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I went on a #HikeYoga outing this morning. The instructor incorporated a pair of short sketchbook sessions, one to draw or write about an object close by, and a second with a prompt.
Her prompt was, "I will always remember...". She gave us two minutes, so it had to be off the top of the head.
I will always remember...
- I am finite, with assorted weaknesses, and that's ok.
- I will not live forever on this earth, and that's ok, too.
I will always remember that Jesus loves me, ant that is enough.
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2018-195 I will always remember
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2017-301 Cynthia Breheny spins a very fine tale
I posted this review on Goodreads and Amazon for PTElephant's new novel.
Once upon a Time from the Perspective of an Innocent Bystander by Cynthia Breheny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cynthia Breheny has created a gem of a story in this, her first novel. She writes with a sure hand.
Elphadora Pratt is a boring and dreary girl of fourteen. Her twelve siblings are all wonderfully gifted children; Elphadora most assuredly is not. That's where the story begins, but it not where it ends. She and we are in for a wild ride.
I bought the book because I know Cindy on-line. I had not known she wrote. I know now. I started reading in the morning. It wasn't quite the next day when I finished. Highly recommended. I am eagerly looking forw
Once upon a Time from the Perspective of an Innocent Bystander by Cynthia Breheny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cynthia Breheny has created a gem of a story in this, her first novel. She writes with a sure hand.
Elphadora Pratt is a boring and dreary girl of fourteen. Her twelve siblings are all wonderfully gifted children; Elphadora most assuredly is not. That's where the story begins, but it not where it ends. She and we are in for a wild ride.
I bought the book because I know Cindy on-line. I had not known she wrote. I know now. I started reading in the morning. It wasn't quite the next day when I finished. Highly recommended. I am eagerly looking forw
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2017-279 In Praise of the Brick
I am one of the guest artists in the current show at Image City Photography Gallery. This is the bio displayed with the images.
I have been hanging around Image City Photography Gallery for close to ten years, exhibiting a couple times a year, and learning about life and photography from the other photographers who hang around here. As I say at pearwood.deviantArt.com, where I’m coming up on thirteen years, "I'm not leaving any time soon".
I bought my first personal computer in 1983; I have made my living with computers and networks for the last three decades or so. Shooting with no-batteries-included film cameras is my rebellion and sanity. I like the way fully-manual cameras slow me down and give me time to think. Developing my own black and white film lets me be more involved in the process.
When I decide
I have been hanging around Image City Photography Gallery for close to ten years, exhibiting a couple times a year, and learning about life and photography from the other photographers who hang around here. As I say at pearwood.deviantArt.com, where I’m coming up on thirteen years, "I'm not leaving any time soon".
I bought my first personal computer in 1983; I have made my living with computers and networks for the last three decades or so. Shooting with no-batteries-included film cameras is my rebellion and sanity. I like the way fully-manual cameras slow me down and give me time to think. Developing my own black and white film lets me be more involved in the process.
When I decide
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2016-314 To act justly and love mercy, for Jesus
When I was a child, one of our favorite Sunday School choruses was this.Jesus love the little children,
all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
they are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.The song still rings true, even if much of the conservative white church has added, "as long as they keep to their place and don't get uppity."
I do not say "evangelical church", because an Evangelical is one who trusts in the gospel (evangelium), the good news of Jesus Christ. That includes me.
Jesus inaugurated his public ministry by quoting from the prophet Isaiah.“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”As I read through the Bible each ye
all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
they are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.The song still rings true, even if much of the conservative white church has added, "as long as they keep to their place and don't get uppity."
I do not say "evangelical church", because an Evangelical is one who trusts in the gospel (evangelium), the good news of Jesus Christ. That includes me.
Jesus inaugurated his public ministry by quoting from the prophet Isaiah.“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”As I read through the Bible each ye
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2016-277 Support
Rebecca pogopuggie is battling breast cancer. She posted a thirty-day challenge for October, a pink-ribbon challenge for Hopetober. I plan to use the series as writing prompts.
I have not had cancer, but at 66 I have been through the mill often enough to say with confidence, when the going gets rough, how well you make it, or whether you make it at all, is closely tied the quality of your support network.
If you are facing cancer or some other apparent calamity yourself, and you don't already have a support network, a team of people helping you pull through, build one. Now. Even if it means saying to a relatively casual acquaintance, "This is what I'm going through. I need a support network. I don't have one. Can you just sit and listen to me?"
