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“She holds up the cage with the owl. ‘But now I have a beautiful cat-eagle that can carry with him my new wish. When he flies away, all my old sadnesses will go with him. Then both of us will be free.'”~Amy Tan*

*cited: Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses.
In a dark time, the eye begins to see,
I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;
I hear my echo in the echoing wood— . . . ~Theodore Roethke, In a Dark Time

Fujifilme X-T4: f/4 . 1/1000s . 16mm

Fujifilm X-T4 … f6.4 1/350s 41.1mm 160 ISO Edited: Capture One

Apple iPad Pro … f/1.8 . 1/15s . 33mm . 90 ISO … Edited: Snapseed

Nikon D750 … f/3.5 1/2500 40mm

Metadata: Leica D-Lux-7 f1,7 1/250s 10.9mm 200 ISO edited: Capture One

Metadata: Leica D-Lux-7 f/2.4 1/1600s 16.7mm 200 ISO edited: Capture One
I grasp
in the darkness of the heart
a firefly. ~Buson (Y Sawa & EM Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)

Cee’s black and white photo challenge: patterns
In the attitude, and with the manner, of the woman of old,
Full of grief, she stands in the glorious morning light.
The dew is like the tears of to-day;
The mosses like the garments of years ago.
Her resentment is that of the Woman of the Hsiang River;
Her silence that of the concubine of the King of Ch’u.
Still and solitary in the sweet-scented mist,
As if waiting for her husband’s return. ~ Li Tai-po*


Early morning mist submitted in response to Cee’s CBWC challenge: weather
*Cited (Fir-Flower Tablets Poems Translated from the Chinese, Various Author Project Gutenberg)
what magical things will one find at the top of these steps



Steps…Cee’s black and white photo challenge
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