Silver Godesses
Ice she stood there within her castle of many battlements gazing down upon us...... this silver goddess of the sea....... I relish the art of seeing, of being cognizant of the world around me and finding…
Mercury Snake
Photo by Diana Thornton www.photos.dianathornton.com
The Use Of Life
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means…
World Cyanotype Day – Sept. 24, 2022
Saturday, September 24, 2022 Every year on the last Saturday of September, photographers and artists worldwide gather in backyards, parking lots, galleries and parks to celebrate this antiquarian photographic process and create cyanotype flags interpreting the…
Everything is Blue in this World
“You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it’s like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it…
The House of the Seven Gables (excerpt)
Excerpt from Chapter 14 of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Photos by Frank C. Grace First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is the tale of a cursed house…
One Circle More
Is the spiral the shape of life? From our DNA to galaxies, spirals permeate nature at every level. Spirals are found in algae, flowers, pine cones, shells, vines. Nature often moves in spirals — draining water,…
Tracy L. Conway
RememberingRemembering who you wereis sometimes all you needto see yourselfexactly as you areNot the sameNot a sage,not so painfully greenI have walked around this treeI have seen enoughto understand too muchI’ve walked in sandals, steel toes,…
They do have drive-thru daiquiri stores in Louisiana, don’t they?
[caption id="attachment_1165" align="aligncenter" width="925"] Photo by Peter Dewolf, Photographer and TheUnFramer.com[/caption]
Northern Parula
Photo by Missy Bowen. A true harbinger of spring: In mid-March the Northern Parula comes through south Louisiana full of song and pep. Today the legendary Birdgirl Jones and I saw at least a half a…
November Beach
Winter is a great time to go the beach. No crowds, low light, almost other worldly. It’s about textures, patterns, shapes and details. Size and perspective are lost. My footsteps were the first to press the…
Dumpster Diving
Jimmy Anselmo finds art in the most unlikely of places - dumpsters! Jimmy Anselmo founded Jimmy’s Music Club in New Orleans in 1978. Jimmy’s was New Orleans’ New Wave headquarters in the 1980s, along with…
Primordial Ooze
Costa Rica. Photo by Diana Thornton. www.photos.dianathornton.com
Dragonfly
A living flash of light Music to read by: Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams [caption id="attachment_832" align="aligncenter" width="662"] You can actually see his little legs folded up under him. Photo by Diana Thornton. www.photos.dianathornton.com[/caption] These Paleozoic-era…
The Gate
www.future26.com For me, it’s always been about the light... Joy One of my earliest memories. Still half dreaming as I wake up, liquid patterns of morning... shadows and golden light diffused through lace curtains dancing in…