Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
I look at a sunset
and begin to wonder
what is the relationship
between the senses
and matters of beauty,
art and taste responding
one’s feelings and emotions?
The quality of being.
— kenne
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Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains Leave a comment
After All Is Exhausted, Nature Remains Leave a comment
Sunset — Image by kenne
“After you have exhausted what there is
in business, politics, conviviality, and so on –
have found that none of these finally satisfy,
or permanently wear – what remains?
Nature remains.”
— Walt Whitman
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Sunset Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“A sunset tells us what we are and where we should head to.
It’s a spiritual guide powered by Mother Nature
and one that we should never neglect —
Honor this priceless natural treasure
concealed in night shadows.”
— kenne
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Last Night Before Overnight Rain 6 comments
Last Night Before Overnight Rain — Image by kenne
Desert dwellers wait
For the summer rains to fall
Refreshing the air
— kenne
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Sea Of Cortez Sunset Leave a comment
Sea of Cortez Sunset (02/11/16) — Image by kenne
3/12/86/ #3 I asked my dad why he didn’t worship Ricky Ricardo,
who was Latin, instead of Ward Cleaver who was white.
Because Ricky Ricardo is not Mexican. He’s Cuban.
But Ward Cleaver’s not Mexican.
No, but he’s not Cuban.
And that was that.
— from the Aztec love god by Tony Diaz
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An Illusion 3 comments
An Illusion — Image by kenne
A fortunate man
Watches each end of the day
Just an illusion.
— kenne
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Somewhere South Of Town Leave a comment
Somewhere South of Town — Image by kenne
In a field of green
Riding into the sunset
Somewhere south of town.
Coming to day’s end
Following her lead back home
Slow pace step by step.
— kenne
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Clouds At Sunset Over the Catalina Foothills 2 comments
Clouds At Sunset Over the Catalina Foothills — Image by kenne
Want in a person
is like hunger in a dog, Spinoza
probably would not say.
His wakeful, solitary
reasoning plainly outstrips
my wildest intuition.
Yet insofar as my heart
is a boot with a hole in it, I think
this is what writing could be
—what he calls Nature,
an existence no longer borne
as means or ends.
— from Spinoza Says by Sandra Lim
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Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains Leave a comment
Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Watching the sunset
With peace and tranquility
I can’t stop watching.
— kenne
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October Sunset Leave a comment
October Sunset — Image by kenne
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.”
— Eliott Erwitt
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Monsoon Sunset — Image by kenne
With just a few days left in July, Tucson has already received 5.71 inches of rain, making this the fourth-wettest July.
I have recorded 7 inches on our patio in the Catalina Foothills. This amount of rain will help Southern Arizona recover
from the ongoing drought, improving from a D4-exceptional drought to a D3-extreme drought (National Weather Service).
There are indications that monsoon activity will start uo again toward the end of the week.
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Things To Be Desired 1 comment
Things To Be Desired — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The poem Desiderata has shaped the lives of many and will continue to do so for years to come.
Desiderata
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
By Max Ehrmann © 1927
Original text
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Sunset On The Beach 2 comments
Sunset On The Beach — Image by kenne
Waves gently move in
Solitude, the soul’s best friend
Near the end of day.
— kenne
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Sonoran Sunset # 3931 Leave a comment
Sonoran Sunset # 3931 — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Sonoran sunset
Many colors in the sky
Shining through the clouds
Eleven years of sunsets
Seen here in Tucson.
kenne
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The Desert Winds Are Blowing 2 comments
March 2021 Sunset Paintings — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The desert winds
are blowing
Dust in the air
A haze on the horizon
Is it today, tomorrow
Or the end of time?
I’m an old man taking
A look at my life
At seasons through eyes
Still chasing the rabbit
Still chasing the rabbit
So I will ask Alice
Where will I be tomorrow?
Tomorrow can be a long time
I don’t care anymore
Just responding
To life’s facades
Looking for an answer
Have I been deceived?
I don’t care anymore
Just responding
To life’s facades
Looking for an answer
Have I been deceived?
Not knowing for sure
Will not cease exploring
In time arriving at a place
Which was the beginning
Will there be knowledge of
The place for the first time?
Will not cease exploring
In time arriving at a place
Which was the beginning
Will there be knowledge of
The place for the first time?
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 