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June 2011

I'm...cutting back, retreating from flickr. *sigh* I just looked up and saw I had accumulated over 600 contact; the vast bulk of whom I have had NO contact. jeez...what's the point.

In any event, life is altered in subtle ways and one's path is changed ever so slightly. so it goes, my dear flickr friends.

O, i'll continue to post..and i just want to change my focus...i became much too obsessed with particular bits of my being. oddly, there is soo much more to this existence than my belly button. ;-)



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March 2011

I'm feeling so much stronger...Monday, March 21st marks two years since triple bypass surgery. Still fiddling with the f/u meds but have been able to eliminate one -- and OMG! what a difference. It's like a veil has been lifted...i feel sharper mentally (and believe me, i need all the help my dense skull can take) as well as physically. Running is no longer a chore, a task to be endured. It has regained it status as a joyful thing.

What else...well, i am discovering that i am somewhat of a paradox. I began this journey on flickr to find out about me. I wanted to explore how my body looked in photos; how other might perceive me. My body image had always been poor -- blame it of going thru the fat/husky stage in the middle school years. so imagine my delight & surprise when many responded positively.

It also manifested itself in the exploration of raw sexuality as well as soft sensuality. Some images may be too intense for some folk's tastes. I understand; many days, i see images on flickr i find to be too much. yet, i understand that each of us are different; each have their own inner drives, desires & daemons with which to contend. And so I try to judge them too harshly.

No two journey's are alike. we cross paths, intersect & bisect one another's reality. Often passing thru like neutrinos, leaving no mark or evidence of our passing; occasionally we leave a mark, less frequently, it is permanent.

Given the limited amount of time alloted to any & all of us, be mindful of that time as you look around here. Be joyful that we can share our moments.


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October 2010

Pablo Picasso once said, ::Youth has No Age::
Word to live by, I think...

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September 2010

As I approach the autumn of my life I continue to revel in the lovely & most-times generous spirit of we humans. O my, yes, we have our off days. and I marvel at the varied magnificence of the human form. For my small part I will continue to explore -- my own form and those of fellow flickrites. You know, this knowledge that I am in the final third of my life it is freeing -- it has allowed me to let go of 35 years of concerns, worries and limitations. Once more I can let my mind travel the neural pathways I'd left in my early 20s -- to wonder on the nature of the cosmos, its vastness, its cold beauty or the wonder of life and its reach. Is life really limited to this Earth or is there an orgy of living creatures throughout to be found outside our current abilities to physically grasp...

Juvenile to think this way? Absolutely -- and it makes me smile like skinny dipping on a hot July day.

October 6, 2009

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September 1, 2008

Celebrating 53 years on our Blue Planet.

The words below are from a local boy who had done remarkable well at the Beijing Olympics. It is funny, sometimes as we grow older, our responsibilities make us forget that we are still alive. And if we want to remain alive we must dream.

So, kudos to you, Mr. Phelps, and thanks for this small reminder that to dream, is perchance, to live.

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

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August 15, 2008

Well, crap! I REALLY REALLY don't like the block thing, but after being added as someones contact/friend/family and then going to their photo stream to see what they might have to share AND not having access to said stream FAR too many times, I've decided to block the non-sharing blockheads.

*sigh*

Hey, but I am big on second chances -- if you find yourself blocked and you decide you'd like to play nicely in the big flickr sandbox, drop me an email -- smoothstones8 at yahoo dot com -- and I will be only too happy to remove the block.

Come on, now, let's all play nice.

J
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June 1, 2008

Please be kind to one another -- do we really need to block folk?
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Well, welcome to 2008!

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

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i came across this quote and, well, thought it to be quite interesting. it speaks to the many persona's that exist within each of us...

"I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies."

11/5/07 - this is a visual media -- i like that, but...i like words too. so. i'll be posting some of my attempts at prose along with an appropriate image, at least what i feel to be appropriate. please, have a read...and, leave a comment. i'd be delighted if you would.

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11/4/07 - not sure why anyone might want to, nevertheless, these are my photos and are not to be copied. Thank you.

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9/24/07 - Update

52 y/o male. athletic. occasionally spiritual. a deep desire to connect with people. ...and willing to share a cuppa coffee with someone any time of the day or night.


if you like, please visit my yahoo 360 profile. i blog a bit, write the occasional bit of poetry - some good, some not so good.

words are something i do ok with; images, well, this is new, and i'd like to explore it a bit. i anticipate adding photos and most will be self portraits. again, looking to see if what feel like on the inside translate into how i look like on the outside. we shall see...

360.yahoo.com/smoothstones8

o, and please, i would enjoy any and all comments - here as well as on my 360 page.

my age used to show up on flickr but not now; i cannot figure out how...so it goes.

btw, married with kids.

this has become a wonderful outlet to explore not only my view of myself but the whole wide world of visual images. some are soft, others unyielding. many flush with color and many washed in black and white...processed and unadulterated...all are intriguing

thanks for stopping by...



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