Wilderness Moon

Wilderness Moon, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
— John Muir

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North Island Vista

North Island Vista, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road-- Only wakes upon the sea.

Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada más; caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar."
— Antonio Machado (Campos de Castilla)

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Obscured By The Dreaming Sky

Obscured By The Dreaming Sky, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"The truth was obscure,
Too profound and too pure,
To live it you had to explode"
— Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan- Where Are You Tonight? Blackbushe Camberley, England 7/15/78

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Transfixed By The Light

Transfixed By The Light, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"To the lost, transfixed among the self-inflicted ruins,
All that is non-air (if this indeed is not deception)
Is agony immobilized. While Time,
The endless idiot, runs screaming round the world."
— Carson McCullers

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Just Another Cloudage Daydream

Just Another Cloudage Daydream, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

A summer crisp with shining woods.
And I too dream'd, until at last
Across my fancy, brooding warm,
The reflex of a legend past,
And loosely settled into form.

From The Day Dream by Alfred Lord Tennyson ("Prologue" II, lines 1-5)

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Primeval

Primeval, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

New Zealand's Central Plateau and Mt Ngauruhoe - Mt Doom in the LOTR movies - is such a primeval landscape...

The Magic of Memory #4 - photomontage of elements from three shots

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Admiring The Dreaming Moon

Admiring The Dreaming Moon, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams.
World-losers and world-forsakers,
Upon whom the pale moon gleams;
Yet we are the movers and shakers,
Of the world forever, it seems."
— Arthur O'Shaughnessy

The Magic of Memory #3 - photomontage of elements from four shots

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