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What can I say, I love New York City! The city taught me so much about life which I will never get anywhere else. Alicia Keys was spot on with her lyrics in Empire State of Mind (Part II):

If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say
...
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York!

I LOVE NEW YORK!

Taken on a sunny and a little humid July 4th. The cloud streaks looked like a palm over the Manhattan skyline. Talking about God bless the country just in time for its anniversary.

On a frigid new year day of 2009, I went to the nearby church by the north shore of Long Island. There's this lone tree in front of the church which has a shape like no other, and it always challenges me how to frame it to tell a story about survival in the most compelling way. I want the picture to say that we all can be bent, molded, and shaped by our adversaries; but as long as we're not uprooted, we'll grow old, stronger, wiser, and eventually go out in style like the beautiful sunset.