“The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Month: March 2015
STATUS QUOtes — 20150311
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” — Euripides
“Everybody should have an equal chance — but they shouldn’t have a flying start.” — Harold Wilson
“From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.” — Sigmund Freud
“Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers – six if one went to Harvard.” — Edgar Fiedler
Rules to Live by From the Dalai Lama
As my readers know, I enjoy collecting quotes and learning about creating photographs. Just look at some of my STATUS QUOtes and photography posts.
One of the blogs I follow is the Digital Photography School. There is so much knowledge there. I encourage you to review their site and subscribe to their emails or RSS feeds.
In a recent post by Darlene Hildebrandt, 11 Rules of Living by Dalai Lama to Help You Bring Zen to Your Photography,she offers some great advice and like many “truths” this advice can be applied to numerous phases and stages of life. I offer a few of them below juxtaposed with quotes that I have heard and which I find relate well to her “rules.” If you find meaning in them and you want to learn how Darlene Hildebrandt understands their relationship to her photography, visit the link above.
- “Great love and great achievements involve great risk.” – “And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” ― Erica Jong
- “When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.” – “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” ― James Joyce
- “Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.” – “When you teach a child, you teach their children as well.” – The Talmud
- “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – “Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.” – Garth Brooks
Photography Quote – Ambrose Bierce
Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. – Ambrose Bierce
STATUS QUOtes — 20150310
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change.” — William S. Burroughs
“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” — Wayne Dyer
“Chaos is a friend of mine.” — Bob Dylan
“Nothing is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.” — Freeman’s Law
Pooch Pouch to Keep Fido Warm
While we don’t need this too often in the Sonoran Desert, I can see how many areas of the US would find this a nice addition to their pet care regimen.
STATUS QUOtes — 20150309
“Wise men have interpreted dreams and the gods have laughed.” — Howard Phillips Lovecraft
“Truth fears no trial.” — Thomas Fuller
“But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.” — Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony
“Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” — Jerry Seinfeld
Pickleball: Know Your Personal Limits
In a recent post, I wrote about the net and how players shouldn’t give up on the ball when it is heading for the net because it just might go over. Here is the link The Net is Not Your Friend.
I want to make sure that everyone understands the concept of personal limits related to Pickleball and any sport for that matter. Only you know how well your knees are doing and how your back feels, etc. When I play Pickleball, there are some players who have difficulty bending down to pick up the ball yet they continue to play. Is it safe? Yes it is because they know their personal limits and they don’t try for balls they know they cannot reach.
There are a number of times I am playing against opponents and they make a “near perfect” lob when I am at the net. It is not too high, just over my head and headed for my backhand, rear corner. This is a ball I would have trouble getting if I am leaning forward at the net. What do I do? I sometimes just say “good shot!” and let it go. They win the point if it lands in. I know I cannot get that ball so I don’t try for it.
In essence, I live to play another point. I don’t get hurt. It is only a point after all and there are other points to be won or lost. It is important that we all understand our personal limits and don’t try to do too much especially those who, like me, are past retirement and heading toward the seventh decade worth of birthdays.
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try for a ball you are fairly certain you can get. It means understand which balls may be too great a risk to try for under the current circumstances and with your physical limits.
Other than that, have a great time and keep up the Pickleball playing
STATUS QUOtes — 20150308
“I am not afraid, I was born to do this.” — Joan of Arc
“If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” — Tom Hanks
“Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.” — Robert S. McNamara
“Childhood: the time in life when you make funny faces in the mirror. Middle age: the time of life when the mirror gets even.” — Unknown
PL8ATUDES – March 7, 2015
We continue our series of personalized (vanity) license plates in Arizona. To maintain individual privacy, we try to show as little information about particular cars as possible as long as we can reveal the license plate.
NOTE – License plate photos may have been archived for quite some time. The years indicated on the registration stickers DO NOT necessarily reflect the current status of any given plate!
We hope you enjoy these PL8ATUDES!
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