If you are part of someone else's support network, let your words be few. Your presence and listening ear are what matter most.
So be it.
I have not had cancer, but at 66 I have been through the mill often enough to say with confidence, when the going gets rough, how well you make it, or whether you make it at all, is closely tied the quality of your support network.
If you are facing cancer or some other apparent calamity yourself, and you don't already have a support network, a team of people helping you pull through, build one. Now. Even if it means saying to a relatively casual acquaintance, "This is what I'm going through. I need a support network. I don't have one. Can you just sit and listen to me?"
If you are part of someone else's support network, let your words be few. Your presence and listening ear are what matter most.
So be it.
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2016-276 Acceptance and Courage
Rebecca pogopuggie is battling breast cancer. She posted a thirty-day challenge for October, a pink-ribbon challenge for Hopetober. I plan to use the series as writing prompts. Next month is Movember, so it is a fitting challenge for both sides of the house.
I am sitting on the porch watching and listening to the gully-washer rolling through, even getting some droplets blown in on me. It is a beautiful day.
Acceptance is like that. I can try to ignore the rain or pretend that it isn't there, but that will not change anything. The rain simply is. I can't make it not be. What I can do is decide what I am going to do with the fact that it is raining. I can sit and mope, I can do something inside, I can go for a walk or I can sit on the porch and enjoy it. But if the are upwind windows open, It would behoove me to go close them.
Accepting cancer or other life-threatening situation, either for myself or for another, takes something of the same. Denying Shirlee's cancer or wishing I would w
I am sitting on the porch watching and listening to the gully-washer rolling through, even getting some droplets blown in on me. It is a beautiful day.
Acceptance is like that. I can try to ignore the rain or pretend that it isn't there, but that will not change anything. The rain simply is. I can't make it not be. What I can do is decide what I am going to do with the fact that it is raining. I can sit and mope, I can do something inside, I can go for a walk or I can sit on the porch and enjoy it. But if the are upwind windows open, It would behoove me to go close them.
Accepting cancer or other life-threatening situation, either for myself or for another, takes something of the same. Denying Shirlee's cancer or wishing I would w
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2016-160 The Gentle Light - blurb for ICPG show
The Gentle Light
Sometimes the photographer chooses the theme; sometimes the theme chooses the photographer. This one chose me.
I was struck by the gentleness of the light in all the photographs. In some cases it was the nature of the day or the camera; in others it was the way I worked up the scanned negatives. If gentleness is strength under control, then there are far worse ways one could interact with the world.
The exhibit includes photos from several different cameras, the most excellent Welta Weltur and Yashica-D, the venerable Argus C3 Brick and the marvelous Holga Pinhole. There is even a set from a roll of 35 mm film rewound with a 120 spool and backing and shot with the Holga Pinhole. It was not an entirely successful experiment, but I like these four photos from around the neighborhood.
Thanks to m’lady for putting up with my cameras, and to Amber for letting me take her portrait. (The portai
Sometimes the photographer chooses the theme; sometimes the theme chooses the photographer. This one chose me.
I was struck by the gentleness of the light in all the photographs. In some cases it was the nature of the day or the camera; in others it was the way I worked up the scanned negatives. If gentleness is strength under control, then there are far worse ways one could interact with the world.
The exhibit includes photos from several different cameras, the most excellent Welta Weltur and Yashica-D, the venerable Argus C3 Brick and the marvelous Holga Pinhole. There is even a set from a roll of 35 mm film rewound with a 120 spool and backing and shot with the Holga Pinhole. It was not an entirely successful experiment, but I like these four photos from around the neighborhood.
Thanks to m’lady for putting up with my cameras, and to Amber for letting me take her portrait. (The portai
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2016-156 Favorite book, wanderlust, horizon
Today's prompt is 'owl'. I'm not sure I'm a wise one, though I have learned a thing or two in my nigh on sixty six years.
The prompts for the three previous days were 'favorite book', 'wanderlust', and 'horizon', each prompt leading to the next. For what is wanderlust but the seeking of new horizons, new places to see and old haunts to revisit? My feet and seat have been too long in one place; I yearn to wander. I want to stretch the horizons of my eyes and mind and heart.
From time immemorial we have done that with backpacks and books, oftentimes together.
