Empress Leilia Butterfly — Image by kenne
I dreamed I was a butterfly,
flitting around in the sky;
then I awoke.
Now I wonder:
Am I a man
who dreamt of being a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man?
— Zhuangzi
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Empress Leilia 2 comments
Butterfly On Wooden Boat Leave a comment
Butterfly On Wooden Boat — HDR Image by kenne
I dreamed I was a butterfly,
flitting around in the sky; then I awoke.
Now I wonder: Am I a man
who dreamt of being a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man?
— Chuang Tzu
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Funereal Duskywing Butterfly 2 comments
Funereal Duskywing Butterfly (Sabino Canyon, October 28, 2021) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings
come wrapped in the quietest of moments.”
— Stephen Crane
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Silver-spotted Skipper — Image by kenne
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight,
and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― fromThe Critic as Artist by
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Swallowtail Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
You pull over to the shoulder
of the two-lane
road and sit for a moment wondering
where you are going
in such a hurry. The valley is burned
out, the oaks
dream day and night of rain
which never comes.
At noon or just before noon
the short shadows
are gray and hold what little
life survives.
In the still heat the engine
clicks, although
the real heat is hours ahead.
You get out and step
cautiously over a low wire
fence and begin
the climb up the yellowed hill.
A hundred feet
ahead the trunks of two
fallen oaks
rust: something passes over
them, a lizard
perhaps or a trick of sight.
The next tree
you pass is unfamiliar,
the trunk dark,
as black as an olive’s; the low
branches stab
out, gnarled and dull; a carob
or a Joshua tree.
A sudden flaring up ahead,
a black-winged
bird rises from nowhere,
white patches
underneath it wings, and is gone.
— from Magpiety by Philip Levine
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Echo (Spring) Azure Butterfly — Image by kenne
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly — Like a Dream 3 comments
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“I think, that if I touched the earth,
It would crumble;
It is so sad and beautiful,
So tremulously like a dream.”
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Common Mellana — Image by kenne
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Blossoms and Butterflies 1 comment
Southeast Arizona Butterfly Photo-Artistry by kenne
Blossoms and Butterflies
In Sabino Canyon with a group of kids
someone spotted a butterfly flying by
suddenly landing on a nearby wildflower
attracting our attention as a progression
of butterflies began to fill space around us —
smiles and pleasure with the moment.
— kenne
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Butterfly Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Great Purple Hairstreak: Photo-Artistry 1 comment
Great Purple Hairstreak: Photo-Artistry by kenne
“To know the way,
we go the way,
we do the way.
The way we do,
the things we do,
it’s all there in front of you.
But if you try too hard to see it,
you’ll only become confused.
I am me and you are you.
As you can see;
but when you do
the things that you can do,
you will find the way.
The way will follow you.”
we go the way,
we do the way.
The way we do,
the things we do,
it’s all there in front of you.
But if you try too hard to see it,
you’ll only become confused.
I am me and you are you.
As you can see;
but when you do
the things that you can do,
you will find the way.
The way will follow you.”
― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
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Photo-Artistry Butterfly — Changing Perspective 3 comments
Photo-Artistry Butterfly
Changing perspective
Adds a new look at nature
Be the change you wish.
— kenne
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Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Digital Painting by kenne
I am born to die
Things I know but can’t explain
Not being convinced.
— kenne
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Butterfly In A Dark Dream — Grunge At by kenne
In the fall I think of butterflies.
In my dreams, they are dark
posing among my thoughts.
I work to remember the impossible
by leaning toward and away
as a butterfly seems to.
— kenne
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Orange Sulphur Butterfly Galaxy 3 comments
Orange Sulphur Butterfly Galaxy — Image by kenne
A butterfly
wrapped
in floating shapes
the mountain air
under a
peaceful blue sky
where my heart
dances with
reflected tree shadows
moving with the wind.
I will not take back
one butterfly,
one flower,
one fallen giant ponderosa
all belonging
where trails provide
avenues
for friends sharing
nature's reawakening.
-- kenne
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