"all my life i had been looking for something,
and everywhere i turned someone tried to tell me what it was.
i accepted their answers too,
and everywhere i turned someone tried to tell me what it was.
i accepted their answers too,
though they were often in contradiction and even
self-contradictory.
self-contradictory.
i was naïve.
i was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself
questions which i, and only i, could answer.
questions which i, and only i, could answer.
it took me a long time and much painful
boomeranging of my expectations to achieve
boomeranging of my expectations to achieve
a realization everyone else appears to have been
born with:
born with:
that i am nobody but myself."
~ralph ellison
"i am.
i said.
i am.
said i."
light + objects = shadows.
join us.
heading camping.
hope everyone (states side)
has a great 4th!!
be safe.
just BE.
robin.
You are!
ReplyDelete(Thanks for your early visit!)
SHADOW, BE TRUE
My shadow has come out to play.
Oh, shadow, please don’t run away!
Stay here by my side,
Pretend you’re my bride—
Be true to me now and alway!
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Shadows here and here
What a better place to be the 'I am' than with family in the great outdoors, let's enjoy it while we can and our freedoms still ring(sorta)in these troubling times. It is important to believe who you are, no one can take that away from you...you da man!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a safe holiday lil' sister and control that crazy Momma of yours(like minds)...very scary!!!Ha!!!
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We are unique individuals, the light and shadow may fall on all, but we interpret things as we will alone. An poem of truth, we must be true to ourselves first. The feet are a pair from one person - the view of one with, yet one apart from the herd...
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicate little shadow on your ankle! The quote made me burst into that old Neil Diamond song. Each of us is so individual. So especially ourselves,no? Have a good weekend Miss Robin.
ReplyDeleteI love it - the feet in your header shot and the ones in your shadow shot! They say a great deal! Have a wonderful day, Robin and a Happy 4th of July! Enjoy!
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oh this was a lovely sit with you Robin. and what a nice foot too. I frequently see foot photographs, but none as nice as yours. really. you ARE. happy SSS Robin, and have a grand weekend.
ReplyDelete"that i am no body but myself" - words to live by.
ReplyDeletelovely photo too :)
I'm so busy singing Neil Diamond (I love that song) I nearly forgot to say that I love the shadow shot!!
ReplyDeleteLove the firm sense of self value both in the photo and your words! Shadow and light are tuned to a balance! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou are loved for who you are. I moved to a new domain, and HERE is my entry. Hope you can visit and follow me too, thank you!
ReplyDeleteMy youngest daughter once told me, "Dad, you're never gonna find what you're looking for."
ReplyDeleteShe was talking to me about all the traveling I was doing at the time. Oh, I still travel, but I have more purpose now, and not just running away like I had done in the past. I became okay with it, and accepted... me.
I love the sharing you';ve done here, thankmyou. I hope you are having a great time camping.
Peace
"Be true to thine own self". Easy to say. Hard to do. A work of a lifetime, or sure! But, the closer we get to it, the better off we are! I love those toes!
ReplyDeleteVery good photography.
ReplyDeleteWow... sounds "I am" every lil words you said.
ReplyDeleteHappy SSS, Rob.
Greetings from a summery Stockholm,
/chie
These are shadows I would likely have missed. It's great to slow down and really see. :)
ReplyDeleteSweet shot! Hope you had a lovely weekend!!
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