Oxherding Is Fun

on the oxherding path
the bull is ridden
and forgotten

“When you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”
- Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland
When you read that quote, what comes to mind?  Is it a negative idea that starts to swirl as in we have to have destination or else we are lost?  We are driven to believe we have to [...]

Where is your passion?  What ignites that spark within?
Processing my latest images from a business trip to Las Vegas reminded me of what I am passionate about and certainly what I am not.  Every Vegas image was a chore to process.  No fun.  No desire.  No spark.  I made it through six images with many [...]

I enjoy pictures where imagination comes into play.  Such as below where you have to wonder just what is hidden in that lurking blackness within the fissure of the rock.  Dark areas, because of natural human apprehension, work well well to engage our imagination.  Another area that can easily peak our viewers imagination is street [...]

jewels sparkle lit  ….like christmas lights    ……..hung by ozark squirrels
amber jade garnet emerald  ….and a turquoise sky  ……..wet diamond white refraction
pierces eyes unblinking — all is light and change — in the forest between the eye and the i

The late afternoon sun lights up an Ozark forest within Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas.

hiking upon a carpet of wet autumn leaves
the spirit takes flight
on the back of wafting leaf carried by a chill wind

Hole in the forest
Made of granite, earth and black
in Darkness, a home

There are two moments when I fell in love with photography. One involved a camera and one did not. The first was one day I was walking though the central Missouri woodlands and came upon a small pool of muddy water where I visualized a possible image with reflections. I started seeing that day. Much [...]

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