Dark moods
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)
The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrar...
Jasper Johal posts
Memory, or dream?
She is too fair for any man
To see or hold his heart's delight,
Fairer than Queen or courtesan
Or moonlit water in the night.
Her little lips, more made to kiss
Than to cry bitter...
Love comes in through the eye
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.
Friendship
“And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.
And Al Mustafa answered, saying:
Your friend is your needs answered.
She is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
Beach Runner (photo essay with yoga teacher Jenni)
A day after moving to Venice Beach my neighbor came over and said, “You should go jogging at the beach. Run in the soft sand. It’s a great workout!”
So next morning I went jogging in th...
2021-08-30 14:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostMingle and flow
The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single
All things by a law divine<...
Lean on me
Lean on me,
when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
–– lyrics by singer songwr...
2021-08-26 05:18:04 +0000 UTC View PostFairy flight song
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve th...
2021-08-24 23:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostCome to me
Come to me in the silence of the night;
Come in the speaking silence of a dream;
Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright
As sunlight on a stream;
Come back in tears,
O memor...
Tempest
When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
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2021-08-21 19:59:54 +0000 UTC View PostPrayer dance
Mariah is a skilled yogi and dancer who loves to move free form to music. These images are from a shoot we did several years ago when she was visiting southern California.
2021-08-21 02:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostAerial Nudes
This is a follow up post to the previous aerial fashion post. These are some of the art nudes Crystal and I created after we had finished shooting the fitness clothing for a client.
Aerial Fashion
Shooting fitness clothes like leggings and sports tops was a staple part of my commercial photography in Los Angeles. Crystal came over to model some outfits for one such shoot. We decided to do al...
2021-08-21 00:54:52 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the veil
When you and I behind the veil are past,
Oh, but the long, long while the world shall last,
Which of our coming and departure heeds
As the sea’s self should heed a pebble-cast.
Nei...
2021-08-17 19:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostFriendship
“And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.<...
THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN
The beauty of a woman
isn’t in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries,
or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman
must be seen from in her eyes;
Because...
Yearning
I went out to the woods to-day
To hide away from you,
From you a thousand miles away—
But you came, too.
And yet the old dull thought would stay,
And all my heart benumb—
I...
A Prayer
Teach me, Father, how to go
Softly as the grasses grow;
Hush my soul to meet the shock
Of the wild world as a rock;
But my spirit, propt with power,
Make as simple as a flower.
Rising Flame
Shakespeare - Sonnet 45
The other two, slight air and purging fire,
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present-absent wit...
Ball player
Devon is a ballerina that I love shooting with. One time she came over with a ball and we did an entire session of her playing with it. When most people play with a ball there is nothing remarkable...
2021-08-16 01:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostLiquid metal
To balance my commercial photography work sometimes I shoot with friends just for the fun of it. Cali and I were playing around in the studio, seeing how many different ways we could shoot her body...
2021-08-15 21:08:13 +0000 UTC View PostMermaid
Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?
– poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson<...
2021-08-15 21:05:11 +0000 UTC View PostFriendship
Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
– poem by Emily Bronte 2021-08-15 21:02:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Yoga King Cobra pose - Raja Bhujangasana
“It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” – M. Williamson
YOGA - the king cobra pose is about opening our heart. Opening it to the light we are willing to receive. An...
2021-08-15 21:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostYoga Flow with Natasha
Natasha is a very sweet and unassuming yoga teacher from Santa Monica, California. A gymnast when she was young, she now teaches strong Vinyasa Flow yoga classes. Living in Southern California she ...
2021-07-27 18:46:31 +0000 UTC View PostCandlelight Dancer
I remember well, your flashing eyes
Soft and green as key lime pie
And how they filled with love
When you looked at me
And the shadows upon the wall, at night
As you danced for me by...
Bound together
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your ...
Eternal Summer
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
– Shakespe...
2021-07-19 04:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostLight as air
In the early 2000s I was visiting New York and a friend invited me to a dance performance. She refused to tell me anything in advance, so I could fully appreciate the surprise and wonder of the sho...
2021-07-19 04:28:58 +0000 UTC View Post