Monthly Archives: October 2012

October week 4 – Orderly Disorder

Posted on 10/29/2012 by Stacy

In times of stress and frustration, as is the case for me at election time, I look for ways to find calm in chaos, hope in despair and empowerment in oppression. The images that I created this week I refer … Continue reading →

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October week 3 – Technicolor Dream Door

Posted on 10/23/2012 by Stacy

Doors:  in their cultural facades or minuscule details, we enjoy looking at them, photographing and painting them. Perhaps it is because it gives us both a sense of graphic beauty and mystery.  We wonder once they are open where they … Continue reading →

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October week 2 – A Post-card Thank You

Posted on 10/17/2012 by Stacy

I have said it before: photography for me is a form of visual spirituality.  Creating and then revisiting images are powerful means of meditation.  Of meditation, in her book “Crones Don’t Whine,” Jean Shinoda Bolen says: “Heartfulness and meditation come … Continue reading →

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October week 1 – Pagoda

Posted on 10/08/2012 by Stacy

At the edge of the water, below Strawberry Hill, at the east end of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, you find a picturesque pagoda.  This pavilion with its red columns and green roof glows when bathed in … Continue reading →

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September week 4 – The Earth as Canvas

Posted on 10/01/2012 by Stacy

One of the things I love about the artist Andy Goldsworthy is that nature seems to be both his canvas and palette.  Not to mention his creative playground.  It is with respect and gratitude to the earth that he uses … Continue reading →

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