Daily Inspirations: I Have Made My World

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 17, 2012

I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside. ~~ Louise Nevelson

There’s a great short film on Louise Nevelson here.

Daily Inspirations: Hope

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 15, 2012

“”Hope” is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul –

And sings the tune without

And never stops — at all.”

- Emily Dickinson

(Painting: Letting Go by Lisa Marquis Bradbury)

Daily Affirmations: Beauty

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 9, 2012

Today I remind myself that there is beauty in everything I see. The old red barn slated to be torn down… beautiful. The spring flowers, bursting their way through winter’s muted palette… beautiful. Take the time to stop, look and listen. Love and life and all around me. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Red Barn Doors on Point SHore in Amesbury, MA ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Reflections: Abstract or Reality

Posted by Pamela Leavey on February 16, 2012

A photographer can capture an image in mere seconds with a camera…

But is what we see always the reality of what it is, or do we see things sometimes in more abstract views that make us question reality? Continue reading “Reflections: Abstract or Reality” »

On The River: Bird In A Tree

Posted by Pamela Leavey on January 19, 2012

Trees in winter, stripped bare of their foliage often offer a view worthy of the interpretation of an artist’s eye:

While driving along the river the other day with my hiking partner, I noticed this Bird In A Tree.

As I continue to work through my photos and edit them, I plan to create an album of Mother Nature’s Art Work as exhibited in the bare trees.

(Photo: Bird In A Tree ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Light & Color

Posted by Pamela Leavey on May 11, 2011

Sometimes my eye catches something and it just pops out at me as art waiting to happen. That’s what I love about photography, it’s like instant art gratification. The photo below is of the ceiling light at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts:

The photo itself I felt had some great effects, Photoshop did the rest of the work as the photo album shows (click on Slideshow).

(Photo © Pamela J. Leavey 2011)