My Word of the Year for 2015 – and an Invitation Extended

Cross the Threshold ©2012 Bo Mackison

follow url The invitation . . .

https://onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com/2025/02/22/6nb0kue4 . . . the invitation to cross the threshold,  to listen to one’s intuition and wisdom.

Water Lilies and Reflection

source link Reflection of Skies in the Midst of Water Lilies ©2014 Bo Mackison

https://guelph-real-estate.ca/ahh81eh03e3 . . . the invitation to encourage those thoughts, feelings, and emotions, buried in the depths, to rise to the surface.

Open Way

https://lpgventures.com/xw0wcx52ul1 The Open Passage ©2014 Bo Mackison

https://getdarker.com/editorial/articles/gbgfyhx95m9 . . . the invitation to be open to, and accepting of, that which strengthens.

Debi's Tree

https://paradiseperformingartscenter.com/tghrn9a7rk Fog and Sunlight © 2013 Bo Mackison

watch . . . the invitation to listen to that which offers hope.

Sumac Flags Flying

enter site Sumac in Autumn – Nature’s Prayer Flags ©2013 Bo Mackison

http://www.mscnantes.org/tjdbtqpm7 . . . the invitation to embrace and embody love and respect.

5th Annual Photo Alphabet – Part IV

https://geolatinas.org/x0m48yv N is for Nature and Non-attachment

Nature's Abstract

see Nature’s Pattern © 2012 Bo Mackison

https://mocicc.org/agricultura/8oyyjp1x3w9 Even though I photograph almost any subject, I spend as much time as I can in the natural world and take a greater percentage of nature subjects than any other. I also like to play with nature photos, especially macro-photographs such as the above barrel cactus. I loved the symmetry emphasized with a black and white conversion.

https://www.yolascafe.com/9ich71ehp6d Not only do I love to photograph desert plants, I love learning about them. I find their various ways of adapting to their environment fascinating. In order to survive, they have an extensive system of spiny protrusions and other such things to dissuade potential munchers.

https://dcinematools.com/qzpy2w8qdk9 I’ve been working on the idea of non-attachment – the idea that too much attachment for a specific outcome can cause difficulties. And I was thinking that the cactus is the perfect symbol for non-attachment. Oh, yeah!

see O is for Observation and Opportunity.

Observation Deck above Buttermilk Falls

https://onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com/2025/02/22/452ylgsljrg Observation Deck above Buttermilk Falls © 2010 Bo Mackison

https://www.marineetstamp.com/0c81b2xe These “O” words speak deeply to me about photography – my photography and photography in general.

https://purestpotential.com/fpcjxnhpi1 Observation is so key to photography that it is almost too obvious to include in an alphabet like this. Observational skills are honed in the search for a photograph. That is not to say that a camera to required to polish observational skills, but a camera becomes a constant reminder to look around, to see beyond the initial glance. I consider my camera a great prop, an observation kick-starter.

https://alldayelectrician.com/amdfj9b Opportunity is another one of those obvious words that partner well with photography. Some people take photographs at special occasions (or opportunities) – a vacation, a holiday, an annual gathering, a perfect sunset. But opportunity is more about “being” there for the experience of the photograph rather than “finding” a photographic subject.

https://danivoiceovers.com/yb3l9fwkjv Any subject is a subject worthy of photographic exercise. I’ve photographed more walls than I would once have thought possible, or sane. Yes, walls. Wall with shadows, walls with texture, walls with vines, walls of adobe, brick, stone, historical walls in ruins. (Maybe I should copy and paste this under “W”!)

https://www.brigantesenglishwalks.com/4yacl8ito I’ve also taken thousands of photographs of trees. Recently I realized that there is some form of tree – perhaps a branch, a shadow, a leaf – in a large percentage of my photos. I didn’t start with the intent to photograph trees in such depth, but it seems the trees found me. Or perhaps I’ve never met a tree I didn’t like, one I didn’t think worthy of a tree portrait.

https://paradiseperformingartscenter.com/01mltam I’m not saying that I don’t take advantage of a photographic opportunity that comes my way. I carry a camera almost all the time – whether I’m going across country, across the city, or across the parking lot. You don’t have to wait for a special opportunity for a photograph; opportunity will find you if you’re paying attention.

https://alldayelectrician.com/97hz46c8n P is for Perspective and Place.

The Long Road

https://www.mbtn.net/?p=hleucujjwv Disappearing Road © 2012 Bo Mackison

watch And then there is the perspective of a lonely, open road at dusk. This is a photograph of a Texas panhandle highway. Telephone poles, grain elevators, semi-trucks, and a Texas Highway sign. It’s all about place. And perspective.

https://www.elevators.com/szlycsqy Q is for Questions and Quotations.

Badlands-There's a Trail up There!

https://geolatinas.org/wvdh2pulm5o Mountain Trail © 2011 Bo Mackison

http://www.mscnantes.org/wtnho55 I sometimes take photographs to find the answers to questions I am pondering. Sometimes I take photographs to put the questions I don’t know how to ask into a concrete form. And sometimes I take photographs because I have questions that don’t have answers.

https://penielenv.com/hb3tlyng6 When I begin to write a blog post, and I have a photograph I want to share, I sometimes don’t have the words to accompany the photo. There is a meaning in the photo, but it’s not easily seen. So I go searching through my many dozens of unorganized journals for a relevant quotation. It seldom takes me more than a few minutes to find a quote that says exactly what I was struggling to say.

https://lpgventures.com/wub09lyo7fa Here is one such photograph, and the quote I found to pair it with:

https://www.elevators.com/dkfci82p There are hundreds of paths up the mountain,
all leading in the same direction,
so it doesn’t matter which path you take.
The only one wasting time is the one
who runs around and around the mountain,
telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.

https://getdarker.com/editorial/articles/om88y3i ~ Hindu teaching

https://mocicc.org/agricultura/uq7owjt717m —————-

follow link Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Part V of the Annual Photo Alphabet continues with  Tramadol Buy Online Cheap Rituals thru https://www.marineetstamp.com/zy1e23a5 Universe.