Early Morning Fog – Tree and Mailbox © 2015 Bo Mackison
“It’s funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.” ~ Elizabeth Kostova
Mailbox and a Foggy Morning
April 23, 2015 by 1 Comment
A Tree in Strength and Stillness – A Winter Scene
February 19, 2015 by 3 Comments
Winter Scene in Wisconsin © 2015 Bo Mackison
What do the trees know?
Buds can weather ice and snow.
Dark gives way to sunlight’s glow.
Strength and stillness help us grow.”
~ Joyce Sidman
Garden Party – Emerging Coneflower
July 18, 2013 by 5 Comments
Coneflower, Emerging ©2013 Bo Mackison
“To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake
And here
is the flower
not yet unfurled
petals not yet drooping
on the edge of a breeze
like the flutter of a heartbeat
a spark emerges from the depths
and disappears in the heated haze
on a sun-drenched July morn.
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Her exhibit, Garden Party – A Celebration of Botanical Photography, is at the Alicia Ashman Branch Library Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin and runs through September 5, 2013.
Hotel Living
October 20, 2012 by 3 Comments
Closet ©2012 Bo Mackison
Shower ©2012 Bo Mackison
Towels ©2012 Bo Mackison
Metal and Paper ©2012 Bo Mackison
Getting Comfortable ©2012 Bo Mackison
Pillows ©2012 Bo Mackison
Curtains ©2012 Bo Mackison
Chair ©2012 Bo Mackison
Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.
Dahlia and the Gift of Wonder
August 30, 2012 by 10 Comments
Dahlia and Bud © 2012 Bo Mackison
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. ~ Diane Ackerman
Have you ever been walking in a garden, or a woods, or a desert – anywhere, really, surrounded by the natural world – and suddenly stopped, unable to take another step until you took the time to absorb the many sensations of that exact place?
That sudden stop – it happens to me frequently. Even when I hurry myself along, reminding myself that I only have time for a twenty-minute walk, I am unable to push through, to ignore. I simply must stop.
To do what? Gaze with wonder at a flower, or the pattern and colors of bark on a tree, or the lapping of the waves of Lake Michigan, or the intricate web of a spider…
Wonder. Yes. For me, wonder is a definite time stopper.
What a gift that is – priceless – the ability to totally focus on one small part of the world, on one small part of nature. To see it, truly see it. The dahlia petals, each in place, each twisted into a slightly asymmetrical cone, each petal packed tighter as the rows get closer to the center.
And the pattern on each petal? Not a single one the same. They are like a snowflake or a fingerprint – each one unique. So much to look at, to explore with my senses. I hold onto these memories for another time, when I am without a flower or a garden or perhaps without any time or place for a walk.
Wonder stops time for me. Does it stop time for you?
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo has learned one thing from ‘walking with wonder’ – if she wants to walk for exercise she either needs to wear blinders, walk with a friend, or walk inside where she can ignore the distractions!
