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Flower Associations   Leave a comment

Cactus Flower — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Everyone has many associations with a flower — 

the idea of flowers. You put out your hand to touch

the flower — lean forward to smell it — maybe

touch it with your lips almost without thinking —

or give it to someone to please them. 

Still — in a way — nobody sees a flower —

really — it is so small . . .

 

So I said to myself — I’ll paint what I see —

what the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and

they will be surprised into taking time to look at it —

I will make even busy New Yorkers take time

to see what I see of flowers.

— Georgia O’Keeffe

Posted May 18, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Georgia O'Keeffe, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Quote, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossom Art   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

The blossom opens and opens,

till it is no bigger than nature allows.

At darkness, the blossom embraces

its parts as in bed,

two sleeping lovers.

— kenne

Posted May 13, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossom In The Utah Desert   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossom In The Utah Desert — Image by kenne

I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will. 

― Wendell Berry

Posted April 13, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Desert, Information, Photography, Quote, Utah

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The Moments That Count   Leave a comment

Image by kenne

The Moments That Count!

Posted February 13, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Sonoran Desert

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Cactus Blossom   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

When the ways
of friends
converge,
the whole world
looks like home.

— Hermann Hesse

Posted August 19, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Information, Nature, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry   1 comment

Cactus Blossom Photo-ArtistryCactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Life is like a cactus, prickly but very beautiful.

Posted July 23, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photo-Artistry, Quote, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossom Twins   4 comments

Cactus Blossoms-72-2Cactus Blossom Twins — Image by kenne

Another great way to start the day.

kenne

Posted May 1, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Tanuri Ridge

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Another Cactus Blossom Morning   2 comments

Cactus Flower-72-2“Another Cactus Blossom Morning” — Image by kenne

Cactus Flower

We flash victory signs in the darkness, so the darkness may glitter.
— Mahmoud Darwish

As the sun sets—we set our plan into motion.
Our sole purpose to overthrow

any assumptions, to change
the course of ordinary thinking.

Our work begins by speaking to darkness
and telling darkness soon:

we will demonstrate through the secrecy of stars,

earth’s magnetic embrace
how we can be many things at once.

So much of the work we do
is internal, goes unnoticed, uncompensated.

We get written off or not written at all,
labeled freakish, prickled,
rough around the edges.

We learn to thrive
in the dry humor of soil;
carry water in our bellies
to quench our own thirst.

We survive, over again.
Adapt. Even after being
carried in the beaks of birds,
dropped elsewhere,

far from our roots, we grow.
We flourish.
And when least expected, when histories

not told by us, for us, claims we are defeated,
we gather our tears as dew.

We release our anguish,
intoxicated by our own sexed pollen.

We burst,
displaying the luscious folds of our petals.

— Amir Rabiyah

Posted April 29, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tanuri Ridge

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Time To Take A Break From The Madness: Love Is In The Air   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossoms-72-2“Love Is In The Air” — Image by kenne

Love Is in the Air

Love is in the air, everywhere I look around
Love is in the air, every sight and every sound
And I don’t know if I’m being foolish
Don’t know if I’m being wise
But it’s something that I must believe in
And it’s there when I look in your eyes

Love is in the air, in the whisper of the tree
Love is in the air, in the thunder of the sea
And I don’t know if I’m just dreaming
Don’t know if I feel safe
But it’s something that I must believe in
And it’s there when you call out my name

Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Love is in the air, in the rising of the sun
Love is in the air, when the day is nearly done
And I don’t know if you’re illusion
Don’t know if I see truth
But you’re something that I must believe in
And you’re there when I reach out…

 

Posted April 22, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Information, Love, Lyrics, Music, Photography, Tucson Arizona

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Two Bees On A Cactus Blossom   2 comments

Prickly Flower Blossom-art-72-2Two Bees On A Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

“She had blue skin,
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole life through,
Then passed right by-
And never knew.”

― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It

Posted April 21, 2020 by kenneturner in Bees, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossom Art   Leave a comment

Cactus Flower Art.72Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”

— Alan Watts

Posted April 13, 2020 by kenneturner in Alan W. Watts, Cactus Blossom, Information, Photo-Artistry, Quote

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Morning Walk Cactus Blossom   1 comment

Cactus Blossom-72Cactus Blossom — Images by kenne

I saw you on my morning walk.

Stopping,

I Thought such a little guy

to have such a big blossom.

Impressed,

I decided to take you with me.

Now,

you are always with me.

— kenne

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Posted March 29, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

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Cactus Blossoms — Photo-Artistry   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossoms — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Seeing an object

Increasing the light

Darkening the background

Changing the color

Distorting the shape

Adjusting the ratio

Introducing a bias

Creating a perception

Making a judgment

Forming a reality

Sharing the existence

 Becoming an illusion 

— kenne

 

Posted August 11, 2019 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prescott Arizona

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Cactus Blossom Pop Art   Leave a comment

Cactus Flowers 06-19-16 (1 of 1) Art blog.jpgCactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne

 

Posted July 15, 2019 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photo-Artistry, Tucson Arizona

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Tanuri Ridge Beauty   Leave a comment

Cactus Blossom-1496 art blogTanuri Ridge Beauty — Computer Art by kenne

A cactus blossom 
greeting
early morning
walkers
as the sun rises
casting
long shadows
across
the Catalinas,
opening
not as a rose
lasting
for days
providing only
one brief moment
passing by
I share the
moment.

— kenne

 

Posted May 24, 2017 by kenneturner in Arizona, Art, Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Computer Art, Information, Inspiration, Photography, Photoshop, Poetry, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

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