Love Eluded
Floating away
Recapture the heart
Eluded Love
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
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WDYS #237 – Love Eluded
Tag Archives: #art
Nurture Yourself – with Divine Oneness
Opportunity ©photography by Isadora DeLaVega
Artwork is personal. Whether you view a painting by the great masters in a museum or a painting in a gallery or art show, you feel a personal connection to it as you look at it.
My husband and I decided a very long time ago to refrain from purchasing gifts for any occasion. Instead, we felt that a piece of Art would be much more enjoyable for both of us. Over the course of years, we have purchased a great deal of Art.
The photograph of the above painting called ‘Opportunity’ was a Christmas gift we have enjoyed viewing every day.
We admire it. It reminds us every day that life is a challenge. Our journeys won’t always be smooth or without stumbles.
However, it’s in our ability to rise above disappointments and setbacks that we can overcome the struggles. Sometimes, in the darkness, there is light, but we are blinded by our disappointments and fail to see what could be right in front of us.
The moment I saw the painting, I knew it would be added to my Bucket List. It has not disappointed us.
The artist Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda creates works of Art with inspirational Symbolism. His style is unique and speaks to the viewer of various moments in life’s journey,
On his website, he writes: “From the vibrant energy of my ‘Inspirational Symbolism’ to the intricate optical play of ‘Perspectivism’, this space merges passion with canvas. Explore, enjoy, and uncover the layered interpretations within Art with a Purpose.©JuanSepulveda.
The meaning behind the painting:
In our journey through “LIFE,” we often encounter opportunities and disappointments. In this painting, a person appears defeated after a door closes in front of him. The disappointment of his recent loss has drained all his energy and prevented him from noticing the other opportunities available.
The painting intends to help the viewer realize that we are bound to find closed doors in our lives, but our perseverance will lead us to find other opportunities.©JuanSepulveda
Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda values his relationship with God. In his work, he portrays the struggles we encounter with inspirational meanings.
Life is not a straight and easy road along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages through which we must seek our way, lost, confused, and now and again blindly.
Some gifts you hold in your hand … some you hold in your heart.©Isadora DeLaVega
In Love and Light,
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
Namaste
I honor the place in you
in which the entire universe dwells.
I honor the place in you
which is of Love, and of Truth,
of Light and of Peace.
When you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me.
We are One.
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To view more of these wonderfully moving painting
or to purchase Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda art click here
Silent Sunday – Duck on the Lake
Michel Pepe – Serenite
Sunday Song – Love Me like a River Does
Love
if you have it,
you don’t need to have anything else.
If you don’t have it,
it doesn’t matter much what else you have.
©James M. Barre
Melody Gardot – Love Me Like A River Does
Wordless Wednesday – Warm Colors
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it. ©Confucious
2024Photography©IsadoraDeLaVega
Friday Fictioneers – Make Magic Happen
Granny’s greenhouse is in the distance and beyond the red barn.
She grew roses in every color. When you entered her cozy cottage, the sweet scent of roses was always in the air.
Her final resting place will be the rose garden.
She’d say, “Where else would I want to be?”
Roses create beautiful paintings when gathered and placed in a crystal vase—Mother Nature’s floral paintings.
The funeral was the way granny wanted.
I place the urn on a high shelf in the greenhouse.
I’m sure she’s looking down and saying, “Pick radiant, colorful blooms and make magic happen.”
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
Genre:Flash Fiction
Word Count: 100
Photo Prompt:©Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
To join Rochelle and her Friday Fictioneers challenge
Wordless Wednesday – From the Earth
Photograph: From the Earth 2024Photography by ©IsadoraDeLaVega
Autumn – A Will I must Obey
Autumn ©goggle image
Autumn is a beautiful time of year. The trees are changing from their summer clothes and donning various autumn-fall colors. Beautiful crimsons, golden yellows, mustards and cadmium, verdant grassy greens fading to blue and purple with each morning’s dew; a feast for our eyes to witness before the impending winter snows. It is a memory for me, as I don’t experience those changes here in my beloved Florida. Still, a walk near the shore at the beach on a balmy, windy day with peaceful ocean sounds has replaced those fall days left behind.
