Inspiration from Paradise
Through the years, these images helped cement memories of specific times and places, but much more than that, they opened me up to different ways of viewing the world, both inner and outer. Connecting my “mind’s eye” memory with mental and emotional intersections enables me to bring my photography to another dimension.
Of late, I’ve had my camera trained on the breathtaking vistas and majestic wildlife of Paradise Valley, Montana, the rugged coastline south of Boston, as well as novel sights in foreign lands. And, I’m finding that these images are bringing passages and quotes to the surface of my mind. I often find these words give perfect expression to the emotions that the images evoke. Marrying the images with the quotes deepens their meaning and provides a fruitful starting point for my mediation and journaling.
Finding ways to connect creatively with our inner self, to explore resilience, grit, courage, empowerment, awe, and grace, strengthens us and allows for expanding our sense of self.
I’ve chosen to share them with you here so that they may do the same for you.
I encourage you to come back and visit this section often, as I’m feeling inspired to keep up this new endeavor.
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”
Melody Beattie
Paradise Valley, Montana Fall 2023
Photo by BJG
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”
Melody Beattie
Paradise Valley, Montana Fall 2023
Photo by BJG
“An attitude of gratitude bring great things”.
Yogi Bhajan
Tuileries Garden Paris, November 2023
Photo by BJG
“An attitude of gratitude bring great things”.
Yogi Bhajan
Tuileries Garden Paris, November 2023
Photo by BJG
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
Anthony Robbins
Mount Cowen, Fall 2023
Photo by BJG
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
Anthony Robbins
Mount Cowen, Fall 2023
Photo by BJG
“When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong”. Benjamin Hoff
Photo by BJG
“When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong”. Benjamin Hoff
Photo by BJG
“The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears”
Native American Proverb
Photo by BJG
“The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears”
Native American Proverb
Photo by BJG
“The same lesson will appear in different forms until you learn to respond differently”
Unknown
Aspens at Grizzly Creek Ranch
October 2023
Photo by BJG
“The same lesson will appear in different forms until you learn to respond differently”
Unknown
Aspens at Grizzly Creek Ranch
October 2023
Photo by BJG
oubaitori
(n) the idea that people like flowers, bloom in their own time and in their individual ways…..
oubaitori
(n) the idea that people like flowers, bloom in their own time and in their individual ways…..
“In quietness the soul expands”……
Rockwell Kent
Cohasset Harbor
June 2023
Photo by BJG
“In quietness the soul expands”……
Rockwell Kent
Cohasset Harbor
June 2023
Photo by BJG
“When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in”
Haruki Murakami
Paradise Valley, Montana
Photo by BJG
“When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in”
Haruki Murakami
Paradise Valley, Montana
Photo by BJG
“We can create a meditation home wherever we are”.
To quote Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Wherever You Go You Are There”.
Brandy Pond, Maine
June 2023
Photo by BJG
“We can create a meditation home wherever we are”.
To quote Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Wherever You Go You Are There”.
Brandy Pond, Maine
June 2023
Photo by BJG
“Grit, Gratitude, Grace….lead us to resilience”
Storm clouds over the coastline
June 2023
Photo BJG
“Grit, Gratitude, Grace….lead us to resilience”
Storm clouds over the coastline
June 2023
Photo BJG
“We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll become more awake in our lives”
South Africa game reserve April 2023 Dawn
Photo credit BJG
“We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll become more awake in our lives”
South Africa game reserve April 2023 Dawn
Photo credit BJG