Category: PHOTOGRAPHY

Seashells serve the dam as a decor, cleverly laid upon the banks for the eye of the lens to adore.

Bridge to peace

ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, Poetry

A place to hide and feel what I never could

Escape from the other side where things are not what they seem

I used to believe I had no place to go

But I found this perfect place inside

Under here…in 1904

Damn Landfill…:)

Arizona mud resulting in the exhumation of millions of mollusk shells.

Under the bridge…

ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, quotes

Art is what gets us beyond what is real. It makes reality more real. It also shortens the distance we gotta travel to see how connected we are.
(Laura Pritchett, Sky Bridge: A Nove)

There’s always one in a crowd

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Light at the end of a tunnel

And I’m glad it’s not a train this time.

Relief…

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

College

In between classes, it’s nice to find a shade tree, and bench for resting.

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Ambiguous

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Regarding the cinema

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Interstate snake…

A little humor is good for the soul.

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Train

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Cacti comparisons in color

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Memories…

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. . . it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
~Aaron Sussman~

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Capture the moment…

“You don’t take a photograph. You borrow it, when you capture a moment of time and savour it.”

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B&W photography

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
~Ansel Adams~

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
[~Ansel Adams~1902 – 1984]

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The lens to the soul…

“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”
~Ted Grant~

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Heavens

“Our spirits are like a body of water, when they are still they best reflect the heavens.”

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Focus on photography or be silent

“When words become unclear, I shall focus on photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
~Ansel Adams~

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

“Watson, … if I can get a mechanism which will make a current of electricity vary in its intensity, as the air varies in density when a sound is passing through it, I can telegraph any sound, even the sound speech.”
~Alexander Graham Bell~

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Do everything with love…

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
~Vincent van Gogh~

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Farmers wagon

Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.
~Eleanor & Park~

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Regarding Photography…

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
~Ansel Adams~

“The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness.”
~Yann Arthus-Bertrand~

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Aquaduct Pump Station

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Tangled and I’m blue

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Clouds in my sky…

The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary.
~Alfred Kreymborg~

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.
~Henry David Thoreau~

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B&W

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Vision…

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

*Friedrich Nietzsche*
The music of art….

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

A void heart…

My heart descended into

A fourth dimension in time

Bursting into a thousand pieces

A supernova leaving only remnant

To be swept up by a dark matter

My core ceased to exist

Gravity collapsing inward

Under the force of my own will

Denying illumination embracing a

nebulous atmosphere of space and time

Where your heart was no longer
mine

Leaving

Behind

black

hole…

Infinity…

Absent

All

Rhyme

…

By Donna Brown Bowles (C)
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[by Donna Bowles (C)2014]

We make our dreams come true

Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.
*Albert Einstein*

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Live Free

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
* Albert Einstein*

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New Life…

As I open the door that I had closed long ago

Regret remorse and bitter sadness burn like acid deep into my soul

War raged for many years

I fainted for lack of hope

I was conquered by the darkness

A Prisoner of whom I did not know

My fight was fought in vain

Awakened by a moment of clarity

While lying in the rain

Only to find a space in time

That was no longer mine

Consumed in fear for knowledge

Of what I had become

Truth grabbed my heart with both fists tightening as I cried

What had happened to everything I knew

My light and truth had died

A blinding pain rebuked vision from my eyes

My spirit screamed at the sight of me

Demanding an answer as to why

I knew at that moment that light had left my side

As I mourned and loathed my very existence

Knowing I could no longer hide

A heart of stone softened by the tears that I cried

A warm breeze a caressing of hope

persuading me to forgive

And love myself again or maybe

For the first time…

By Dawna Bowles(C)9/2014

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There’s never enough….

“YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU DON’T NEED.”

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Positively

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Harvey Mackay

Live free…

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Regarding Peace…

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Buddha

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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True serenity…

Is to find peace in the midst of the storm.

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Regarding love…

ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, quotes

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

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[by Donna Bowles (C)2014]

Cotton Fields

The cotton fields of Arizona.
Not that’s a twist…

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Abandoned Treasures

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Railroad Boneyard

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Serenity scenes

Today is the tomorrow I was afraid of…

Hold on tight to your dreams…

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Just Believe…

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Live free…

.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Sophocles

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

PRIVATE ROAD

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Dreamscapes…

You

Are

Always

My

Dreams…

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Dragon profiles a Stereotype

Profiling isn’t a good idea

Do you know why

It could change the way humans identify

I am not St. George’s horse

As referenced in the book

“Folklore of the Dragonfly.”

