My Recent Instagram Pics
#pattern #checkerboardLove these twirlies #krististouch #lightondarkBecoming interested in what is #inandoutoffocus in a picture, and what is in and out of focus when we are looking at things. The pictures I take are those that #stopmeinmytracks - literally. Lately, I've been trying to better understand this, and, figure out what should be in the image I photograph. Increasingly, I realize, the camera is a very limited tool. Either too much or too little is in focus. Usually, I think, I'm stopped in my tracks by something quite small in my range of vision. But oftentimes it is all that in the range of vision that creates the impact of what I focus on. Cameras get too much in focus. So now I've begun playing with f-stop, bokeh, and composition. The flower is f-stop, tho a macro too. The railing is composition - trying to obscure the background with the shadow it's in. The other was already, through f-stop, working, but I added bokeh.Something there is about #dappledlight I've always loved. #shadows for sure, but a #softness as well, an #inandoutoffocus that it's behind me.- Follow Being, Becoming, Belonging on WordPress.com
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The Mystery of Me
I have been coming to grips with the Divine at my core for some time now. For twenty years at least I’ve been aware of an inner river that surfaced periodically to guide me. Only recently have I come to … Continue reading
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The Magic of the Different
One of the reasons I love travel is because you see things you don’t with places that are familiar. All the senses are engaged bringing you alive. You are fully present, in the moment, totally here. It’s wonderful. We’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Mindfulness, Orvieto, Italy, Travel
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Belonging to a Landscape
Can you belong to a landscape as opposed to belonging in a landscape? It’s a silly question really. But here we are in Orvieto on cloudy days looking at the Umbrian “green heart of Italy” which is stunning. You can … Continue reading
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Uncovering Your Soul
We’ve just finished our last art/culture trip. We’ve sold the business after 15 years. The last 13 of the 15 we married a variety of art courses to the inspiration of Italian life. It has been transformative. When we began … Continue reading
The First Moments of Meditating
Are my favorite. They are unlike any other time during meditation, at least for me. Nothing profound or deep. They are moments of great peace, of feeling completely in myself, of feeling safe, of all being right with the world. … Continue reading
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Just Being
We in the West are doers. We are predisposed culturally to always be doing. We are raised to not have idle hands – the work of the devil. It is an unbelievable curse, for there is so much to be … Continue reading
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Generational Horizons
A few years ago OnBeing interviewed two of its regular contributors – Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin. At the time Palmer was in his 70’s, Courtney 35 – 40 years younger. Palmer said something interesting. He said the younger generation … Continue reading
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