
“I’ve been all over the world, and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic. – Leonard Bernstein”
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Trey Ratcliff, proponent of HDR photography and photographic pioneer has produced yet another beautiful and stunning piece of art. This time, however it is a video.
These moving pictures have a mystic and often ethereal quality to them because of the choice of music juxtaposed with the words of Alan Watts. You can’t help but ponder the meaning of life, death and existence while watching and carefully listening.
I found myself replaying parts of the video so I could better understand the words.
NOTE – Some of the words are hard to understand in places, but the images are superb and inspirational.
Thank you Trey!
“Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.” — French Proverb
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” — Helen Hayes
“What is the ultimate quantification of success? For me, it’s not how much time you spend doing what you love. It’s how little time you spend doing what you hate.” — Casey Neistat
“No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.” — Julius Caesar
“Love leaves a memory no one can steal.” — Seen on a headstone in Ireland
“No matter what the situation, remind yourself ‘I have a choice.'” — Deepak Chopra
“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” — Ronald Reagan
“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.” — Jack Dixon
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Do today what others won’t so you can do tomorrow what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice
“It doesn’t matter if you can quote the bible if you live as though you never opened it.” — David Alan Campbell
“A pat on the back, though only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.” — Bennett Cerf
“What is forgiven is usually well remembered.” — Louis Dudek
“To play it safe is not to play.” — Robert Altman
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” — Che Guevara
“I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age before.” — Unknown
“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” — Dudley Field Malone
“Nothing happens until something moves.” — Albert Einstein
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” — Don Marquis
“If you’re not familiar with it, a college degree is a thing that we tell our kids to buy with money they don’t have, in hopes that it will help them make money they might earn, which will give them the ability to pay back the money they spent in order to make the money they’re paying it back with.” — Matt Walsh

Photo by Jeff Ross
“When I am camera in hand, visiting beautiful places, photographing beautiful things, telling beautiful stories, I am filled with gratitude, joy, happiness, faith, compassion, love, purpose, optimism, empathy, and awe.”
Read the rest of this inspirational post at the link below:
The Reason I Still Love Photography by Scott Bourne