Tag Archives: Stacy Boorn

January weeks 1 – 3: Surf into the New Year

Chris Powers, in Cool Waves, introduces us to the work of some of the best surfing images and their makers.  I can’t compete with them, unwilling as I am to jump into the water, but I still enjoy tracking and … Continue reading

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December week 1 – First Light Tribute to Creative Freedom

The interplay between lines, curves and light is the basic ingredient for photography.  One of my favorite locations to work these elements into an engaging composition is San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts.  Dawn is a good time to begin … Continue reading

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November week 2 – Are you for the birds?

Bird photographers will often sit in blinds for hours or days and travel to faraway places where migratory birds gather by the thousands.  Their payoffs for such intentional hard work are prize winning images worthy of Audubon recognition.  Often they … Continue reading

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October week 4 – Rediscovering Art on the Vine

It’s not exactly a pilgrimage or healing quest.  But every fall it seems I am driven by spirit to return to the vineyards. My favorite time is post harvesting.  In August and September the grape clusters disappear from the vines … Continue reading

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Journey to Alaska – Post 5 – Frozen in Motion

You know the old saying that “nothing is guaranteed/consistent/unchanging except for change itself.”  When thinking of dramatic changes in the vast landscape and web of life in Alaska the words motion and migration come to my mind.  The ever-daunting glaciers … Continue reading

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Journey to Alaska – Post 4

When the grand vistas are not visible you can always focus in on the small details, and they can be just as magnificent.  That is exactly what I had to do on my foray into Denali National Park which began … Continue reading

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Journey to Alaska – Post 3

In Native American Medicine traditions it is said the Bear is the keeper of the dream time, and she stores the teachings of dreams until the dreamer wakes up to them.  Many tribes have called this space of inner-knowing the … Continue reading

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Journey to Alaska – Post 1

 I think John Denver was right when he sang about the sight of eagles flying: such a sight makes our lives full, rich and blessed.  The size of their wing span and their silent gliding is magnificent.  I would love … Continue reading

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June Week 1 – Colorfest on the Coastline

One of my favorite chants constantly on my lips and in my heart begins with the words “O Great Spirit, Earth, Sun, Sky and Sea.  You are inside and all around me.”    In particular these words resonate within my being … Continue reading

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March week 1 – Are we seeing white yet?

One-petaled white flowers filled the sanctuary of the church.  Single thick stems reaching two to three feet heavenward with arrowhead shaped leaves were jam-packed into pots, vases and aluminum foil holders.  It was as if they were standing at attention … Continue reading

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