From the category archives:

Play and Discovery

Stories and Limiting Beliefs – Rain Drops and Wood Knots – Picture to Ponder v5-46.

December 18, 2009

Earlier this week, when I put together the mailing on Nature Art Gifts, I stated that I would follow up with the story on ease and synchronicity. It’s really a simple story. Yet the “weight” of writing “the right thing,” and the other “stories” I’ve been creating during this week, have resulted in a huge [...]

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Picture to Ponder 5 Year Birthday – Images in Nature – Vol 5 – Issue 45

December 9, 2009

REMINDER _  I will be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio by Amethyst Wyldfyre this Friday, December 11th at 4 PM Eastern US time. Amethyst has entitled the program “The Gifted Hand, The Gifted Eye – Fine Arts for the Holidays: Interview with Sheila Finkelstein” I’d love for you to join us. Please bookmark SHOW. You [...]

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Window Reflections – Shifting Perspectives- Picture to Ponder- Vol 5 – Issue 44

December 4, 2009

Before discussing the photos in today’s Picture to Ponder, I’d like to invite you to mark your calendar for the interview Amethyst Wyldfyre will be doing with me on her Blazing Forth the Light, Blog Talk Radio Show, next Friday, December 11th at 4 PM US Eastern Time. Amethyst has kindly entitled the show The [...]

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Discovering Transformation – Sound and Art in Dried Onion Remains – Picture to Ponder – v5-Issue 33

September 10, 2009

INTRODUCTION -
As I was about to finally discard the dried up remains of red onion green sprouts featured here in July, I became captivated with the papery thin texture, the flexibility and the sounds of the pieces. I dearly wanted to convey these to you and could not determine how.
The following day I realized I [...]

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Video inspired by Discovery of Parchment Sounds of Dried Onion Greens

September 7, 2009

About to finally discard the red onion greens photographed and written about here, “Looking at the Old Newly” as Inspired by a Red Onion (on July 2nd), I became attuned to the papery, parchment feel and sound. I dearly wanted to share it with you and I knew a simple photograph could not convey the [...]

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Perspective Shifts from Behind Bars in Wakodahatchee Wetlands- Picture to Ponder – V5-issue 27

July 31, 2009

I was going through thousands of my photos taken over the past few years, choosing a wide range to present to a client for selection to be used as part of an upcoming DVD, when the first photo above caught my attention. I found myself pausing for a moment or so.
I was attracted to the [...]

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Seeing What’s In Front of You – Headlight Reflections – Picture to Ponder – Vol 5 – Issue 25

July 16, 2009

Last week, in the Through and From the Lens course, one of the participants commented that I was fortunate to live in an area where there is so much beauty and, therefore, I can take great photographs.
I agree that I am blessed to live where I do with access to so much restorative beauty. On [...]

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Beauty is Everywhere, in All Places – Reflections in a Car

July 10, 2009

Those of you who follow my work know that it is my mission and passion in life to inspire everyone to see the beauty in the ordinary and experience it as extraordinary.

On a recent call during one of my Through and From the Lens telecourse sessions, one of the participants, in querying my photography and [...]

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Looking at the Old Newly as Inspired by a Red Onion – Picture to Ponder- v5 -issue 23

July 2, 2009

In July I became enthralled with the beauty of a red onion and the process I went through in photographing and peeling away the layers over a period of approximately two weeks.
Last week I became attracted to another red onion that had been sitting in my refrigerator for so long it had started “growing”. I [...]

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Dried Apple Slice and Turnip – Longevity in Life – Picture to Ponder – Vol 5-Issue 51

June 24, 2009

Exciting News – My book PICTURES TO PONDER: Inspired Journaling is now on sale through Amazon! Open “Customer Images” on the Amazon page to see more.

I hope that the top photograph brings the same chuckle, or laugh, to you as it does to me every time I look at it. I’m presenting it here in [...]

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