“With age most of us lose the sense of wonder, the feeling of awe in confronting the majesty and variety of the world. Yet without awe life becomes routine.”
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺
Since it was cold enough this morning to create these, I thought I’d share a few of my favorites from the past.
#FrozenBubble
#winter
“Fill your life with beauty or reminders of it. When we are harried, haunted, in fight or flight, beauty seems a luxury for people on vacation. Just the opposite is true—it’s a lifeline being thrown to you from heaven.”
-John Eldredge 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬
#Baltimore
#LumixS9
#Butterflies
#ShotonLumix
#NaturePhotography
#TTArtisan35mm @ttartisanofficial
“There is never a shortage of awe and inspiration to be found outdoors. If we dedicated our lives solely to noticing changes in natural light and shadow as the hours pass, we would constantly discover something new.”
-Rick Rubin 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵
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Iris
Rawlings Conservatory
Baltimore, Maryland
Lumix S9
“Engaging with beauty sharpens our eye for what is pleasing, and it broadens our imaginations of what could be. Artists draw inspiration from other artists because beauty doesn’t just fill us with wonder; it drives us to go create beautiful things ourselves.”
-Russ Ramsey 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥
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Rawlings Conservatory
Garden Photography
Lumix S9
Baltimore, Maryland
“Children also expose our lack of joy, play, and imagination. Children laugh way more than adults… One of the sad signs that we have lost a childlike heart is to no longer smile over meaningless stuff… We were meant, like a child, to live with real and robust imaginations. Children bring us into their world—the world of play, of make-believe, of imagination.”
-A J Swoboda 𝘈 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵
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Iris
Pollinators
Cylburn Arboretum
Baltimore
Lumix S9
“Awe and wonder are essential to the human experience. Wonder fuels our passion for exploration and learning, for curiosity and adventure.”
-Brene Brown 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵
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Cylburn Arboretum
Lumix S9
Flower Photography
Baltimore
Only you have your point of view. Figure out how to share it with the rest of us... Once you can create work with a distinctive and recognizable personal style over and over again, the world will unlock itself for you. Even if your work is not recognized, you will have unlocked something precious in yourself.
-Chase Jarvis 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
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Rose Garden
Cylburn Arboretum
Baltimore
Lumix S9
TTArtisan 75mm
“Life is complex, and if you want to understand it, you have to set aside a fair bit of time to think deeply about it. You need to slow down.”
-Johann Hari 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴
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Cylburn Arboretum
Wild Flowers
Lumix S9
Baltimore
TTArtisan 75mm
“Carve out your own “one square inch of silence.” Finding solitude and silence is a spiritual necessity in our noisy age.”
-Ryan Tinetti 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
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Cylburn Arboretum
Lumix S9
Baltimore
TTArtisan 75mm
“The best artists and storytellers have the same world around them as the rest of us. It’s the same viewfinder, the same easel, the same software, and the same subjects. There is no special access to great art.”
-Matt Knisely 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩
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Dogwood
Cylburn Arboretum
Lumix S9
Panasonic 100 mm macro
