What Makes this Photo So Fascinating?
What makes a photograph great? What draws us to look again and again? What is it we see that fascinates …
Category Archives: Culture
The Insatiable Eye – Sontag on Photography
In her book of essays On Photography, Susan Sontag speaks of the “insatiability of the photographing eye” in our image-obsessed …
Life through a Lens, What We Gain & Lose, Redux
How much of our lives do we view through a narrow lens, whether through the lens of a camera, our …
Italy’s Amalfi Coast, Beckoningly Unreal
John Steinbeck once wrote that the Amalfi coast “isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after …
Time-Traveling Through the Streets of Pompeii
One of my favorite stops during my travels last summer was visiting the ancient ruins of Pompeii, a sprawling city buried …
Three to Share: Beauty, Art, Place
I love discovering new blogs that inspire me and want to share three, among many, that I discovered this past …
O Holy Night, Images Sacred & Sublime
Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to “O Holy Night“, one of my …
Steeling Myself for Tomorrow: The Day After the Election
Recently, in a morbid mood, I told my husband that if the Democrats do not win back the House I …
This Moment Is Too Important to Sit Out
I’ve tried my best to steer clear of politics on this blog. I spent too many years in the trenches …
Inside the Holy Grove of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
Stepping inside La Sagrada Familia cathedral is like walking into an enchanted forest. Your gaze goes and up and up, …
