From the category archives:

Transformation

Paying Attention and Noticing: Reflections and Walls – Picture to Ponder – vol 6 issue 12

March 25, 2010

One of the things I’ve most enjoyed over these past five plus years of publishing Picture to Ponder are the connections I’ve made with individual subscribers and resulting experiences.
A few months ago one subscriber wrote to say my photography reminded her of Miksang. Not being familiar with it, I, of course, Googled and found the [...]

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Unfurled Banana Petal of Banana Flower offers Possibility

March 12, 2010

Do you ever want to get out in the sunlight and can’t? Do you know others who are stuck inside? BANANA SKY DVD offers the possibility of the experience any time it’s desired.
Below are some testimonials, not on the site, that I sent to Picture to Ponder subscribers thinking they would appreciate them.  Although the [...]

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Swan – Taking Action after Searching Within – Picture to Ponder – v6 – Issue 10

March 10, 2010

Today’s swan photos were taken on the hotel grounds between sessions of Suzanne Evans “Be the Change Event” in which I was a participant last month. Before I describe the pictures and how they fit in with our lives, I want to update you on some exciting news.
If you are a new subscriber to Picture [...]

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Mushroom Faces Inspired Changes Perspectives – Picture to Ponder – v6 – Issue 9

March 3, 2010

Despite thousands of photos in my external hard drive, I was at a loss for featured photos for today’s issue of Picture to Ponder. Aside from some full moon shots and the roses of the past two issues, nothing much has grabbed my attention in the past week or so.
I then reflected on the fruit [...]

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Beauty Continues in Aged Rose – Picture to Ponder – vol 6 – Issue 8

February 23, 2010

As you most likely recall, roses were featured in the last issue of Picture to Ponder – “Perfections, Imperfections, Counting Blessings” (see post below this).
Although I had not intended a continuation of the theme or photos, I am in such awe of the beauty of several of the roses, now eight days older, that I [...]

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Perfections, Imperfections, Counting Blessings as seen in Roses – Picture to Ponder – v6-issue 7

February 17, 2010

Today’s Picture to Ponder message relates to perfections and imperfections and finding the blessings in our lives.
On Sunday, Valentine’s Day, in the United States, I found myself feeling sad, missing Sam more than I usually do. It was interesting for me to observe this since he and I never really celebrated Valentine’s Day. I handled [...]

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Creative DNA as Pointed Out by a Flower Photo Close-Up – Picture to Ponder – v6-issue6

February 11, 2010

In Session 2 of the current Through and from the Lens Point and Shoot Photo Course, I introduced the concept of Creative DNA and referenced my discussion to issues of Picture to Ponder five years ago.
When participant Deb Mallett commented on then-featured photo and imagery she had difficulty finding, I decided the article and photo [...]

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Finding the Openings in the Fog – Picture to Ponder- v6-issue4 – Clear Spot in the Window

January 27, 2010

Yesterday morning, in relatively warm Florida, as I was writing my “Morning Pages” – (Julia Cameron, THE ARTIST’S WAY) – I looked out onto my patio and noticed almost complete fog on the upper windows above the sliding ones that comprise my outside “wall.” And then I saw the one bright opening.
Given it was the [...]

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Following Assumptions with Clarifying – Personified by a Lion in a Wood Knot – Picture to Ponder, vol 6 – issue 1

January 6, 2010

Today’s issue of PICTURE TO PONDER is about making assumptions – being told something, assuming we know what the person is saying, thus not requesting any further information.
Last month, in one of the issues of Picture to Ponder, I described a walk in Wakodahatchee Wetlands and included photographs of dewdrops on the boardwalk railing plus [...]

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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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