In the top 1000 of NedStat.
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zaterdag, oktober 30, 2004
vrijdag, oktober 29, 2004
Gratitude
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If the world is enchanted, by definition it must have a voice, because a chant is made by a voice, and so for enchanted living we need to hear voices. Modern rationality blanches at the idea of taking 'voices' seriously, and we diagnose people who hear voices as emotionally disturbed or mentally ill. I've worked with several people who have heard voices and other sounds, but the truth is, I have too. Once in a while I will be lying in bed and suddenly hear my name called out sharply. I may wake up and wonder who is there. Occassionally in waking life I'll hear a voice or a sound, and I won't be able to tell whether the sound was physical or psychological.
"I need silence to hear the intuitions that pass by, like angels on their vaporous footpath, making soft, barely perceptible sounds. Rarely does a new idea come along orchestrated for trumpets. The vibraphone is a good instrument for the soul, or panpipes, or the Celtic harp. The most important sounds in a person's life may be so quiet that they are easily missed. In the noise of life you may not notice an invitation to a new career or a marriage, and you may be distracted when out of the air a message comes that a new home is waiting for you.
(from Re-Enchantment of Daily Life by Thomas Moore)
"I need silence to hear the intuitions that pass by, like angels on their vaporous footpath, making soft, barely perceptible sounds. Rarely does a new idea come along orchestrated for trumpets. The vibraphone is a good instrument for the soul, or panpipes, or the Celtic harp. The most important sounds in a person's life may be so quiet that they are easily missed. In the noise of life you may not notice an invitation to a new career or a marriage, and you may be distracted when out of the air a message comes that a new home is waiting for you.
(from Re-Enchantment of Daily Life by Thomas Moore)
zaterdag, oktober 23, 2004
Stijgend met stip ;) op nummer 300
My website is going up in the top 1000 of Ned Stat, now on number 300.
vrijdag, oktober 15, 2004
donderdag, oktober 07, 2004
An Exhibition of Drawings Celebrates Lennon at 64
It isn't a milestone anniversary, exactly; it doesn't end in zero or five. But John Lennon would have been 64 on Saturday.
woensdag, oktober 06, 2004
dinsdag, oktober 05, 2004
Zoom series about Dutch photographers
And I will publish my interview translated into English again for all my international readers.
Up till now I have only done free work, in the Netherlands as well as during travels abroad. I got interested in photography when I wanted to photograph my selfmade paintings. A friend advised me to get a Pentax, and for 250 guilders I bought a secondhand Pentax MG mirror reflex camera, with which I have shot all my material till now.
The goal of my photography is to show that there is much more beauty and mystery in nature than we would think so on the surface. That's why I make close ups. In that way I can look at reality much more intensely, ever on the look out for surprising, strange and mysterious forms and structures. I also pay a lot of attention to contrasts between light and dark. What fascinates me in sand, is its seemingly uniformity, its monochrome nature. It seems but one shade, one color, and that makes it extra susceptible for light and shadow effects. And the combination of sand and water which one finds at the beach, gives new possibilities continuously. I love the sea and the beach very much. Nowhere else in the Netherlands one finds such vastness and infinity.
You can look upon my close ups as a kind of aerial photography for near-sighted people. I love maps and the view of the earth from a plane. For me making close ups means a quest for images that emanate quietness, amidst our overcrowded visual world, and a certain mystery. I also love it when the images are abstract, but at the same time tell something in figurative forms. Whether I have tips for thematical photography? Photograph that which you love, that seems to be the most important thing.
Next to sand I like to photograph water, rain and mist, ice, stones, rocks, shadows and woodlands. All nature yes, but I also like advertising boards in foreign languages. Everything that emphasizes the mystery of life.The color red is very powerful and draws a lot of attention. I don't use it specifically, but I would use it in a subtile way. What I find beautiful is a red detail in a surrounding which is for the rest not so colorful. My photography is as pure as possible. I don't use flash light, only day light. I only use my Pentax and don't even own a telelense, for I like to keep it simple.
(published in Zoom Magazine, june 2004)
Up till now I have only done free work, in the Netherlands as well as during travels abroad. I got interested in photography when I wanted to photograph my selfmade paintings. A friend advised me to get a Pentax, and for 250 guilders I bought a secondhand Pentax MG mirror reflex camera, with which I have shot all my material till now.
The goal of my photography is to show that there is much more beauty and mystery in nature than we would think so on the surface. That's why I make close ups. In that way I can look at reality much more intensely, ever on the look out for surprising, strange and mysterious forms and structures. I also pay a lot of attention to contrasts between light and dark. What fascinates me in sand, is its seemingly uniformity, its monochrome nature. It seems but one shade, one color, and that makes it extra susceptible for light and shadow effects. And the combination of sand and water which one finds at the beach, gives new possibilities continuously. I love the sea and the beach very much. Nowhere else in the Netherlands one finds such vastness and infinity.
You can look upon my close ups as a kind of aerial photography for near-sighted people. I love maps and the view of the earth from a plane. For me making close ups means a quest for images that emanate quietness, amidst our overcrowded visual world, and a certain mystery. I also love it when the images are abstract, but at the same time tell something in figurative forms. Whether I have tips for thematical photography? Photograph that which you love, that seems to be the most important thing.
Next to sand I like to photograph water, rain and mist, ice, stones, rocks, shadows and woodlands. All nature yes, but I also like advertising boards in foreign languages. Everything that emphasizes the mystery of life.The color red is very powerful and draws a lot of attention. I don't use it specifically, but I would use it in a subtile way. What I find beautiful is a red detail in a surrounding which is for the rest not so colorful. My photography is as pure as possible. I don't use flash light, only day light. I only use my Pentax and don't even own a telelense, for I like to keep it simple.
(published in Zoom Magazine, june 2004)
maandag, oktober 04, 2004
Top 1000 Ned Stat
My website Photos & Flora van Stek is on number 268 today in the Top 1000 from NedStat. It was on 599 so it is going up rapidly.
vrijdag, oktober 01, 2004
Beyond Life's Changing Circumstances
A relaxing and soothing voice with an inspiring message. Click on the title to listen and let it give you inner peace.
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