In the Patio shade after a long hike
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Photographer at Home Leave a comment
After the hike, on the patio’s calm,
The photographer sees shapes in shadows,
Is Anybody In There? 1 comment
Is Anybody In There? Photo-artistry by kenne
Shadows hold their breath,
walls remember every name—
no voice answers back.
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Cactus Blossom 5 comments
Cactus Blossom — Photo-artistry by kenne
Moon-pale petals breathe,
desert hush holds their perfume—
one night, then they fall.
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Pedals In Soft Squares 2 comments
Mixed Art by kenne
Petals in soft squares,
spring arranged in patchwork light—
blossoms held in frame.
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Begin With The Glass All Empty Leave a comment
All My Doors Are Open — Image by kenne
Where you stand
Matters where you sit.
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Colored Foot Bridge 2 comments
Colored Foot Bridge — Image by kenne
“The footbridge does not dominate the plants of the scene, but exists within it, a symbol of
a human effort to connect with and access nature. This reminds us that the garden
is not naturally occurring but is a natural space paradoxically created artificially by humans.”
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Old Shed/Outhouse With Misc Junk Leave a comment
Old Shed/Outhouse with Misc Junk — Photo-artistry by kenne
Photo from the past
Old Shed/Outhouse with Misc Junk
Art takes many forms
— kenne
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Tucson Rodeo — La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Leave a comment
Tucson Rodeo: La Fiesta de los Vaqueros — Photo-artistry by kenne
This year’s rodeo (February 15-23) is celebrating 100 years of La Fiesta de los Vaqueros.
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Street Scene 1 comment
La Paz, Bolivia Street Scene — Image by kenne
The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies.
— Noam Chomsky
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Morning Awakens 1 comment
Morning Awakens — Photo-artistry by kenne
Morning Awakens
Morning awakens the light
Slowly stirring the heart
Revived from the sleeping night
By a singing meadowlark.
Accounting for the moment
Can we ever know
How age built a monument
From what it doesn’t show?
I don’t mind
As long as you know
I will make it shine
By allowing time to slow.
— kenne
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Whitewater Drew Sandhill Cranes Leave a comment
Whitewater Drew Sandhill Cranes — Art by kenne
Cranes spend Winter
At the Draw leaving each day
To forage for food.
— kenne
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The Courage To Be 4 comments
Existential me — Image by me
THE COURAGE TO BE
Let’s not join the chorus of those predicting aExiste political crises. It is easy to succumb to the siren song of fear.
Twentieth-century existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote Being and Nothingness. In it, Sartre assumes
that “self” exists in a material universe (Being), but our consciousness does not cohabitate with the body.
Consciousness provides freedom, which gives us an infinite potential for the future. However, our presence
in time makes us finite and ignorant. As a result, our consciousness can perceive what is not but
could be (Nothingness). Sartre believed that human existence is a condition of nothingness,
which allows for conscious choices within our being.
It is this dichotomy that causes fear (existential fear or “angst” – a Kierkegaard term) since our subjective choices
(in the present) represent a limit to our conscious thoughts. As a result, we (humans) tend to free our fear
through activities designed to take us toward some meaningful end. This freeing can take on many forms,
involving immersing oneself into things in our day-to-day experience (being). We, therefore, escape
this threat of non-being by immersing ourselves in being, i.e., reading a book, watching TV, listening to music, etc.
Doing so doesn’t create a state of being fearless but serves as a rest area in our existential fear.
To be without fear would suggest the worst possible existence (psychological). The more we try to reduce or
eliminate fear, the more we become aware of fear, a form of fear about fear. So, the proper response to fear
is to stop being fearful of fear. Another well-known existentialist, Soren Kierkegaard, believed facing fear
is the best way to deal with it courageously. “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts
to convert retreat into advance.” (FDR’s First Inaugural Address)
The question is, “Do we have the courage to be?” Only each individual can honestly answer this question.
— kenne
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Sunset Shadows Leave a comment
Lake Woodlands Sunset — A Painting from A 1999 Photo by kenne
Restoring the old
Creating a new essence
For the observer.
— kenne
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On My Birthday 8 comments
Digital kenne On His Birthday
He celebrates and spurns
His driftwood eighty-forth wind turned age
— lines from Poem On His Birthday by Dylan Thomas
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In My Dreams Leave a comment
Acorn Woodpecker — art by kenne
For me,
I like moving to some extremity,
some kind of very difficult situation,
that throws an interesting light on life.
— kenne
