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by Hedy Bach, fish, iPadArt, Matt Simons - Catch & Release (Deepend remix)

Onward to Onigashima chapter number

In abstract, Black and White Photography, Body, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Fotografia, iPhone photography, iPhoneography, minimalism, Mobile photography, Photography, Words of music on 2021/04/18 at 04:00

According to Buddha

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.

there’s a place i’m going
no one knows me
if i breathe real slowly
i let it out and let it in

it can be terrifying
to be slowly dying
also, clarifying
we end where we begin

so let it wash over me
i’m ready to lose my feet
take me off to the place where one reveals life’s mystery

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fish at the Granville Island Public Market ~ Vancouver BC ~ April 2021

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by Hedy Bach, crabapples, Joy Oladokun - look up, Squall

ZAZ hunchback number

In abstract, Art, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Conceptual photography, Flora, Fotografia, FujiX100V, iPhoneography, Minimal photography, Photography, Words of music on 2021/03/17 at 04:00

According to Buddha

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation.
Use it.

with all kinds of mystery
it’s a blank page for your poetry
if you let it be

look up
do you see the sunlight?

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crabapple squall wash day ~ leftovers from the 21-01-20 snow squall ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ March 2021

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A natural history of love - Diane Ackerman, by Hedy Bach, Message To Bears - Wake Me

Derek Bell’s ‘in car’ number

In abstract, Art, Books, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Conceptual photography, Emotion, Fotografia, iPhone photography, minimalism, Mobile photography, Photography, Words of music on 2021/02/14 at 04:00

According to Buddha

The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.

tha tha tha- oh oh oh oh oooh oh,
tha tha tha- oh oh oh oh oooh oh, (tha tha tha tha)
oh oh oh oh oooh oh, (tha tha tha tha tha)
oh oh oh oh oooh oh, (tha tha tha tha)
oh oh oh oh oooh oh

tha tha tha tha tha,
tha tha tha tha tha

wake me when i fall

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book + feathers + sun ~ yesterday ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2021

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Aurora Beach - Ice, by Hedy Bach, Deep Freeze festival, Photography

Sable, Shadow and Ice book collector number

In abstract, Art, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Documentary, FujiX100V, Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, Street photography, Words of music on 2021/02/07 at 04:00

According to Buddha

The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the inner voice.

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-30 a day ago Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fete ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2021

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by Hedy Bach, palm, Sufjan Stevens - All the Trees of the Field will clap their Hands, woods

The Oscar class project number

In abstract, Black and White Photography, Body, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Fotografia, FujiX100V, iPhoneography, Macro, Photowalking, Reflection, self study, Visual Narrative, Words of music on 2021/01/20 at 04:00

According to Buddha

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body.

if i am alive this time next year
will i have arrived in time to share?
and mine is about as good this far
and i’m still applied to what you are
and i am joining all my thoughts to you

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a day ago ~ trees + present self study #2 ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ January 2021

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by Hedy Bach, El Michels Affair - Can it All Be So Simple, Miquelon Lake, North Saskatchewan River

Minamoto no Kintada’s year of death

In abstract, Alberta landscapes, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Fotografia, FujiX100V, Landscape, minimalism, Photography, Words of music on 2021/01/17 at 04:00

According to Buddha

As we grow in our consciousness, there will be more compassion and more love, and then the barriers between people, between religions, between nations will begin to fall. Yes, we have to beat down the separateness.

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a day or so ago ~ Miquelon Lake + river ~ Etown ~ January 2021

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(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life Madeleine Peyroux, by Hedy Bach, self portrait, Women

A life shaped by god, gender and force of will number

In abstract, Body, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Feminisms, Fotografia, FujiX100V, iPhoneography, Photography, Street photography, Visual story telling, Words of music on 2021/01/13 at 04:00

According to Buddha

I’m just a small crack in the wall; the wall of patriarchy; on the wall of the hierarchy; on the wall of injustice. Soon there will be more cracks and someday the wall will fall.

maybe we do the right things
maybe we do the wrong
spending each day
wending our way along

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past + present self study #1 ~ a day or so ago ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ January 2021

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by Hedy Bach, Crows, Joni Mitchell - Black Crow, Winter

Eadred’s reigning year

In abstract, Architecture, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Fotografia, FujiX100V, Learning, Memories, Photography, Street photography, Words of music on 2021/01/10 at 04:00

According to Buddha

Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings.

feel like that black crow
flying
in a blue sky

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a day ago ~ Laurier Park and Bridge Walk ~ January 2021

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by Hedy Bach, Cindy Lee - Heavy Metal, fire, Mushrooms

Double factorial of 9

In abstract, Art, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Fotografia, iPhone photography, Learning, Photography, Story, Words of music on 2021/01/06 at 04:00

According to Buddha

In our culture we’ve been trained to make individual differences to stand out. You look at each person and think, ‘Brighter, dumber, older, younger, richer, poorer’ and we make all these dimensional distinctions, put them in categories and treat people that way. And we only see others as separate from ourselves. One of the dramatic characteristics of the psychedelic experience is being with another person and suddenly seeing the ways in which they are like you – not different from you.

when we were young
we would laugh so carefree
the pain would circle over me
heavy metal buried deep in my heart
heavy metal

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a day or so ago ~ outdoor fire ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ January 2021

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by Hedy Bach, Isobel Anderson - Feathers, peacock feathers

Tales of the Shameik number

In abstract, Buddhist philosophical concepts, Colour photography, Fotografia, iPhone photography, iPhoneography, Macro, Mobile photography, Photography, still life, Words of music on 2020/12/30 at 04:00

According to Buddha

Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously. Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win. Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks. One is all talk, the other only colour.