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Photo prompt round-up: Dusk #writephoto

* Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds … Continue reading

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Bestings … Stuart France

* There is no better than… Just be the best you can. …Jack… Source: Stuart France

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Honouring Sanctity… Stuart France

* And so, the mighty bend low before the Saint? The misery of his meagre apparel, the antithesis of all they strive for. And yet, is there not something of power in renunciation? What is it that moves behind those … Continue reading

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Primitive Minds… Stuart France

* “We will never know what they thought, what they were trying to achieve.” But we still have sun sets and sun rises… Participate in only a few of these and it becomes pretty clear that there is something missing … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Dusk #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Between #writephoto

* Caught between the poles Necessity and desire A war of the heart Perception and beauty veiled Lost to warring emotions * Peaceful acceptance Opens possibility Discarding blinkers Peripheral vision gains Golden horizons open * The photo for this week’s … Continue reading

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Into the All… Stuart France

* One, is All… Two, the realisation that One is All… Three, the balance of it… Four, the establishment of it… Five, its central essence… Continue reading at Stuart France

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The Count… Stuart France

* Without belief in a beyond, There can be no thresholds… Jack Black Source: Stuart France

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The Human Soul… Stuart France

* …No mere forest this, but a jungle! Foolish to venture in alone. Trackless… One would be eaten alive. Far safer to mount an expedition. An advertisement should suffice. Continue reading at Stuart France

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Ettie 1983… Stuart France

* No rock – no base But just an all-consuming-Hell Or – empty space. * This special grace – this Earth Where every grain of sand Its special stamp Its necessary place. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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