April 7 , 2006
Volume 2 - Number 33
PHOTO CREATIVITY: Inspiration and Revitalization
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water lilies and reflection in the Amazonica Tropical Pool at Fairchild Gardens

TODAY'S PHOTO -
tropical waterlily pond in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Looking like a painting, this is a photograph of waterliles, their reflections and leaf pads dramatized by the reflection of an orange Chihuly glass globe. The was one of many pieces of his work floating in Fairchild's "Victoria Amazonica Pool."

Sam and I went to Fairchild earlier this week to see the glass sculpture of Dale Chihuly, who states, "I want my work to appear like it came from nature." And so it does in all the pieces in this exhibit created specifically to be integrated with the plants at Fairchild.

It is a breathtakingly beautiful exhibit and I thank those of you subscribers who enouraged our going. I will share a couple of the sculpture photos in a few of the next issues of Picture to Ponder.

For today's photo, I had intended to feature a little green heron on its nest with 4 eggs. Then last night, when I was looking at photos of the sculptures and plants to upload for the Photo Creativity Class participants, I fell in love with the above scene. There is an energy, yet a peacefulness to it, that I wanted to share with you as we go into the weekend.

SELF-REFLECTING QUERIES -
For today, my thoughts are filled with different projects I am undertaking and on which I need to be focussing, so I am leaving the SRQs up to you to create for yourselves.

They might be around shifting plans, as I did with the photos today, and how you are with that as the executor, how you be with the recipients and/or how you are on receiving end of changed plans.

Hmmm. I was about to change shifting "plans" to "intentions" so I would not be using the word plan twice in the same paragraph and I realized my "intention" of featuring inspirational photos had not changed. I had simply switched to a different photo.

Once more I'm reminded that the path to clarity is checking in with ourselves on intentions or our commitments. Are you clear on yours? Are they written down? Where do you keep them? I'm needing to keep some of mine more visible and present for myself.

Well, it looks likes my fingers and keyboard came up with some queries after all. Have a great weekend.


PHOTO/CREATIVITY TELECLASSES - starting April 25 and April 26
where a limited number of participants will be meeting by telephone, on a conference line, to discuss and share photographs and new ways of viewing their worlds. This is not a technical course and, although it will help, a camera is not required to benefit from the sessions.See TELECLASSES.

Are you looking for:
Revitalization?
Joy?
Discovering new things about yourself, about the spaces where you spend your time?
The excitement of sharing experiences with like-minded people?
New ideas?
An expansion in your creativity?

Are you interested in:
Feedback on the impact of your photos and what they say to others?

Are you open to:
 Seeing things you’ve never seen before and the excitement of that?
Finding the miracles of your own vision?

Past participants have stated that the four sessions of Photo/Creativity provided a miraculous journey for them. Is it your time?

If your answer was "yes" to any of the above questions, I invite you to check the information on Photo/Creativity.

Note: Special Bonus will be access, on a password protected site,
to seeing 50 to 100 of my photos from the Chihuly Glass Exhibit. For full program details, see TELECLASSES.

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