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Departure

06 Thursday Aug 2020

Posted by stawastawa in Bemerkungen, Photography, Travels, Umgebung

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challenge, Collage, commitment, community, composite, difficulty, friends, integral, journey, life, nature, reflection, resistance, travel, words, writings

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A year ago I took the first ‘no return’ step to engage a different possibility of daily life.  That transit journey, and even the transitioning few days before, were challenging.  Fitting my life/support/precious objects into two bags and clearing my room for a stranger to live in while I would be away.  Planning transit while balancing time/comfort/curiosity/money/beauty/connection on the two day journey.

A year ago I walked out of the door with stage fright and anticipation settled sweetly into numbness; I was executing confidently the script we had planned.  And then not 10 minutes later, as I sat on the bus and smiled, that script crashed around me – I was two hours late in getting on a bus.

Here I was, in motion – on A path towards my destination and expansion.  Here I was, starting, and immediately challenged.  My plans, the script, completely dashed and needing to be changed.  A new numbness, a new terror, rose.  Phone calls, internet, friendly people, trust, and support did lead me onward and did get me there.  Several times though, I felt it was too much.  I wanted to turn around, collapse under my bags, cry out.  I hit my head – I did cry out.  A nice man smiled and we exchanged hellos.  I was yelled at and shooed away for trying to enjoy my breakfast on some grass.  I thought someone would steal my bag.  I rushed down sidewalks thinking I would miss the next bus, the next ferry.  I thought another bus was re-routed by construction and wouldn’t drop us off.  Fears, overwhelm.  Then dropping back and getting information and resource.

I am so grateful for the research I had done in the past, the options I knew existed. Grateful for welcoming arms that accepted me when I was scared and alone in a new place.  For moments of pause, including connection with other travelers.  For the encouragement and support – the naming of resistance – to help me settle and focus and trust the unfolding.  For the individuals I updated and who tracked me through the unfolding.  For the company that knew the final stretch, and followed my changing plans.  That shared apples and plums with me.  We were the last two onto the full ferry to our final destination.  We arrived with a box of bananas balanced on the overflowing car.

A year ago I returned to the woods.  I explored the woods to know my new place.  I selected a patch of mossy forest floor to hold me and my tent as a home for two months.  To contribute I asked questions and found (or was given) tasks: dishes, sweeping, deconstructing.  I met new people and we tried to figure each other out.  I followed the new people to strange new community resources.  I confirmed who I had been, and poked my head out of a new shell to discover who I might be.  Holding boundaries, letting some go, shifting others.

And I began to Dance.

I found people who were not needed, and yet were integral to my life.

thank you, to all of you whom I intersected in that time –
for 5 minutes, for weeks.

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Sharing Gifts

27 Friday Mar 2020

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attention, bread, focus, food, friendship, gifts, glow, goals, illumination, light, love, photography, poetic, skill, spoken word, talent, time, words, writings

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– Sharing gifts in this time –
Do you revisit old talents?  Routines?
continuing and revitalizing those skills you’ve  honed?
Or do you try anew?
Touching lightly, failing and focusing to try again.
Building learning and delighting in another way?

What is your focus today? Tomorrow? this week this month this now.

March (covid) 2020
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Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Audio, Bemerkungen, Day to Day, Northwest, Photography, Umgebung

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emerging

14 Friday Feb 2020

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c41, duplicating film, glow, illumination, light, nature, northwest, photography, poetic, rocks, stillness, waterfall, words

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Remembering I am forgetting…
reaching through and past what I hold dear,
hoping, trusting – feeling fear – as I seek to find what I have forgotten.
I am here. I am me, my my.  in here –  somewhere.

February 2020

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Northwest, Photography, Travels

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Reaching and Descending

29 Wednesday Jan 2020

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branches, descending, emerald green, forest, green, moss, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, photography, reaching, Tree, winter

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Winter’s depth, but snow gives way to rain.
Above – gray light bathes everything, filtering down with the rain
to make bright boughs glisten their emerald green.
Reaching and Descending

January 2020

 

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Northwest, Photography, Travels

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A Soft Light

30 Sunday Dec 2018

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c41, duplicating film, glow, illumination, light, nature, northwest, photography, rocks, stillness, waterfall

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Visiting a waterfall on a calm day; summer’s gone, fall is here.
End of day is earlier, and with it some light to bath in.

