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Visual Soliloquy #112 For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards…

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. –Leonardo da Vinci

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Visual Soliloquy # 111 Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make…

Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.–Robert Fulghum

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Visual Soliloquy #110 Fear is the highest fence…

Fear is the highest fence. –Dudley Nichols

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Visual Soliloquy #109 Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water…

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy # 107 Be not simply good; be good for something…

Be not simply good; be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #106 Realise that true happiness lies within you…

Realize that true happiness lies within you. – Lucian

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Visual Soliloquy #104 Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves…

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves. –Mark Haddon

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Visual Soliloquy #102 Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God…

Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God–Diana Robinson

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Visual Soliloquy #101 If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle…

If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason. –Douglas Sirk

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Visual Soliloquy #100 You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave…

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. –Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #99 I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars…

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. –Og Mandino

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Visual Soliloquy #98 A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight…

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde A dreamer is one who can only find his way by … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #97 A dream you dream alone is only a dream…

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. –John Lennon

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Visual Soliloquy #96 A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space…

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. –Gloria Steinem

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Visual Soliloquy #95 When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do…

When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. –Walt Disney

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Visual Soliloquy #94 Any place worth its salt has a ‘parking problem’…

Anyplace worth its salt has a ‘parking problem’–James Castle

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Visual Soliloquy #93 We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are…

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. –Tony Robbins

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Visual Soliloquy #92 Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something…

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. –Jean Paul Richter

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Visual Soliloquy #91 Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go…

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”–Karen Ravn

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Visual Soliloquy #89 The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives…

The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives. ~Robert Brault

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Visual Soliloquy #88 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race…

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells

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Visual Soliloquy #87 When one’s lung-ta is low obstacles constantly arise. When lung-ta is high good opportunities abound…

When one’s lung-ta is low obstacles constantly arise. When lung-ta is high good opportunities abound…–Unknown

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Visual Soliloquy #86 Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be…

Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be. –Anna Freud

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Visual Soliloquy #84 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #85 My profession is to always …

My profession is to always find God in nature. – Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #83 Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things…

Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things. – William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #82 The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play…

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. –Arnold J. Toynbee

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Visual Soliloquy #81 The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water …

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. –Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #80 Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted…

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. –Mary McCarthy

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Visual Soliloquy #78 Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat…

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat. –Jean-Paul Sartre

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Visual Soliloquy #77 Three Rules of Work…

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.–Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #76 To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle…

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. -Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #75 Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say…

Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say – So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity. –Emily Dickinson

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Visual Soliloquy #74 Simply the thing that I am shall make me live…

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.–William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #73 Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you…

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition. -Florida Scott-Maxwell

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Visual Soliloquy #72 Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world…

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in. –Alan Alda  

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Visual Soliloquy #70 There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope…

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. –Bern Williams

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Visual Soliloquy #69 Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles…

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. –Mary Schmich

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Visual Soliloquy #403: The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action…

The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action. – Madame de Stael

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Fuego: A Volcano’s Volcano

Fuego welcomed us to Antigua on our first morning with a big eruption that made our day.  It is currently the world’s most active volcano since beginning to erupt steadily in 2002.  Perched high on the side of Acatenango, we … Continue reading

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