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Clinton Weekly Motto from Great-Grandpa Gray


LATEST POSTS


  • def. of CREATE

    def. of CREATE

    28mm, f4.5, 1/1250, ISO200 | Hog Island, RI Most of my life I thought of the action to CREATE when referring to CREATIVITY had almost everything to do with art…drawing, clay sculpting, painting, crafts, etc…  It is SO much broader to me now.  The definition of CREATE in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary is: to bring…

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  • burst into bloom

    burst into bloom

    35mm, f1.8, 1/320, ISO100 | Dumbarton Oaks Conservancy   “Work with all your heart, because–I promise–if you show up for your work day after day after day after day, you just might get lucky enough some random morning to burst right into bloom.”  -Elizabeth Gilbert

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  • discomfort is the currency

    discomfort is the currency

    95mm (70-200mm lens), f2.8, 1/400, ISO400 | NSL, UT: Tunnel Springs Park When deciding between two or more things, ask yourself- “What moves you towards who you want to be?  Fear is not a reason to not do something.  Most of the things worth doing, we are going to be a little afraid of doing. …

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  • drew itself near

    drew itself near

    24mm (24-70mm lens), f2.8, 1/250, ISO6400 “Why would your creativity not love you?  It came to you, didn’t it?  It drew itself near.  It worked itself into you, asking for your attention and devotion.  It filled you with desire to make and do interesting things.  Creativity wanted a relationship with you.  That must be for…

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  • create a dream: QUILT MAKING

    create a dream: QUILT MAKING

    This is the first post in a series I will be sharing regularly.  I have recently become more aware of the power of creativity in a world filled with consumption.  Creativity is so much more than artwork & craft projects.  Creativity is anything that you are doing with deliberation and effort.  Creativity is found in:…

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  • truly SEE

    truly SEE

    top & bottom left: 35mm, f2.2, 1/400, ISO 2000 bottom right: 135mm, f3.5, 1/100, ISO 2000 | San Francisco, CA From one of my favorite photography books, TAO OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Philippe L. Gross & S.I. Shapiro- “SEEING, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions.  It means…

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