If I judge my favorite books according to the ones that keep drawing me back, Tolkien's pentology of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings ranks near the top. I did my first walking tour of Middle Earth in 1966 or thereabouts. I was in high school, and spending significant chunks of my summers at Deerfoot Lodge in the Adirondack Mountains. Parts of The Fellowship of the Ring I read while walking the six miles betwe
The prompts for the three previous days were 'favorite book', 'wanderlust', and 'horizon', each prompt leading to the next. For what is wanderlust but the seeking of new horizons, new places to see and old haunts to revisit? My feet and seat have been too long in one place; I yearn to wander. I want to stretch the horizons of my eyes and mind and heart.
From time immemorial we have done that with backpacks and books, oftentimes together.
If I judge my favorite books according to the ones that keep drawing me back, Tolkien's pentology of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings ranks near the top. I did my first walking tour of Middle Earth in 1966 or thereabouts. I was in high school, and spending significant chunks of my summers at Deerfoot Lodge in the Adirondack Mountains. Parts of The Fellowship of the Ring I read while walking the six miles betwe
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2016-151 Foreign, Hospitality
To be foreign is to be different. We humans by nature tend not to like people who are not like us, who are not our kind of people. We fear them and hate them.
God shows us a better way. Be kind to the stranger and sojourner, he told the ancient Jews, for you were foreigners in Egypt. You've been there, you know what it's like to be a stranger in a strange land, hated and oppressed for simply being you.
Jesus took it even further, breaking down the dividing wall of hatred between Jews and Gentiles. He took the hatred on himself and nailed it to the cross.
When the teacher of the law asked him (seeking to justify himself), "But who is my neighbor?", Jesus pointed him to a despised Samaritan. "Go and do likewise," he said, claim as neighbor those terribly wrong kind of people, those people who are not like you. Now go, and love your neighbor as yourself.
This is the way of love, the way of hospitality, welcoming the foreigner into our lives.
How can we do less?
It does not take long liste
God shows us a better way. Be kind to the stranger and sojourner, he told the ancient Jews, for you were foreigners in Egypt. You've been there, you know what it's like to be a stranger in a strange land, hated and oppressed for simply being you.
Jesus took it even further, breaking down the dividing wall of hatred between Jews and Gentiles. He took the hatred on himself and nailed it to the cross.
When the teacher of the law asked him (seeking to justify himself), "But who is my neighbor?", Jesus pointed him to a despised Samaritan. "Go and do likewise," he said, claim as neighbor those terribly wrong kind of people, those people who are not like you. Now go, and love your neighbor as yourself.
This is the way of love, the way of hospitality, welcoming the foreigner into our lives.
How can we do less?
It does not take long liste
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2012016-150 Self
The prompt for last Friday was "self".
The initial thoughts and meanderings were, methinks, prelude to dealing with what is actually on my mind.
Who am I? What am I? Do I matter?
I look at myself with pride.
I look at myself with loathing.
The truth is somewhere in between.
Professor Neal Plantinga told us, "Against all pride, we are but creatures; against all false humility, we are creatures of God."
Not only am I created by God, I am loved by God, as I am, pride and loathsomeness and all. Says the Apostle Paul, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:6)
Years ago (before a lot of my watchers on DeviantArt were born), The Navigators got me started memorizing scripture. The first two verses in their Topical Memory System are II Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 2:20, on the topic "New life in Christ".
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
"I have been crucified
The initial thoughts and meanderings were, methinks, prelude to dealing with what is actually on my mind.
Who am I? What am I? Do I matter?
I look at myself with pride.
I look at myself with loathing.
The truth is somewhere in between.
Professor Neal Plantinga told us, "Against all pride, we are but creatures; against all false humility, we are creatures of God."
Not only am I created by God, I am loved by God, as I am, pride and loathsomeness and all. Says the Apostle Paul, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:6)
Years ago (before a lot of my watchers on DeviantArt were born), The Navigators got me started memorizing scripture. The first two verses in their Topical Memory System are II Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 2:20, on the topic "New life in Christ".
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
"I have been crucified
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2016-142 Inspiration and Perspective
Thoughts from yesterday evening.
Yesterday's prompt was inspiration; today's is perspective. Inspiration and perspective stand in balance; perhaps we can see them as two sides of the same coin. Both, certainly, are gifts of God, part of being made in his creative image. Inspiration is the flash of a new idea, often taking the form of a new perspective, a new way of seeing some one thing in its relation to the whole.
