the kind of world i want to live in

This is the kind of world i want to live in.. this is humanity...
forget all the bells and whistles everyone is after.
accumulation......status......power...... Not for me..
this is what makes my heart sing. the simplicity of simplicity..... generosity of spirit”.....just everyday people.. all walks of life....

the promise of a dream

you gave your life for the promise of the dream.... that dream still lives on in many of us... and we will never stop celebrating all you have given up for something more important than the individual.. but the collective whole.. you are dearly loved

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

all the love in my heart

this sums up all the love in my heart....those piercing eyes, the face of a child...

..their future.... their dreams.... all lay ahead of them.......

Let the circle be unbroken

for as long as i can remember i have found comfort staring outside a window.. it is here that i can let my mind wander and drift, give my thoughts free reign.. no restrictions....... it’s also a place of peace... where i can find equilibrium when things seem unsteady......

so as i stand behind the camera watching a child doing just the same thing...... with the same sense of wonder as i still do as an adult...... i feel like it becomes a full circle.....the child in the adult.. the adult in a child... all part of one greater whole............ let the circle be unbroken

92 yo diner ritual

92 years old.. He eats in the same diner every day for over 40 years. his wife is gone, but he wears his golden wedding band, twirling it with pride , remembering his wife that he clearly adored. this man touches my heart on all levels... only at the end when i see him put on a CBS baseball cap... i ask did he work there.. and he told me he was a director... of what i dont know.. don't care.. it's him , his heart, energy that drew me in....

stillness

for the past few months I’ve been interested in stillness..... there is so much movement around us all the time.. so much visual stimulation.. nano seconds of information . texting.. on line media.. my brain sometimes gets tired... too much to process... not sitting with things long enough....... right now.. i want to sit.. and be still a lot of the time....... time to focus.. absorb.... its a lost art

the devastation of hurricane 201

The USVI and all the islands.. impacted..... St Croix, St Thomas, St John, Dominica.........

It’s DIRE people.. YES like Puerto Rico... where i have already been able to collect goods for shipment ... and donated funds...

but there is very little mention of the other islands.. and they are cut off too.. most of my friends with family in PR have heard from them one way or another.. it’s not much , but a small piece of mind

but when you read information from the other islands.. and reach out to people you know from there.. dead silence.... 

I feel so utterly helpless as many of you do.. but we have to be vigilant and keep voices loud and information moving between one another..........as so many voices are cut off in silence with no means to be heard..

PLEASE find whatever donation, drop off centers you can.... Please Give to Puerto Rico.. but do not forget to give to the neighboring islands whose tears you can not see..

Contemplation On When Your Life Is Mostly Behind You..

when you are in your 90’s and your life is mostly behind you.... all that history held within the crevases of of your memory....

here mama ticha.. someone special to me... over time.. always shows me the portrait of herself and her husband.... and each time it touches me so much...

i'm relatively still young... but time is not something we know... even though we often treat it as endless....we just move forward with as much zest and life as we can... live... do . experience.. not waste moments...the chance.......... .....

but i find myself now and again contemplating..... my own history.... memories.. the deep loves that reside in my heart..., family... . friends.. and seeing it from this new angle that i never truly anticipated... where now you realize most of your life is behind you..... and so the great desire to really think about what matters.... and grab and hold what is precious even more.. not lose the opportunity or moments.