find the beauty (*) placed in the garden and nurtured (*) by a higher source (*), the same source (*) that nurtures (*) you, that gives life (*) to all beings. To me, when I see the garden that my wife Tanya works so diligently (*) to make fruitful and beautiful, I am humbled (*).via August 11th, 2014 … Fuji X100s …Observations (*) by Streetshooter (*).
Having experiences (*) is so important, but having exactly the right experience is not always necessary. [..]via Why experiences are important, but having the right experience is not (*) by Do What You Love (*).
However you feel (*) about your .. [situation] right now, think about how you can make the most of the situation you are in to learn (*) something, try (*) something, or build (*) one more connection (*) before, perhaps, you move on.
The whole point of life (*) is to figure it out for yourself. To love (*) the challenge (*) and live in the process (*). It can’t flourish in the light (*) of others. Comparison is the surest path (*) to bitterness (*) and grief (*). Explore (*). See your power (*). See what you can do. Success (*) is not being better than everyone else. It’s finding you.via Living the Better Life (*) by Spencer Lum (*).
Perhaps she just loved taking pictures; perhaps they kept her company or even prevented her, for a while, from falling apart. Perhaps it never crossed her mind that she was an artist.via 'Vivian Maier' Brings Nanny-Photographer's Life Into Focus (*) by Ella Taylor (*).
the beauty of nostalgia (*):via PROJECT PROFILES: Juan Aballe’s Country Fictions (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
It’s easy to admire something that was popular in the past (*), because you already know a priori you’re in good company.
In other words, you’re basically putting yourself into a company you admire.
Photography is the medium of nostalgia (*): any photograph by construction shows us the past (*).via PROJECT PROFILES: Juan Aballe’s Country Fictions (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
This is a time of nostalgia: regardless of where you look, we have become backwards looking, rehashing what was there in all kinds of ways [..]
We can’t let go of the past because we can’t stand the present (*).
Is that what it is?
There is comfort in being told what you already know: It essentially tells you that you are right after all (even if you’re not). But there also is a strange kind of comfort in being told what you don’t know (*). You’re challenged (*), it is true, but you’re also being made aware that there are other ways to see the world, that, provided you’re a little open, there is space to grow.via Review: Beautiful by Loredana Nemes (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
since I had come across by chance the casa-museo (*) where the playwright Lope de Vega (*) lived from 1610 until his death in 1635, I ventured in to get a glimpse of domestic life in Spain’s theatrical Golden Age. It is a handsome three-storey house with a pretty walled garden which Lope described as his “guertecillo”, his little kitchen garden. It still has an orange, a fig and a pomegranate tree, a covered well, box hedges and a small potager with tomato, pepper and chilli plants.via A Writer’s home in Madrid – casa-museo Lope de Vega (*) by The Magpie Press (*).
I don’t need any time for this to sink in, I’ve had lots of time to think about it and what this accomplishment would be like, [..] I’ve had lots of time to think about how much I suffered (*) to get here, and the feelings (*) I have now will last a lifetime (*).via Horner king of Angliru and winner of Vuelta (*) by Twisted Spoke (*).
