onethousandpics

Facing the storm: standing after life knocks you down

That little fireball I told you about a few posts back survived. Saved by a surgeon's knife and the titanium force of her will. Her body hammered by steel. Pull...

Sunset Swagger: dancing into night

I like the cut of your jib sunset. Your swagger toward night. The way you toss light across the ocean with your sway. And gather your clouds over the horizon. I...

Shifting the goal posts: changing the meaning of life goals

Life makes ghosts of us all. There is no other way out. In a world filled with self-serving and externally driven goals what are you leaving beind? What is your...

Circles of loss and love: prayers for a ball of fire

A few years back I was burnt out and washed up from looking after other people's kids when a little fireball danced into my life. She was feisty and formidable....

Finding Home: where are you from?

My dear friend Elinor has a fabulous conversation starter. She asks, "Where are you from?" She doesn't mean where where you born, not where you grew up nor wher...

Watching & Waiting: a dance into the setting sun

I have been more inclined to wait for my vision of an image of late. I used to settle for what life gave me. Now I bide my time, watch for the skies to do what ...

Crystal Ball Photography - Vivid Sydney: get intimate with 2 million of your closest friends

I regularly avoid Vivid Sydney - one of the largest light festivals on earth. The idea of battling with a hundred thousand odd folk in a single night for a look...

Sucked down the drainpipe: life and the death of creativity

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Sunset from the Cubicle #4: fairy floss skies and Sydney's Shit Buses

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Chasing the Muse: on writer's block

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Attacked by a Beagle and other heartbreaking arguments with reality

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Breenhold Gardens: finding pools of light in a photographer's paradise: NSW, Australia

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What if ... and ode to the beauty of being weak

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You Complete Me: on finding the other half of my rainbow and other absurd notions

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Letting in Light: on healing ancient history

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@onethousandpics/letting-in-light-on-the-forest-floor-on--2018-04-24-08-34-00) When she was very small the cool kids made her...

Dancing in the Street: life lessons from a homeless ray of sunshine

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@onethousandpics/dancing-in-the-street-life-lessons-from--2018-04-23-06-46-01) My home town is a rag tag collection of the ho...

Weaving Spells: the illusion of romance

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Wrack & Ruin: life's hard lessons in forced surrender

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Sunset from the Cubicle #3: candy clouds

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Eyes of an Eagle: being hunted in Outback Australia: Kinchenga National Park, NSW

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