Today is the past. This moment belongs to the ancestors. Now is the sepia moment; and a thousand years from now many will look back and call this age vintage. © zaji, 2016
Category: photo
complex simplicity
As my plane flew over Cuba, bound for Jamaica, I began to feel the pull of a long ago home, one that remembered me more than I could remember it. I landed on over 4,000 square miles of fragile paradise, not knowing what to expect. But I was on the soil of my first home….
dream with me
i want to dream with you in technicolor let our minds intertwine as we write stories in our sleep state dream with me we will create worlds
remembering honey
it was the summer of 2010. i looked out at the Melbourne ocean. i was remembering Jamaica and small white stones under bare feet. i remember someone fetching water down by the road side water pump, jackfruit and sugar cane growing along the way. was it my grandmother or uncle? was it Papa, my grandfather,…
winter days in vermont
It was cold in Vermont. A week long stay felt like months of winter. Minus temperatures. Flash snow storms. Ice patches. Frozen ears and fingers in a matter of two minutes. It is a much more bearable state in the summer. At this time of the year Vermont should be avoided by those (this would…
sun through glass
Today I cleaned windows and wondered about the rays of the sun that passed through them. I thought about sun rays slightly changing their form as they passed through glass, a thing virtually undetectable but almost felt. I thought about the warmth on my skin and what the sun means to our existence. We are…
reaching the finish line
Photo Challenge: Achievement – Have you just run 26.2 miles, finished a long-term project, or met a personal goal? This week, show us an achievement. It may seem small to some, but reading four books in three weeks for class is no small feat. On top of that, completing a three to four page annotation…
let there be light
light. it’s beautiful. particularly when it shines through various mediums that enhance its beauty. this lamp shade is a beautiful medium for light. the yellow-orange hue is soothing. let us celebrate light this week.
the simple life
Photo Challenge: Minimalist http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/minimalist
living water
Everything contains water to some degree. In this image, water has wrapped itself around my ankles, as though attempting to contain me. In a strange way, I wanted to be contained. I consider water to be a living entity. In our first months of life we are enveloped in this entity, water, floating around inside…
refraction: light passing through life
Through light we see life Through life we see illusions that dance inside our dreams Through our dreams we live what was Through our illusions we live what could be Light envelopes reality Light sees life and continues Light sees life and unfolds Light reveals Light… ….reveals http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/refraction