Posted in Inspiration, tagged Photography, sipping tea, sitting, sunlight, water droplets, window on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I did something that I haven’t done in a long time. I sat in the sun on my narrow window seat and had a cup of tea. I looked out the window admiring sunlight on water droplets — droplets that just yesterday were patches of ice and snow.
On the window sill sat rolled [...]
Posted in Inspiration, tagged blue, paper snowflake, Photography, snowflake, sunlight on wall on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Photography, Publication Updates, Writing, tagged color, color challenge, creativity, Creativity Portal, Photography on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new article and photographs up at Creativity Portal. Enjoy!
http://www.creativity-portal.com/articles/cynthia-staples/creative-spark-color-challenge.html
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged nature, Photography, religion, spirituality on December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been invited by a local shop to submit a portfolio of images for review. The caveat is that the images must be of an obvious spiritual subject matter and/or have titles that evoke a spiritual ethos. What makes an image spiritual? There are undoubtedly objective as well as subjective measures. Here are two photos [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged color, green, Photography on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like Kermit the Frog today. I found myself dressing nearly completely in green. I’ve been thinking of photoshoots and all of the items happen to be green. I’m obsessed with cultivating a little winter garden in a sunny nook of the house I live in, and it just so happens that most of [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged butterflies, colors, Photography on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Photography, red on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bird cutouts, flowers, Photography, winter garden on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue, Charles River, Photography on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged leaves, Photography, poetry, serenity, water on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
– from Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer
