Enough Said

“Every answer you ever need lies within your own silence..”
Ian Tucker

Discipline

"My mother used to rock me — and she used big rocks."
Rodney Dangerfield 1921-2004

This is a different perspective of the same pile of rocks you
may have seen on my August 16th post. 

Aloha

“Hawai‘i has the key and that key is ALOHA.”
Pilahi Paki 1910-1985

A beloved linguist, Paki gave spiritual meaning to each letter of the word aloha:
This was adopted by the Hawai‘i Legislature in 1986.

A stands for AKAHAI, meaning kindness, expressed with tenderness.
L is for LOKAHI, meaning unity, expressed with harmony.
O is for OLU`OLU, meaning agreeable, expressed with pleasantness.
H stands for HA`AHA`A, meaning humility, expressed with modesty.
A stands for AHONUI, meaning patient and persevering.

I’m back from Maui- had a wonderful time (of course). More pictures to follow.

Rock Climbing

"The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective."
Al Neuharth

I came across this rock pile and climber on Asilomar Beach near Pacific Grove.

As Is

“I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.”
Stephen Wright

I didn't even think about it. It just is. A close-up of a California coastal boulder.

Falling

“Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”
Jon Bon Jovi 1962-

No Limits

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
W. Eugene Smith 1918-1978

I was beckoned by the lack of horizon.

Equilibrium

What I dream of is an art of balance.
Henri Matisse 1869-1954

I found these balanced rocks while hiking along a creek in Yosemite Valley.

Boulders

“Photography helps people to see.”
Berenice Abbott 1898-1991

I saw these boulders along the 17 mile drive between Monterey and Carmel on the California coast. I was attracted by the contrast between the solid and heavy boulders in the foreground and the liquid ocean blending into the misty fog. The horizon line has disappeared.

An Artist

“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.”
Charles Horton Cooley 1864-1929


This is the Castlerigg Stone Circle in Cumbria England near Keswick. The circle was built between 2500 and 1300 BC during the Neolitic and the Bronze Ages. It is one of the best preserved stone circles in Britain.

There is a man sitting against a stone in the middle of the picture who I thought was meditating but he was not. He was sketching the scene behind me in his sketchbook. Or maybe he got a quick sketch of a photographer taking a picture of an artist sketching a photographer. Infinity.