Such inspiration is the essence of good photography. Photography is a way of recording and presenting what I see. At a deeper level, it is itself a way of seeing. I don't really know what something looks like until I take the photograph. Photography is a way of seeing with the eyes of my mind and of my heart.
I was out a week ago with the Holga Pinhole Camera loaded with 35mm film. Just the "wide 35" of shooting panoramic 35mm in a medium-format camera is going to skew reality. Combine that with the fact that the film didn't feed straight, and with the low-contrast grainine
Yesterday's prompt was inspiration; today's is perspective. Inspiration and perspective stand in balance; perhaps we can see them as two sides of the same coin. Both, certainly, are gifts of God, part of being made in his creative image. Inspiration is the flash of a new idea, often taking the form of a new perspective, a new way of seeing some one thing in its relation to the whole.
Such inspiration is the essence of good photography. Photography is a way of recording and presenting what I see. At a deeper level, it is itself a way of seeing. I don't really know what something looks like until I take the photograph. Photography is a way of seeing with the eyes of my mind and of my heart.
I was out a week ago with the Holga Pinhole Camera loaded with 35mm film. Just the "wide 35" of shooting panoramic 35mm in a medium-format camera is going to skew reality. Combine that with the fact that the film didn't feed straight, and with the low-contrast grainine
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2016-139 Goliath and the Dummy
Yesterday's writing prompt was 'Goliath'.
My Goliath is exhaustion. It rather knocked me down last night. I didn't get out of bed this morning until after 10:00. I took the day off. (Thankfully, I have a job that allows some flexibility.)
Today's prompt is 'dumb'. In modern usage the word has long since disconnected from its original meeting of 'unable to speak' except, perhaps, in the expression, 'struck dumb'. I am the father of a son who is developmentally delayed (a less prejudicial synonym of 'retarded') and voiceless. He is not dumb. 'Dumb', like 'fool' includes the sense of 'ought to know better'.
Not paying attention to the Goliaths in our lives is dumb.
When it came to military matters, David was no dummy. He was an accomplished marksman with the sling. He prepared his ammunition carefully, five smooth stones from the creek bed. I can picture him hefting each stone in his hand, considering its size, weight and smoothness, its suitability for the task. When Goliath came within
My Goliath is exhaustion. It rather knocked me down last night. I didn't get out of bed this morning until after 10:00. I took the day off. (Thankfully, I have a job that allows some flexibility.)
Today's prompt is 'dumb'. In modern usage the word has long since disconnected from its original meeting of 'unable to speak' except, perhaps, in the expression, 'struck dumb'. I am the father of a son who is developmentally delayed (a less prejudicial synonym of 'retarded') and voiceless. He is not dumb. 'Dumb', like 'fool' includes the sense of 'ought to know better'.
Not paying attention to the Goliaths in our lives is dumb.
When it came to military matters, David was no dummy. He was an accomplished marksman with the sling. He prepared his ammunition carefully, five smooth stones from the creek bed. I can picture him hefting each stone in his hand, considering its size, weight and smoothness, its suitability for the task. When Goliath came within
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Whistle
I found another source for daily prompts, even if second-hand. Thank you, SenoritaBlack.
Wet my whistle. Drink some good beer to wet the lips and calm the throat. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. My mug says so even if Ben Franklin never did, though he likely would have agreed, worldly rake that he was. Actually, it is Jesus who is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, but that's a subject for another time, as is beer.
Whistle. It's one of the simples ways to make music. Does anyone ever whistle a dirge or lament? People whistle when they are happy and at peace, even if all the world is spinning madly around them.
At least, that's when I whistle.
I don't whistle enough.
Wet my whistle. Drink some good beer to wet the lips and calm the throat. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. My mug says so even if Ben Franklin never did, though he likely would have agreed, worldly rake that he was. Actually, it is Jesus who is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, but that's a subject for another time, as is beer.
Whistle. It's one of the simples ways to make music. Does anyone ever whistle a dirge or lament? People whistle when they are happy and at peace, even if all the world is spinning madly around them.
At least, that's when I whistle.
I don't whistle enough.
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2016-088 Words and images for Easter
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The Long and Lonely Road
An image for Good Friday
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The Long Silence
An Image for Holy Saturday
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The Triumph of the Light
An Image for Easter
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words. (Luke 24, NIV)
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2016-019 Luminous
Yesterday's writing went directly into my blog, which was a switch. Sometimes composing at the keyboard works, but usually I do better with pen or pencil and paper. I write more freely here (my paper journal). I can ignore clumsy thoughts and sentences and move on, rather than feeling the need to polish as I go. It's why artists carry sketchbooks, and why I will get a smaller journal when I fill this one, a bit of a non-sequitur, but more portable that way.
