Category Archives: Places

Art as Poetry / Poetry as Art: A Remarkably High Level of Poignant, Pertinent, and Profound

Art as Poetry / Poetry as Art, presented by the Lakeshore Artists Guild, and hosted by the Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc, WI, May 14 — June18, 2023 did what I hope to each art experience does: gave me goosebumps and tears. Don’t miss this exhibition. I don’t remember when I fell in love with […]

Lost in the Beauty Full Mysteries of Attraction

How many billions of leaves lay on the forest floor? I’m attracted to one of them. Why? I pick it up. Gingerly. It’s dry and fragile. I put it in my pocket. And hope that it does not turn to dust there. It joins other found objects brought home to ponder. Bones, bark, stones… attracted […]

No time like the present to yield to desire…

For reasons unknown I’ve wanted to creatively engage with a “bonsai tree” most of my adult life. I’ve been gifted with 2 or 3 over the decades. The little super market varieties. Pretty much destined to die. Sooner rather than later. I did manage to nurture a wonderful bonsai box elder which seeded itself in […]

Wandering & Wondering. Strolling. Sensing & Seeing. Looking & Listening. Documenting. Learning. Meeting & Marveling.

Mayapple, …in toxic ating… Woodland Dunes State Natural Area, Leica SL, Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100 / 1:2.8 + 2x Apo-Extender (click image for larger view)

Sometimes we find ourselves asking…

“Y” did I weep while watching the well produced Daisy Jones and The Six, E5, last evening, when one of the characters said, “…it was obvious that they made each other better; …until they didn’t”? “Y” did that line of dialogue strike me so personally? words on a screen? triggering such deep heartfelt emotions? “Y” […]