In my “Reflections on Life” posts I am sharing information related to Life, Inspiration, Feng Shui and Holistic & Wholesome living on planet Earth. I find these worthwhile to be shared in today’s growing and rapid jungle of news and data releases. I intend to provide you with food for thought in the ever changing search for meaning and purpose in life.
It is my hope that you will gather something worthwhile here that will enhance your Life or the understanding of the same.
The great thing about integrating mindfulness and photography is that you improve on your mindfulness and on your photography. When you are mindful while creating a photograph, it is called mindful photography. Mindful photography starts when you see things clearly and then it extends with the compositional and technical choices that you make. It also encourages…
For the longest time a jump out of an airplane has been in my bucket list..it was an incredible feeling and sensation that is not comparable to anything else I had experienced. Yes, windsurfing in 60 mph gusts on Padre Island, flying loops and rolls in a stunt plane or going 120 mph on my motorcycle come close, but only close…and then, after dropping at 120 mph for about 25 seconds (you fall about 1000 ft. every 4 seconds) the swoooossh of the parachute is a very, very welcome sound. Jacob said: “Well, thank God that opened…”Amen, second that.
Water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface and is vital for all known forms of life. The cells in our bodies consist of 65 – 90% water. We cannot survive without it. So let’s look at some of the fundamental symbolic meanings of this odorless, tasteless and mysterious building block of life.
We can have a quantum leap in the results we achieve if we see such as possible and overcome our fears of making such a leap and take action by making the leap. To be a quantum leap thinker, you must come to understand your fear mechanisms…
It so happened that the day I was photographing my second assignment for Flashes of Hope, across the Atlantic my “little” sister checked into the hospital to undergo her 2nd cancer related surgery the next morning in Germany. While at 46 this is her second “unrelated” bout with this non-discriminating illness, it made it especially…
A while back, the executive director of DuPage PADS, Ms. Carol Simler and I talked about the possibilities of creating documentary photography based visual tools that would help spreading the message of the agency’s important mission to end homelessness in DuPage county. We tossed various ideas around on what these tools could look like, and…
For the past 26 years DuPage PADS has been providing hope for men, women and children who are homeless. Moving beyond providing shelter and meals, the not-for-profit agency has evolved to providing an array of services which seek to stop the cycle of homelessness in DuPage County. Headquartered in downtown Wheaton, IL In my previous…
Whether you are an artist, photographer, corporate executive, housewife, yoga teacher, athlete, therapist, writer, politician or barista…how do you begin each day…? As most of us feel the demands of life right away and are pulled in a multitude of directions as soon as we wake up, we are potentially exposed to a barrage of stressors and downers right from the get-go. Equally available however are uplifting and harmonious influences.
The symbolism of stones …one can’t help but conjure images of the steadfast, the eternal, and the permanent while considering these powerful, but familiar words. Rock and Stone. Place the words rock and stone in the context their symbolism invokes and we start to feel foolish for the many times we choose not to notice…
A great symbol that allows humans to call on the power of oxygen, drawing it from the earth to ourselves, and also expelling it into the world again, is the tree. The supreme natural symbol of dynamic growth, seasonal death and regeneration. Photographs of trees have tremendous power…