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last updated 06/23/08
Abstract Series #1 / 2006
October 7, 2007
The art of capturing a great image with a camera lies in the subject matter and the eye behind the camera.
The eye behind this camera is Jon...and his images provoke a series of responses when I view them...at one moment stark and raw...the other words that come to mind are transcendent especially when he turns his lens on his beautiful wife Amy...he invites the viewer into a very intimate space unabashedly...and in doing so he creates a visceral response within the viewer, not a cerebral one...and in doing so he creates ephemoral imagery that transcends mere photography.
In a world that celebrates perfect air brushed imagery...I applaud the strength of character and
artistic vision of Jon not to be bowed by this "affectation of humanity" and present his images
unfettered, unbound...and totally real.
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The Blue Wall Of Silence / 2003
By Cherie Carter-Scott
1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate
it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a
full-time informal school called, "life."
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a
process of trial, error, and experimentation. The
"failed" experiments are as much a part of the process
as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A
lesson will be presented to you in various forms until
you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can
go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of
life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're
alive, that means there are still lessons to be
learned.
6. "There" is no better a place than "here." When your
"there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain
another "there" that will again look better than
"here."
7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot
love or hate something about another person unless it
reflects to you something you love or hate about
yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have
all the tools and resources you need. What you do with
them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's
questions lie within you. All you need to do is look,
listen, and trust.
10. You will forget all this.
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Four Rules We Live By
Try Very Hard To Do No Harm To Anyone Intentionally.
Treat Your Neighbor Like You Would Want To Be Treated.
Pay It Forward.
Teach That Love Is Passion, And Learn That Love Is Surrender.
In A Moment of BlindPassion,
The Experience Elicited An Epiphany.
And Then You Surrendered To Your Passions.
Now, You Are Forever Beyond The Box,
In Search of Creating New Ways Of Expressing Yourself.
In the Beginning there was nothing.
One trillionth of one trillionth of a second later, you could hold the entire galaxy in the palm of your hand.
In the first 3 minutes after the Big Bang, 98 percent of everything we know to exist - time, space, matter, and gravity - was created.
The Universe is about 13.7 billion years old. The Earth is about 3.6 billion years old.
There are 100 billion stars in our Galaxy. And there are 100 billion Galaxies.
The geological record proves Man was not on Earth at the same time as the Dinosaurs.
Within our space in the Universe scientists believe there are eight to 12 other Universes vibrating at different frequencies just beyond our sensory range creating a Multi-verse.
If it were not for 800 years of the Dark Ages, we would be colonizing outer space by now.
It seems silly to assume that we on this Earth are the only living creatures in this Multi-verse.
An old Chinese proverb says, "Keep the sheep in a field with no fence, and only the crazies, and artists will drift beyond the horizon.
The Jesuits used to say, "Get them while they're young, and you've got them for life".
We know, whoever controls our stories, and controls our sexuality - controls us.
Given our place in the Universe, it seems even sillier that we have created rules that divide us from each other; not to mention belief systems that prevent us from being in touch with ourselves.
But then separation is the nature of power and control, especially in an environment of diminishing resources.
Just because we can do a thing, does not mean we should do a thing.
Just because an act is not illegal, but is nevertheless unethical, does not mean it should be accepted as permissible.
Victory is sometimes found in surrender. Love is not a power struggle. It is a mutual balance. An ebb and flow among partners.
Science, Sex, Art, and Religion should work in tandem to further our search for pattern recognition, to bring us all closer together, not thrust us further apart.
We should learn to pay it forward. Create, and stop living off the buying and selling of others.
Because predatory capitalism makes more enemies, not more friends.
And always try to do no harm.
Superiority is more often than not, just an acute sign of insecurity.
Then, perhaps we would better know ourselves, know each other, and our place in the Multi-verse - perhaps, even after death long after the Universes have dissipated into nothingness.
Every Thing Feminine / 2007
Life, Beauty And Light / 2006
about me
We are an intelligent, professional, creative New York City couple, who have been happily married for 22 years - together for 27 - with one wonderful son in college.
We love diversity. We learn from it. It adds to our creativity, intelligence and uniqueness.
We tend to be attracted to the beautiful, the intelligent, the caregivers, creatives, professionals, and those, who are down to earth, who are just a lot of fun.
Wading In The Water / 2008
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