Fall 2018

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Northwest, Photography, Travels

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I Hope You Enjoyed Last Thursday

30 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by stawastawa in Day to Day, Northwest, Photography

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community, Events, photography, support

Marionette _ Last Thursday AlbertaIt was a busy night!  many people passing by and dancing, singing, and chatting with friends.  I hope you met someone new, were surprised, and found something you loved.

If you liked my photography and were looking for a particular image, Contact me here:
https://lifeofstawa.wordpress.com/contact/ .  Below are all the matted prints I have on handBelow are all the matted prints I have on hand.  Tell me a bit about the image you like and I will locate it for you.

If you want to see more of my work, then please take a look around!  Do also leave a few comments.  Thank YOU for visiting.

~nicholas
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Here are all the prints I brought to last thursday: Continue reading →

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Tiger Lily

25 Wednesday Jul 2018

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Flowers, lily, macro, orange, Oregon, photography, Poppy, Slide Film, summer, Tiger Lily, wildflowers

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A tiger lily from a recent hike in the gorge.  I hadn’t been back there since the eagle creek wildfire last year.  It was really nice to see the lush green of that waterfall filled landscape.  As well as thimbleberries, a smattering of wildflowers, and this late blooming tiger lily.

June 2018

 

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Poppy Red Pink Glowing

20 Wednesday Jun 2018

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Flowers, freelens, macro, Oregon, photography, Poppy, portland, summer

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Spring is well underway here in Portland – indeed now it is summer.
This from a colorful patch of poppies down the street,
after harvesting 12 pounds of strawberries and making pie.

June 2018

 

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Day to Day, Northwest, Photography, Umgebung

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Snowflake #15

02 Friday Mar 2018

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dancer, macro, Oregon, photography, poetic, portland, radiating dendrites, snowflake, symetrey, words

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Portland got a nice week of intermittent snow storms.
I got my macro gear setup to try and capture some of the little beauties.
They were hard to find and mostly melted, but this one lingered long enough to dance.

February 2018

 

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Day to Day, Flow Visualization, Northwest, Photography, Projects, Umgebung

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New York City Night Vibrations

15 Monday Jan 2018

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energy, exchange, flow, light, light painting, lights, New York City, night, NYC, NYC Light, photography, Skyline, transfer, Vibration

streaming pulsing
drawn in as a magnet
trapped vibrations infinite

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flows out/in

More in the vein: NYC Light

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Bemerkungen, Culture, East Coast, Flow Visualization, Photography, Projects, Travels, Umgebung

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Mom’s Advent Wreath / Mandala –

24 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by stawastawa in Culture, Day to Day, Photography, Projects, Umgebung

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Advent, candles, christmas, crafts, creativity, Design, deutsche, festive, flower pettels, german, herbs, kranz, mandala, tradition, wreath

This Year's Advent Wreath Mandala

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This year’s Advent wreath, which this year my mom made, in our usual tradition – from sand and the dry but bright color of flowers and herbs.

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Happy 4th of Advent.

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This Year's Advent Wreath Mandala
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Total Eclipse

24 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by stawastawa in Bemerkungen, Culture, Day to Day, Flow Visualization, Northwest, Photography, Projects, Travels, Umgebung, Uncategorized

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2017, arresting, awesome, corona, eclipse, energy, Full Moon, halting, intense, jagged, light, moon, new moon, Pitch dark, poetic, reflection, scattered, solar eclipse, sun, Total Solar Eclipse, unexpected, void, words

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Completely Unexpected
all prepared
Orb of light Pitch dark
suspended; below?
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Crimson Apple

14 Saturday Oct 2017

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Alberta Coop, apple, apples, basket, bright, crimson, Crimson Apple, dark background, food, fresh, fruit, harvest, light, Local, still life, three

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Complex, sweet, but in a fruity and cider like way.  A hard bite, not quite snappy, certainly not mushy.  Crimson.

And more: Acorn, Delicata, Gala, Crimson, Fuji

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Day to Day, Northwest, Photography, Umgebung, Uncategorized

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10 Tuesday Oct 2017

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fillaments, freelens, lichen, moss, nature, Texture

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filaments static seen.

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Day to Day, Photography, Umgebung

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Playing with kiwi

02 Monday Oct 2017

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Alberta Coop, bright, food, fresh, fruit, harvest, Kiwi, Kiwi Berry, light, Local, still life, wood

Top Kiwi

and lots more

Posted by stawastawa | Filed under Day to Day, Northwest, Photography, Umgebung, Uncategorized

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