Thank you for this beautiful life
October 23, 2023
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“Thank you for this beautiful life”
Those were my last words as I suddenly and violently hit the tunnel in 1999. My small pickup truck had spun and flipped off the freeway down a steep embankment. The world was going dark and silent, and like water going down a drain I was headed straight to the tunnel as the truck was plowing straight into a tr...
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Lumbee Legacy: Welcome to the Crossroads of America
February 27, 2023
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Welcome to the Crossroads of America, where the future meets the past and the swamps of southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina hold the blood and history of America's first civil war, the Revolutionary War in the Colonial south. This land is where neighbor fought neighbor, patriot against Tory, traitor against loyalist, and whe...
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Into the Mandala
December 28, 2021
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Into the living mandala, wherever I go, I am the center, the middle of the wheel, around all of it spinning and each one I see, everywhere I see is also the center, you are the center, I am the center, there is no center and the center is everywhere.
Going out in the morning, breaking free from the warm embrace of my loving blankets, wonder awaits...
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The Garden of Composition
December 27, 2019
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Art is the interaction of many forces. This image is the result of the creativity of the sculptor. Of the landscape artist(s) who laid out the garden. Who formed the curves of the paths. Positioned the fences. Chose the plants. It is the result of every attempt ever made to visually represent what was seen so others could see it. From tracing lines...
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Walking in the rain with Monet in the garden
December 16, 2019
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Cold and wet, rain all day long, overcast and dark, what a lovely day to be in the garden. Creativity for me is a solitary pursuit. I seldom go out to take photos in nature with someone tagging along. I want to be alone with the living muse. A cold and rainy garden provides the perfect setting.
Although I am alone, I am not alone. Every piece of...
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Richard Mathis