Tag Archives: Stacy Boorn

March Week 4 – Nature’s Palyful Patterns – Our Blessings!

This past week my mind’s eye and melodic heart-beats were collaborating in capturing patterns. Although nature was my canvas the use of various photographic and post-processing techniques provided me with multiple ways to present what I felt rather than what … Continue reading

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March Week 3 – A Mystical Moment on the Mustard Path

Myth says the mustard was planted by California missionaries as they walked from mission to mission  dropping mustard seeds. They knew that, on the next years’ journey when the path was overgrown with grass and vegetation, the yellow of the … Continue reading

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March Week 2 – Cherry Blossoms and the Tree of Life

For as long as I can remember the cherry blossoms in Golden Gate Park came and went many weeks before the festival in Japantown.  That will probably be the case again this year since the trees are right now swinging … Continue reading

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March Week 1 – capturing the power of gentleness

The deer, ever gentle and graceful, beckon us into the wilderness of our hearts to learn the art of offering kindness to all living things.  At least that was the message I was hoping to capture in the portrait of … Continue reading

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February week 4 – Snapshot and/or Fine Art, whose moment?

Pink showed off her amazing vocal talents during her performance at the Academy Awards when she sang “Over the Rainbow.”  During the performance colorized clips of Dorothy from Kansas were artfully projected.  The 34-year-old singer paid tribute to Judy Garland … Continue reading

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February Week 3 – Transitions in the forest and each of us!

Walking into the redwoods in Mt. Tamalpias State Park always proves to be a sensual experience: the feel of the soft-needled floor of the forest, the smell of the bay leaves, the sounds of silence interrupted by the call of … Continue reading

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February Week 2 – Orange on the Water (and in it!)

I expected that red would be the color that would dominate my thoughts during the second week of February.  Valentine hearts and huge firecrackers for the Chinese Lunar New Years were just two of the mid-month reds seen exploding everywhere.  … Continue reading

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February week 1 – Hildegard and the Greening Power

Finally we have seen rain on the dry and water-barren lands of central and northern California.  Winter, normally a time of greening, looked like it was never coming-round-the-bend.  But the past few weeks have changed the course a slight little … Continue reading

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January week 5 – Seeing Red (and Pink)!

In the last post I suggested that you think of a color and then focus on it for the week. Sometimes the color just comes to me, and the fifth week of January was about seeing red.  Maybe it was … Continue reading

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Wall Sized Wonder inspires Home Town Captures – Jan wk 4

David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition, was on view at the deYoung Museum through January 20th.  Hockney, perhaps the most influential and best-known British artist of his generation, assembled this show exclusively for the deYoung.  More than 300 works were shown … Continue reading

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