Photography
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Good Day
I accomplished much today.The western sky turns a satisfying golden pink.The crowns of neighborhood oaks and elms, summer-full,darken into rolling hillstoward which crows arc and caw.Everything heads home. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Old at Heart
As I get older,please don't label me"young at heart." My goal:"old at heart"–much more valuable,way more interesting. Life lived,challenges met,lines on the face of the soul. George Bernard Shaw said,"Life should be lived in crescendo!" Always, always, always more. Text and… Continue reading
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Welcome
Why are you here? Did you come for transformation?Or to feel good? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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New York City View, May, 2002
We view the pastonly through the lens of the present.Can we trust this perspective? In the photo below,that which is modernshapes our vision of that which is oldas the sleek glass of a contemporary skyscraperreflects classic New York architecture.Only a… Continue reading
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Like a Carpet
Like a carpet nobody vacuums,I accumulate debris–the dust and danderof images and dreams,memories and mistakes– grinding my fibers, dulling my luster, matting my nap. I need to be Bisselled.Heaven Hoover me! Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Abandon
At any given momentyou are called to abandoneverything that has beenfor what is next. At every given moment–this one, for example–you are called to abandonevery actual or imagined thing that has ever, ever been,for what is next. At this moment…and… Continue reading
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“Love Me,” We Say
The Sufi poet Hafiz, writing over 600 years ago, opens one of his poems by asserting: "Everyone you see, you say to them, 'Love me.'" You don't say it aloud, of course, but it's there, just beneath the surface, revealed… Continue reading
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Slovenly Abandon
We are all artists.When you create,do so with slovenly abandon.If it's real, authentic,people will listen;they will believe you.Write, sing, dance, act, draw, paint, photograph, sculpt….Do it, damn it!Yes,you! Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. … Continue reading
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Come, Follow Me
"Come, follow me." In Jesus' world, rabbis used this phrase to recruit their star pupils for advanced studies. If directed to you, it meant you were the elite–you'd made the grade, passed the test, proved yourself worthy. Jesus (yet again!)… Continue reading