This conversation in not terribly luminous, he said, darkly.
It is possible to work too hard at being luminous; I want light, whether the divine or my own little one, to shine through everything I say, do, or write, or for that matter, photograph. Sometimes the Master's light may shine more brightly when I let myself be a klutz who writes non-sequiturs and photographs what happens to catch my eye without worrying about its significance. "He must have an awfully patient God to put up with such a klutz!"
Let your light so
This conversation in not terribly luminous, he said, darkly.
It is possible to work too hard at being luminous; I want light, whether the divine or my own little one, to shine through everything I say, do, or write, or for that matter, photograph. Sometimes the Master's light may shine more brightly when I let myself be a klutz who writes non-sequiturs and photographs what happens to catch my eye without worrying about its significance. "He must have an awfully patient God to put up with such a klutz!"
Let your light so
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2016-018 Palimpsest
Says Wikipedia:
A palimpsest (/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/) is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been either scraped or washed off so that the page can be reused, for another document. In colloquial usage, the term palimpsest is also used to denote an object made or worked upon for one purpose and later reused for another.
My education continues, though I do remember this one vaguely from NT Greek classes yea many years ago.Use it up; wear it out; make it do or do without. Those words predate me and are largely forgotten in this throwaway age, but their time is coming around again, at least in the Tryon household. The "no, you don't need to buy it" attitude is part and parcel of living more simply -- and more cheaply. It is relearning how to have fun without spending money, or at least a minimum amount of money. It is doing more picnics and less eating out, skipping the bistros and eating at the breweries and wineries that encourage bringin
A palimpsest (/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/) is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been either scraped or washed off so that the page can be reused, for another document. In colloquial usage, the term palimpsest is also used to denote an object made or worked upon for one purpose and later reused for another.
My education continues, though I do remember this one vaguely from NT Greek classes yea many years ago.Use it up; wear it out; make it do or do without. Those words predate me and are largely forgotten in this throwaway age, but their time is coming around again, at least in the Tryon household. The "no, you don't need to buy it" attitude is part and parcel of living more simply -- and more cheaply. It is relearning how to have fun without spending money, or at least a minimum amount of money. It is doing more picnics and less eating out, skipping the bistros and eating at the breweries and wineries that encourage bringin
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A Place For My Hope
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A Curious Universe
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Sunday Wars
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We Were So Young
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Stars (20/21)
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Louisiana Monument at Sunrise 08.17.2018
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Watch-Mia 1.2
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The Cherry Thief
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Journal History
- Aug 20, 2018 Bruton Parish Church - 8x10 print by rdungan1918
- Aug 17, 2018 La forza della maternita' by SenhArt
- Aug 14, 2018 Dragon Dance 03 by Rachael Mayo
- Aug 7, 2018 With thanks to Katie and Dan
- Aug 2, 2018 Feathers by TAGFoto
- Jul 31, 2018 Sheltered -- Mother and Child by Observer14
- Jul 27, 2018 Old Dog, Faded Photo by Socar Myles
- Jul 24, 2018 The Walker by shadowgirl
- Jul 19, 2018 Lines and curves, green and brown
- Jul 16, 2018 One
- Jul 14, 2018 Photo a day challenge inspired by Mrs-Durden
- Jan 20, 2017 Love trumps hate
- Jan 16, 2017 BLM
- Jan 6, 2017 Twelve Years on DeviantArt
- Jan 3, 2017 52 Week Photography Challenge Wrap-Up
- Dec 13, 2016 Taking a breather
- Dec 10, 2016 52 Week Photography End-of-Year Challenge
- Dec 9, 2016 Self by Ellygator
- Dec 7, 2016 Nimue by Griff13
- Dec 3, 2016 Looking into the Depths by EarthHart
Visitors
JediWarrior-II
Aug 21, 2018
12:13 pm
Markus43
Aug 21, 2018
6:27 am
Brhick
Aug 20, 2018
1:27 pm
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Aug 20, 2018
12:35 pm
rev3rsed-singularity
Aug 20, 2018
12:17 pm
Bob Dungan is a long-time friend on dA.
He enjoys his old cameras as much as I do mine.
