Keep Your Bowels Empty And Your Mind Full. Tragically, The Opposite Is True In Our Culture. Baby Onesie

low-lying vegetation in autumn, the mountain town of Cascade, Colorado
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(PERSONAL MANIFESTO) For me, photography is not a hobby or pastime. It is truly a passion, a way of life, and a calling. It is the sine qua non of my existence. I define passion as A FIRE THAT BURNS IN YOUR HEART AND GIVES MEANING, PURPOSE, AND DIRECTION TO YOUR LIFE. It is also a vision that no one can see but you. Through photography I communicate my feelings and depict how I see beauty. Nature photography affords me the opportunity to engage with landscape at profoundly emotional and intimate levels. To paraphrase the legendary photographer, Ansel Adams, when I look at the beauties and masterpieces of nature, I see something that is not...