Abstract 26/NF Abstract

"...the late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood..." 

~ Stephen King, Carrie

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Infested

Orange-colored bugs infested an okra plant.

"Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control.  It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star.  Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper." 
           ~ Albert Einstein

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Mandarin Orange Monday

Abstract 25/NF Abstract

Stylized Anahaw Leaves

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Abstract 24/NF Abstract

Russel Hotel in London, 2005

"It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block." 

~ Paul Gauguin

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Abstract 23/NF Abstract

Coleus leaves

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Abstract 22/NF Abstract

The heart is forever inexperienced.

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Abstract 21/NF Abstract

"The way lies in softness and patience, as the softest water cuts through the hardest rock."  ~ Jonathan Lockwood-Huie

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Brick facade/Mandarin Orange Monday

Brick facade of Liliw Church

Liliw, Laguna

"The full measure of a man is not to be found in the man himself,

but in the colors and textures that come alive

in others because of him."

~ Albert Schweitzer

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Abstract 20/NF Abstract

People are like stained-glass windows,

they sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

but when darkness sets in, 

their true beauty is revealed 

only if there is a light from within.

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Buds and a flower/MoM and NF Abstract

A shy thunbergia with buds swaying in the warm summer breezes.

We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show who and what and why we are, and what our relationship is to life and death, what is essential.  ~ Madeleine L'Engle

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Abstract 18/NF Abstract

Regarding the nature of reality, it all depends on who is looking and from where. ~ Stuart Wild

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Abstract 17/NF Abstract

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air. 

~ John Webster

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Abstract 15/NF Abstract

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...

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Abstract 14/NF Abstract

I couldn't decide which photo to post so I'm posting both.  Let me know which one you like, ok?:p

"There is no abstract art.  You must always start with something.  Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." ~ Pablo Picasso

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Abstract 13/NF Abstract

Fear is nothing but an indication of the presence of ignorance and absence of knowledge.  Knowledge is the Sun in whose presence the Dark Mist known as Fear disappears instantaneously, resulting in perfect clarity of thought and profound wisdom. ~ Unknown 

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Abstract 12 /NF Abstract

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.” ~ Alice Walker

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Abstract 11/NF Abstract

I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.

~ Elizabeth Moon

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Abstract 10/NF Abstract

There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns.
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself.
What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. 

What we call random is just patterns we can't decipher.  

What we can't understand we call nonsense. 

What we can't read we call gibberish.
There is no free will.
There are no variables. 

~ Chuck Palahniuk

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Abstract 9/NF Abstract

The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.

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Abstract 8/NF Abstract

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. 

~ Goethe

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