I never even knew him

They would have you believe
I am a devil horse that flies
Oh my…

The romanian word for devil is “drac” but “drac” also means dragon in romanian

Because of all this mixed up stuff my name translated as Dragonfly

Confusing right? Just another way to stereotype

Now I cannot tell you how many times this made me cry

Blue Dasher a preferred name of I

But I had no say in scientific decide

My kingdom is in Animalia

I have class of Insecta

My family is Libellulidae

I could go on
but why

The simple truth is this

My mother loves me

She named me Blueray
I am known as the blue dasher

I help with insect control

Especially mosquitoes as some of you already know

Now that you know the truth maybe next time before you stereotype

You’ll think twice…

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Stand tall…

Stand tall
Stand for truth
Stand for something
Or you’re bound to fall

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Heart of stone

PHOTOGRAPHY, Poetry

I used to scream so loud in the dead of night but no one could hear me

I would never turn out the light in hopes that someone would find me

Memory of a winter’s night my heart was so cold it had turned to ice

In summer it thawed but it had been hardened so long it turned to stone

I would tell you my heart was so sad and that it hurt so bad but that would not be true

My heart was silent for my spirit had died

And the only thing I know is

Stones can’t lie

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[by Donna Brown Bowles (C)2014]

Comparisons

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Abstract

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The bridge I must cross…

Sometimes I hide from what I know to be true for it frightens me

My journey insists I cross a bridge that I rather not cross

Like a child’s uncertainty walking by the light of the moon

So my thoughts intrude in my clouded mind persuading me to higher ground

I must cross or I will surely die

A bitter death of a spiritual kind

Intuitively I am painfully aware that I mustn’t haste

A day dream becomes my reality
demanding I move from my comfort zone

I am afraid…

What is on the other side…

Can you tell me

Or maybe I could continue

To hide…
…
…
…
No
I
Want
To
Be
Alive

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Be you…

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
(Marianne Williamson)

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

A gift from the heart

My daughter Candice is so thoughtful. She is always buying, or makeing me unique gifts that are usually a treasure of nostalgia.

She gave me this necklace last year while I was in Portland Oregon. It appears to be one made in the 70’s.

She gave it to me for no apparent reason other than, she thought I would love it, and of course like everything she gives me or makes me it’s sincere and precious to me.

I miss Portland and I miss my children. I have two daughters and four grandchildren that reside there, and I’m certainly overdue for a visit.

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Playing with my beads

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Making tracks

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Growing old is mandatory

Growing up is optional…

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Blooming cacti

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Sharks in Heaven?

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Fallen Angel

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Flourish..

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APIARY

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A day to remember

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

?

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Embrace Creativity

Escape…

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Create 4 peace & love

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Ocean Bottle

My new bottle I made for my grandson Jameson.

Hemp

Wood
Jagermeister bottle

Create

Love

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Abandoned…

I’m lost and I can’t find my way home…

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Feeling groovy

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Clouds of my mind

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I love dates…

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Trainscapes

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Sleeping…

PHOTOGRAPHY, Poetry

While you were sleeping

I saw you in my dream

Your eyes were closed

Your heart had been eaten

I was awakened by

The echoes of your scream

I was there remember?

Lies cannot escape light

Anymore than truth can

Escape the darkness of

Them that condemn

The laws of the Universe demand!

Darkness roamed the earth

For seven thousand years

While sewage over flowed

With the reaper’s empty tears

wasted years…

Drifted

Off

the

Clouds

Dreams

And

Fell

Into

Empty

Black

Space

Time

Where

Black

Holes

Are

Unforgiving

But

Wait…

Was

Only

Dream

Maybe

Nightmare

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

BAXTER

ART, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY

He’s a girls best friend…

Loyal till the end

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At such a cost

INTERESTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

Delivering corporate merchandise

To Americans

Always low prices

Or maybe

Always paid with a price

Blood stains on their trains

as we lie bleeding….

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Waiting…

For
You
To
Come
To…

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Just another beautiful day…

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Experiments…

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I feel the earth move under my feet

I feel the sky tumbling down…

By Carole King

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down
I feel my heart start to tremblin’
Whenever you’re around

Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darlin’, I can’t stand it
When you look at me that way

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down
I feel my heart start to tremblin’
Whenever you’re around

Ooh darlin’, when you’re near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can’t tame
I’ve just got to have you, baby

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down
I just a lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold
All over, all over, all over, all over

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down
A tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down, a tumblin’ down
Tumblin’ down

(Carole King)

I’m just feeling a little nostalgic tonight.

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Juxtaposition

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I was there

Do you remember…

Or did you trade your heart once more

For a rock of fools gold…

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Dreamscape

Once again alone, yet not lonely…

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Palo Verde

The state tree of Arizona

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Palm Themes

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Night Bird

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Textures in B&W

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Looking back…

Where did I go

Lost in the storms of a time

When your love was forever mine

Now I am left sleeping in the rain

My rear view mirror a haunting

Of what I left behind…
…
Me…

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Caressed by love

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Arizona palms

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Blue skies

Nothing but blue skies…

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Textures

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You light up my life…

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I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

ART, Humor, PHOTOGRAPHY

Smile in spite of yourself, even if it hurts.

Today I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn’t find any new prospects to photograph.
I went to Old Navy, and on my way out the door, I looked up and saw these mannequins smiling. My first thought was, “how funny.” I then said if they can smile being stuck up there, then I’m sure I could smile and get unstuck from down here.
It worked. ~°•○☆”smiles”☆○•°~

I had to smile in spite of myself.
I snapped a few shots then left the store with a sincerity of heart, and a fresh perspective on life.

(Dawnasong)

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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]

Clouds in my eyes…