Autumn Leaves ©goggle image
Autumn: A Will I Must Obey
The green, green grass of summer
has changed to shades of brown,
And the smiling face of an autumn
is looking like a circus clown.
Crimson leaves and purple sunsets,
too, soon will fade away,
For nature and the seasons
know a will they must obey.
Grass isn’t green forever,
and nothing gold can stay,
But springtime follows winter
When the snow melts away.
2023©Isadora DeLaVega
Lens Artist Challenge #268 – Tell Us Why
May our hearts garden bloom with hundreds of flowers …
This week the Lens Artist challenge is to select up10 photo’s and write ‘Why’ they are our favorites …
The photo of the three orchid buds waiting to open is a favorite because it’s one in a series of orchid photographs I wanted to archive.
Orchid growing is a hobby I pursued when a friend gave me one for a birthday gift. I knew nothing about growing them. Apprehensive that my skills would be limited, I began photographing them. This photo was a surprise when I uploaded it to my computer. On the tip of the center bud is an ant drinking from a droplet of water. I never saw the ant. Photography is more than taking a photo … isn’t it?
The photograph above is of the open buds …
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Each flower is a soul seeking out nature …
Taking photographs of flowers in Black and White started a new technique for me shortly afterwards. I like the details that show up when there is no color. The gardenia flower above is from a bush I had in the front garden of my former home. Oh, how I miss the scent wafting through my living room window. Alas, I haven’t been able to grow another gardenia bush in my current home. But I have the photographs to remind me how lovely the blooms were.
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A flower would never think of competing with another …
I enjoy taking photographs of flowers as they wilt. As the flower begins its decline, there are many phases to watch. The color darkens while petals shrivel towards their demise. Each flower creates its unique pattern and palette.
Here is another example of a photograph with a pink rose that is changing as it wilts.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his picture.©Henry Ward Beecher
As an artist, I adore art. When I see something artistic, I want to photograph the painting, sculpture, or pottery. Elegantly Graceful, the title of the painting above, was on display on the cruise ship Celebrity Silhouette. A few years later, we took another cruise on the same ship. The painting was no longer being displayed. I was thrilled I had photographed it.
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Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.
We can’t be kind, merciful, generous or honest.©Maya Angelou
The two photographs above are of a sculpture commissioned by my husband for my 50th birthday. The artist is Richard Stagemeyer. The title ‘Breaking Free’ alludes to the transition I felt I was experiencing as I turned that number. The sculptor worked from several photographs and a live model, not me. Many of his works have been on display at the Ringling Museum. We were neighbors at an art show and became friends. Years later, we commissioned him to create this sculpture. I treasure this sculpture, and its special meaning.
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Any peaceful step even calming our own feelings and emotions
contributes to peace in the world.©Thich Nhat Hanh
Another photograph I’ve added is this bench in the midst of an oak tree festooned with spanish moss.. It’s a favorite because of the peaceful tranquility in the photo. I was fascinated by the tree because of the flow of the moss as the wind softly blew. This scene is on the grounds of the famous John and Mabel Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida.
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Sometimes sweet memories shine through the darkness …
My final selection for the challenge is a photograph I took when vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. We were taking a walk so I could capture some scenes around town. As I approached these arches, I stopped. I had gone to a high school that had a courtyard with arches. These reminded me of my school. Before I continued through the arches, I decided to snap a photo of them.
There was a dark brown door at the end of the long corridor. It was calling me. I did photograph the door, which had beautiful carvings. When I saw the photograph of the arches that night on my laptop I was struck by the fact that it showed depth perception.
Depth perception is the ability to perceive distance to objects in the world using the visual system and visual perception.©wikipedia
Ironically, I almost deleted the photograph of the arches because I hadn’t noticed the ATM machine when I clicked. The black box to the right is the ATM machine.
Sadly, I have reached my ten selections. It was challenging. I have had a difficult time choosing. Yes, photographs are like kids. You can’t pick just one.
Enjoy … Isadora 😎
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 268- Tell Us Why
This week our photo challenge is from Tina
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For future challenges follow one or all of these four moderators:
Week 1 – Patti
Week 2 – Ann-Christine
Week 3 – Amy
Week 4 – Tina
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