
Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
— Lao Tzu
Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
— Lao Tzu
Internalizing Existence — Abstract by kenne
I seek to satisfy the Will
Through art and philosophy
To better cope with
The problems of Being
While seeking direction
For Becoming in the will to live.
This is a driving force to
Consume moments, things
Ideas, goals, and facts only to
Possess a state of being,
Where nothing remains but
Abandonment and boredom.
This is more apparent in the
The constant appearance of death
Taking place in the reality of
The world around us that is crazy,
sad, violent reality of existing
in a state where the mind and body
Are often in a conspiracy against.
We see the world around us
Through each experience
Creating personal filters
Used to interpret what is reality
Therefore, what is real is not real
Resulting in becoming a prisoner
Of our own making.
— kenne
Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon, July 2022 — Image by kenne
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
Red (Flame) skimmer (Libellula saturata) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock:
each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing,
only when everything is in place does the door open.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sonoran Abstract — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
I took this image in September 2011 while on my first Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) nature walk.
I was so appalled that someone cut off the top of this young (probably 35-40 years old) saguaro cactus.
Sadly, over the years, I have frequently seen this type of vandalism.
This Image, taken July 27, 2021, illustrates the resiliency of nature. — Image by kenne
— Richard Feynman
In Spite of the Drought Nature Finds Ways To Survive — Image by kenne
— kenne
Pipevine Swallowtail Abstract — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual.
Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.
If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented.
Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge.”
— Robert Henri
Cooper’s Hawk after Sex — Image by kenne
— kenne
March 2021 Sunset Paintings — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Death On A Sabino Canyon Trail — Image by kenne
Tree by the Tanque Verde Wash — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Unknown
Puerto Peñasco, Sonora Mexico — Image by kenne
— Georgia O’Keeffe in a letter to Sherwood Anderson, 1923
Windmill On Hope Camp Trail — Image by kenne
— kenne