Tag Archives: Chaos

Making Pictures

Posted on May 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Probably the most important part of photography beyond having a camera and then taking photos as you luck into photos that just innately make sense to you as you click and shoot is how to compose those photos into that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Bread and Butter, Capture, Change, Chaos, Choose, Click and Shoot, Collaboration, Collection, Compose, Conception, Control, Day, Deception, Decision, Details, Difference, Distort, Distraction, Done, Dynamic Tension, Experimentation, Fascination, Focus, Formation, Frame, Game, Good, Image, Images, Information, Interesting, Keeper, Lame, Look, Make, Matter, Mean, Message, Moments, Naturally, Need, Off Center, One, Order, Particular, Pay Off, Perception, Perspective, Photograph, Photographer, Photography, Pictures, Poem, Poertry, Precision, Prod, Quality, Refraction, Rid, Roll of the Drums, Rule of Thirds, See, Shape, Sing, Split Seconds, Story, Subjective, Tale, Tell, Think, Whole, Work, Zing | Leave a comment

Depth of Field

Posted on April 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A photographer’s mind doodle: Depth of Field by Michael Doyle F-stops along the way Effect the sharpness of the day Owed all to the depth of field Is the clarity with which you yield Layers of composition Provide the focused … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambient Light, Bemuse, Big, Chaos, Clarity, Clutter, Composition, Depth of Field, Edge, Exclusion, Eyes, F-Stop, Focus, Frame, Hole, Image, Intrusion, Layers, Lens, Lyrical, Mutter, Mystical, Notes, Photo, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Shallow Depth, Sharpness, Shutter Speed, Soft Focus, Story, Tantalize, Tell, Tool, Touch, Wax | Leave a comment

Death and A Desert God

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further adventure in Egyptian myth. Death and A Desert God by Michael Doyle Without ambition, Horus would quietly assert That to kill a desert god, you must kill the desert To kill a desert, requires Ra, God of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Ambition, Appetite, Bay, Breath, Chaos, Conceal, Creation, Creator, Cruel, Dark, Death, Decay, Desert, Destiny, Destruction, Dreams, Drown, Edict, Egypt, Embrace, Equal, Fight, Flight, Glory, God, Height, Hell Hounds, Hopes, Horus, Journey, Kill, Light, Lord, Might, Mortal, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quest, Ra, Rot, Scarabs, Set, Shine, Stray, Sun, Uncertain, Water, Will | Leave a comment

Ode to the Bellisserian Family

Posted on February 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the midst of Second Life, there exists the community of Bellisseria . It is the inspiration and virtual child of one, Patch Linden, and maintained and developed by his “moles”. Those who live there are a unique bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Art, Beat, Bellisseria, Brothers, Burn, Candle, Chaos, Cloud, Community, Cozy, Dance, DJ, Dream, Drift, Faith, Family, Form, Fun, Game of Homes, Gentle Spirit, Gifts, Hallow, Harmony, Heart, Home, Humor, Inspiration, Joke, Lair, Library, Little Things, Love, Madness, Meaning, Mermaid, Moles, Moonlight, Naunce, Order, Paid Forward, Patch Linden, Patched, Path, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Rocks, Second Life, Selfless, Share, Side Street, Sisters, Slide, Soul Shift, Sound, Spill, Spirit, Splash, Start, Sublime, Time, Trappings, True, Underground, Vibration, Walk | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Difference Between A Balanced Republic and Democracy Is Like That Between Order and Chaos

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” – John Marshall

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Balance, Between, Chaos, Democracy, Difference, First Principles, John Marshall, Order, Republic | Leave a comment

In A Honeyed Land

Posted on July 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Every biome or space in nature or land has a particular carrying capacity for what can be taken from it without removing the stability found there. Also, for how much life and of what kinds it can support. But, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Beauty, Bee, Biome, Burden, Carrying Capacity, Chaos, Cultivate, Ecology, Explain, Family, Fram, Greed, Heart, Honey, Hurt, Inference, Interference, Intimacy, Isolate, Longevity, Macedonia, Macro, Micro, Misery, Money, Need, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sustain, Sustenance, Trouble, Voice Over Narration | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Art Is An Attempt To Bring Order Out of Chaos

Posted on July 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Art, Attempt, Bring, Chaos, Order, Stephen Sondheim, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Borne From the Violence

Posted on July 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

From the chaos that surrounds us, we find our way to the order that allows us to thrive. Borne From the Violence by Michael Romani Our world was borne from the violence Demanding from us, our best vigilance To duck … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Billions, Bliss, Bruise, Chaos, Collision, Connection, Duck and Roll, Dynamic, Empty, Focus, Forge, Ignorance, Lesson, Moment, Norm, Order, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recall, Space, Stand, Storm, Sublime, Surround, Tale, Unaware, Victory, Vigilence, Violence, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Gratitude Unlocks the Fullness of Life

Posted on July 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Acceptance, Chaos, Clarity, Confusion, Denial, Enough, Feast, Friend, Fullness, Gratitude, Home, House, Life, Meal, Melody Beattie, Order, Stranger, Thought For the Day, Unlock | Leave a comment

Transcendent Healing

Posted on June 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Isn’t it charming that so much of reaching inner connection is characterized as mindfulness when truly the path to reach the soul is to quiet that mind and breath in the soul. Don’t ask me yet to explain quite what … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Awareness, Bombard, Chaos, Charm, Connection, Control, Daily Shower, Devil, Disease, Equlibrium, Fight Or Flight, Grime, Heal, Inside, Journey, Light, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Morning To Night, Multiple Levels, Necessity, On the Go, Peace, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Purify, Reflection, Remediate, Reveal, Sensationalism, Shunt, Slow, Soul, Stress, Sympathetic Nervous System, Thought, Time, Toxic, Transcend, Yap | Leave a comment