In the dead of night, moon-gazing,
The thought of the deep mountain affrighted,
Yet longings for the mountain village
At all other moments filled my heart.
~The Sarashina Diary (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
Image and poem submitted in response to Travel with Intent’s Six Word Saturday challenge.
Week 39 Inspiration: The Elements (Earth, Fire, Wind, Rain, and Spirit. Find inspiration in the elements of our world.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Ten years it took
To build my little cottage.
Now the cool wind inhabits half of it
And the rest is filled with moonlight.
There is no place left for the mountain and the stream
So I guess they will have to stay outside.
~Song Sun (1493-1583) Trans: V O Baron & C S Park
Wyoming landscape and poetry submitted in response to Amy’s (The World is a Book) lens-artists photo challenge: countryside and/or small towns.
I yearn for a tranquil moment
To be out upon the sea of harmony,
In that enchanted boat.
Oh, boatman, do you know my heart?
~The Sarashina Diary (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
A small section of the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon coastline (2010) and a poem from The Sarashina Diary submitted in response to Travel with Intent’s six word challenge.
Week 38 Composition: Rule of Odds (The rule of odds is easy enough to understand and employ. So use the rule of odds in an Urbanscape/Architecture photo.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Rain, hail, snow, and ice;
All are different,
But when they fall
They become the same water
As the valley stream
~Ikkyu Sojun
Image and poem submitted in response to Leya’s photo challenge: magical
Week 37 Story Telling: Seasons (The weather is changing! Find inspiration in the seasons.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Week 36 Inspiration: Your Habits (Some habits are good, and some are bad. Your inspiration this week is either.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Below is the initial before image offered by Bren at Ryan-Photography’s for September’s Before and After challenge.
weariness
deafens
joy’s murmurs
LIOIZE – Heavy on my Mind
Week 35 Composition: Symmetry Portrait (Symmetry is a strong compositional technique most often used in landscapes and architecture. So break the mold by using Symmetry in a portrait.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
a meditative journey 
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