had a Polaroid camera with me to make instant photographs of people and mostly the children that I could offer to them as small gifts. This process caused a huge amount of joy…
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Daily Coffee Talk~60/365
Some of my favorite photography memories come from the times that I traveled alone on journeys to remotes places like in these photos. These were taken in Yunnan, China, in villages so remote where the locals rarely ever see the likes of me. On such trips, you meet innocence, curiosity and you feel the invigorating…