Starry Earth Garden

Olbrich in Autumn

A Starry Earth Garden ©2012 Bo Mackison

So plant your garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. ~ Anon

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo appreciates these smallest of starry green wonders in the midst of November gray.

Sharing the Warmth

Window Seats

Window Seats ©2012 Bo Mackison

A warm seat inside an iconic cafe in Madison.

A warm cup of coffee.

And conversation that inspires laughter and a warming of the heart.

How to stay warm in November in Wisconsin!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. During November, I’m posting photos taken on my iPhone and processed with Snapseed.  And making travel plans, too.

Cabbage as an Exercise in Zen Mindfulness?

Zen Mindfulness in a Cabbage

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. ~ Mark Riboud

A cabbage as a study in Zen mindfulness.

Really?

When I was readying the tripod to photograph this flowering cabbage, I never expected this result.  A mesmerizing photograph of line and color.

Look at the colors, the tight spirals, the intricate patterns. Follow the circuitous lines of the green outer foliage, continue as it changes into a slate green, then an icy magenta, and finally a deep fuchsia.

I’ve never considered studying a photograph of a cabbage before. But now I find that it seems to be an unusual exercise in Zen mindfulness. It has the ability to capture the interest of the eye, to encourage a state of attentiveness.

A Zen cabbage!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.

Madison’s Winter Art Fair

The Arbor above My Head

Arbor Above ©2012 Bo Mackison

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.
Alex Lowe

I’m busy finishing last minute details and packing the art trailer with new pieces for my last art show this season. I’ll be at the Winter Art Festival is at Monona Terrace, downtown Madison, this weekend —  Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4

It is one of my favorite shows of the whole year, a class act, all the artists and craftspeople are from Wisconsin residents.

For more information, check out more info at Madison’s  Winter Art Fair website.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.

Whole against the Sky

Fruit and Bokeh

Fruit and Bokeh ©2012 Bo Mackison

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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I find November the most difficult of months. So I bring my camera with me, and focus on shooting a bit of cheerfulness, a bit of color, a pleasing composition – it cheers me and sustains me.

Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.