December 29, 2011

December 29, 2011
Self – Portrait: FRAMED!
Old Lucketts Store

“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”
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December 28, 2011

December 28, 2011
Self – Portrait: Just for the sunset
Susquehanna River (PA)

“It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.”
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December 26, 2011

December 26, 2011
Self – Portrait: Boxing Day
Susquehanna River (PA)

“The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.”
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December 24, 2011

December 24, 2011
Self – Portrait: Xmas Eve Day in DC
In b/w the National Gallery of Art, East & West Buildings

“She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.”
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December 23, 2011

December 23, 2011
Self – Portrait: Panography
Corcoran Gallery of Art

"I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we are secure in our own soul."
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December 22, 2011

December 22, 2011
Self – Portrait: Reflective
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Potomac River

"Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline."
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December 21, 2011

December 21, 2011
Self – Portrait: Monument(al)
Presidents Park

"Big business is basic to the very life of this country; and yet many -perhaps most - Americans have a deep-seated fear and an emotional repugnance to it. Here is monumental contradiction."
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December 20, 2011

December 20, 2011
Self – Portrait: X-Process
Potomac River, Rosslyn skyline

“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.”
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December 19, 2011

December 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: Sunset skies
National Harbor, Potomac River

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
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December 18, 2011

December 18, 2011
Self – Portrait: Sunset love
Tidal Basin, Washington D.C.

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple..”
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December 17, 2011

December 17, 2011
Self – Portrait: Seawall sunset
Fort McHenry, Patapsco River

“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.”
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December 15, 2011

December 15, 2011
Self – Portrait: Queen Bee
Old Lucketts Store

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another step-pingstone to greatness.”
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December 13, 2011

December 13, 2011
Self – Portrait: Size matters?
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt.”
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December 11, 2011

December 11, 2011
Self – Portrait: Inside & upstairs
The Pennsylvania State Memorial (Gettysburg)

“He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.”
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December 8, 2011

December 8, 2011
Self – Portrait: Dark winter
7th & Madison, NW, Washington D.C.
Shutter - priority (30-second exposure)

“The year's in the wane; There is nothing adoring; the night has no eve, and the day has no morning; Cold winter gives warning!”
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December 7, 2011

December 7, 2011
Self – Portrait: Heady
Old Lucketts Store

“Style, like the human body, is specially beautiful when the veins are not prominent and the bones cannot be counted.”
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December 6, 2011

December 6, 2011
Self – Portrait: Live, laugh, love
Old Lucketts Store

“I accept life unconditionally. ... Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.”
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December 5, 2011

December 5, 2011
Self – Portrait: Mirror, Mirror
Old Lucketts Store

“It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own”
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December 3, 2011

December 3, 2011
Self – Portrait: Philly Stikman!
Cherry St & Broad St, Philadelphia, PA

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ~ William Shakespeare
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December 2, 2011

December 2, 2011
Self – Portrait: Sunset happiness
Tidal Basin, Washington D.C.

“Happiness, happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.”
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