He does nice work in the darkroom.
Steve's suggestions on how to leave a good comment...Enjoy!
- Tell the artist what caught your eye, something your particularly liked or didn't like.
- Tell the artist something you think they could have done differently or better.
- Suggest an alternate title; it tells the artist what you saw in the image.
- Interact with the artwork, continue its story.
- Ask the artist how or why they did something.
- If nothing else, even "Ooh, pretty!" or "Oh, ick!" is a lot more information than no comment at all.
Pearwood's Feature Log
Blog at PearwoodPhoto.com
FAQ #18: Who selects Daily Deviations and how are they chosen?
Because it's past time for white-haired white men to stand up and say it.
The Heidelberg Catechism , written in 1563, remains a warm-hearted and personal statement of the Christian faith. It begins thusly...
What is your only comfort in life and in death?
That I am not my own,
but belong--body and soul,
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
in life and in death--
to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven:
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.
Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
Pride
LOVE IS LOVE
Made with pride by the DeviantArt community BROWSE ALL ART
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Artist | Hobbyist | Photography
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Current Residence: Irondequoit (Rochester), New York Favorite genre of music: Yes Operating System: Kubuntu Linux Shell of choice: bash Wallpaper of choice: My DA favorites Personal Quote: Life is a photo op. Take the camera. Blog: pearwoodphoto.com |
Activity
I happened to look at my end-of-year post from a year and a half ago. Slightly emended...
A blessed [day] to one and all.www.deviantart.com/pearwood/jo…
Walk in love.
Live in light.
And never lose hope.
Saturday...
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) and would love to have you sign it for us! We have some prompts to help you figure out what to write down. We can't wait to see your replies and look back on them years from now with fondness, amusement, and hey! Maybe even some healthy fear. 
What would your graduation quote be?
What is you
On the eve of their 18th birthday, the folks here appear to have lost track of the dA mascot, Fella. Silly people, he's been sitting in my study for years. So here he is.
Gradually filling in the gaps in my photo-a-day challenge inspired by my dear Nina Mrs-Durden.
30 day challenge: A Day In Your Life
Hey everyone!
I'm happy to announce a new photography contest for you all to partake in. This contest is a bit different than what you're used to seeing from me. It's not necessarily focusing on the superb quality of the photographs you take but rather moreso on your ability to tell a story through images. I hope this encouraged you to join in on this contest even if you're not a photographer!
The Prompt:
For this contest, you will need to tell a story about yourself or about your life by taking 1 photo per day for the span of 30 days. At the end of the 30 days when your 30 photographs are assembled together some form of story or narrative.
How do I tell a story about myself or about my life through photographs? The aim here is for us to have an idea of your day-to-day life, in the end the "story" is just your life. Every day, have your phone or your camera ready, and capture a 'moment' that you think either best
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Photo a day challenge inspired by Mrs-DurdenJuly 24: My cameras ganged up on me and informed me my 36-day photo-a-day challenge would involve all of them. Which means I did manage to start on Sunday, July 15. Pictures forthcoming as I get them developed and scanned. https://www.deviantart.com/pearwood/gallery/66906511/One-photo-each-day
July 14: Tomorrow I am starting a 36-day challenge inspired by Nina Mrs-Durden. I loaded a 36-exposure roll of #IlfordDelta400 in the #OlympusOM2. For the next five weeks I will take exactly one photograph with that camera about my everyday life. We will see the results in August.
For you digital folks, head on over and check out Nina's challenge:
July 15 - Day 0 - Yashica-D at Rochester Christian Reformed Church
July 16 - Day 1 - Olympus OM-2 at home - crucifix in window
July 17 - Day 2 - Ondu 135 faceoff with Olympus OM-2
July 18 - Day 3 - Ondu 135 at Letchworth State Park
July 19 - Day 4 -
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Deviousness Award
pearwood has been an outstanding member of DeviantArt since he joined back in 2005. An enthusiastic and supportive member of the photography community, pearwood has submitted over 7,000 deviations to his gallery and has consistently contributed both artwork and journals to a variety groups over the years. In addition to his artwork, pearwood helps other artists grow as well, by creating art features to bring attention to lesser-known artists and leaving constructive and supportive comments on other deviants’ artwork. His dedication to the DeviantArt community and his general positive influence make us proud to announce pearwood as the recipient of the November 2016 Deviousness Award!
-awarded November 2016
