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Not too long ago I found myself leaving out of a port on a ship. This is my impression from the back of the ship with the lights of Barbados in the distance and the full moon as it reflected on the ocean. Life should be like this, and from time to time it is. Moments like this are few and fleeting and I like to think that if I can capture the essence of a moment with an image, then I can go back to it from time to time.
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Last week I found myself at the Marigot market in Saint Martin (St. Maarten). It’s a beautiful little village by the sea and it wasn’t long before I bought some fresh coconut water and retreated to the shade to watch the world go by. Many of the stalls in the market sell colorful lightweight garments to go along with the climate. Outside of Amazon I’m not a very good shopper as I don’t have the patience to look for a good deal. I think also I get a little overwhelmed by choices and variety. So this is my impression of the market with all of it’s smells, sounds and colors that day. In any case, my wife is a very good shopper and she ended up with a dress not too different from the one on the right, at least that was my impression.
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This is another shot of a sunset in Sarasota Florida I got a couple of months back. For this and the other I was awestruck at the colors and it still ranks as the most beautiful sunset I’ve ever seen. I have this idea that if you squint, maybe things will look a little different. Well of course they will and I suppose it’s just a metaphor for changing my focus, seeing something in a different way. I think sometimes I squint with my mind, I try not to focus on the details of all going on around me. It’s not a matter of tuning things out so much as paying attention to other things that might be there. But then, the cat meows and I forget was thinking about.
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I could make something up about this but that just doesn’t seem right. The fact is I was walking back to my hotel and noticed this and, well, I’m influenced by Thomas Hawk and I think to myself, that’s a Thomas Hawk shot! So this is a Rick Schwartz pretending to be Thomas Hawk shot. And if you thought this is a lame bit of writing, or even a bit weird, that makes two of us. Just look at the photo and pretend you never read this.
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Living near the water as I do, my eyes are always drawn to boats at anchor just off shore. It evokes dreams of sailing amongst faraway islands, or just relaxing to the gentle rocking of the waves. But then, the light changes to green and I go about my day.
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Stanley Park, Vancouver British Columbia.
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This is somewhere outside of Kamloops British Columbia, but that’s just a guess. On a train through the Canadian Rockies, this was the scene outside my window upon waking the first morning out of Vancouver.
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In the end, it’s not the place or length of time, but the quality that matters most.
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Sarasota Florida. Sometimes the world looks better when I squint my eyes.
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Beauvert Lake is in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Quiet, serene, picturesque. The perfect place to get away, relax and rent a canoe.
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