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gandhi

“happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony”

― mahatma gandhi

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Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parc Marie-José, Joseph Baecklaan, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.

I will not attempt to add words to those of this inspirational man.

How could I?

(for lucile’s photo rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, iso 200, 1/200 sec at f/7.1, an experiment in posting a photo with no edits*

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(not) fresh

“the mountain of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use”

― john steinbeck

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(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – fresh)

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post (apoc)eclipse clouds*

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critical clouds

seagulls swirl, screech in the sky

sun shall shine

(for lucile’s photo rehab)

(shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in lightroom 5 and analog efex pro 2, toy camera filter applied, need to laugh) 

*please forgive my violent spelling

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fresh

“it is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view”

― george eliot

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forever looking

rarely seeing

ever was it so, and

shall we ever know

how we can always be looking, without seeing

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – fresh)

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shooting (the moon)

“darkness cannot drive out darkness
only light can do that”

― martin luther king jr

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partial eclipse over molenbeek

for lucile’s photo rehab

* with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in lightroom 5 and silver efex pro 2*

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misty (ambiguity)

“all veils and misty…” mystify, inxs

once, when

they worked

here

they thought

it would

always

be, but

it wasn’t, to be

(edmond bonehillstraat, molenbeek)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens, edited in aperture 3, silver ex pro 2 and analog ex pro 2, mistily ambiguous*

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wall

“gray hair is god’s graffiti”

― bill cosby

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only a

stone’s throw away, from

this colour,

there lie

things to turn your

hair

white, not

gray

(rue du champ de l’eglise, laeken)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – wall)

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jupiler

“poets are shameless with their experiences
they exploit them”

― friedrich nietzsche

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oh jupiler

wherefore art thou jupiler?

on the shelf perhaps

one too many, then, collapse

another, jupiler?

(a quick one for justine’s tea party #7)

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orange (turned)

“and what have you got at the end of the day?

dire straits, private investigations

the usual fee

the usual fee

turn the tables

walk on

by

the song

remains the

same

it’s all

orange

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – orange)

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changing (seasons) #03

“they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”

― andy warhol

three men

chased me down the

street

for taking these shots

all was sweet

when they, realised

my focus was the street

and that I was not

politie

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which will run from the 7th to the 15th day of the month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)