Notre Dame de La Rue: Paris, France

Over the years, the famous Notre Dame of Paris has been captured at many different angles. There are various bridges spanning the length of the Seine throughout Paris – each offering their own unique advantage of composition. My most popular Notre Dame depiction was taken while floating upon the Seine, not at all uncanny. In this particular instance, however, I explored the “less pretty side,” viewing the Notre Dame from the streets of Paris on a very dreary and unabated rainy day.

L’éthique du Travail: Midwest United States

This midwestern farmer is hard at work, cutting tree limbs down to size in order to suit his purposes. The photograph was altered to appear to match the desired tone – one of a subdued, tranquil nature.

Vitraux de Litteau: Stained Glass of Europe

Le Pigeonnier and manor are situated in a little Normandie town called Litteau. Within this sparse, countryside community, is founded a church with beautiful stained glass. This particular piece, however, is not of a particularly cheery disposition, depicting the act of presumably Christian martyrdom.

Pétales Blancs: Monet’s Garden

Outreaching anthers accumulated around petals of unmitigated white and robust stalk. Anon, another intricate, unknown beauty of Giverny, reminiscent of "La Fleur Inconnue Rose."

In less contrived terms, this photograph depicts a fantastic white flower which I have little knowledge of – limited to the fact that it is grown in Monet’s garden, which is located in Giverny, France. It’s about time I searched for an expert on botany…

Parisian Architecture at the National Music Academy

Le Academie Nationale de Musique est une belle œuvre de l'architecture - the National Academy of Music in Paris is, like many of the buildings around it, an exquisite architectural specimen - laced with gold borders, nostalgic figures, and other such artistic wonders. Paris is an astounding city from first glance, and entering into the city, aside from some of the more modern buildings (such as the airport, of course... and all the cars and motorbikes), one may feel as if they have stepped back in time.

Caisleán: The Castle of the Pond

This is one of the most beautiful captures I made in Ireland and with which I must have had my quality settings aright (contrarily, when I did not, my photographs required graphics editing, whereas this composition needed no tampering). Ireland is a truly fantastic country, and it is no wonder why such a number of renowned poets and artists emerged therein.

Publishing Efforts (& photo): And now… we wait!

Waiting for food...

Writing is one of my favorite pastimes (if you haven’t read the About Me page yet), albeit the action of finishing a particular work always seems to be substantially more gratifying than the process of creating (this is not to say the process of creating is lacking in enjoyability). This may be due to the fact that particular roadblocks may present themselves during the work, such as the infamous Writer’s Block.

Debatably better is the act of publishing (excluding the path of finding a publisher) which takes one’s work and distributes it for the enjoyment / enlightenment of others. Key are these final statements: enjoyment and enlightenment.

Reading is a fantastic means of entertainment, yet it may also prove to be an effective means of teaching. One of my greatest aspirations (aside from my life’s goal) is to devise a novel which will change the life of its reader, I dare say my 400 Years of Silencestory, when at its fruition, may do

I have often come to a standstill in my writings, or even before the writing has begun, when an idea is simply in its infancy. You may note I have a curious description for my 400 Years of Silence (Play): "It started with a simple project, then as God's hand became manifest, the story unfolded." By this I refer to the process by which the story came into being. One day, desiring to write a play of Biblical significance, I sat down at the computer with my outline sheet and opened the Word processor. Then, calling to remembrance my purpose, I said a simple prayer, asking God to give me words that would bring Him glory, or else to take them away so that I could not write. When I began typing, it was a quick process, and I found the play was devised before an hour's time. When I came to improve upon the story later, I found myself at a lack of words with which to write. Then I prayed again and what was to be written followed suit.

just that. However, that is dependent upon future events, and at the very moment, it is quite inapplicable.

In relation to this, today I submitted three separate manuscripts for publishing. One was my 400 Years of Silence (Play & Short Story), the second being its gratis counterpart, solely the short story. Last of all is the annotated version of my War at Our Doorstep six-hundred word short story, all of which will be elaborated upon at a later date.

The stories in their current state are available here, the updated versions should be hitting markets sometime next this weekend.

Climbing the Peak: Surreal Twist

Among the Colorado mountains grand, lies this tiny little peak, overseeing prime grounds for picnicking. The photograph was taken in Colorado, then graphically altered with Mac's Preview Application and GIMP.

Statues des Anciennes Civilisations: Photos from Rouen

Saint Matthias is one of the many "ancient" statues which inhabit the cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen. Within the scope of my graphics experiments, I altered this photograph to give it an appropriate appearance of age and a general "classical disposition." (Mac's Preview Application)

Le Grand Palais: The Wonders of Paris

This building was originally featured on this blog in the photograph "Floating Along the Seine." Le Grand Palais "is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées (Wikipedia)." Beautifully ornate statues are placed throughout the grounds of the complex, and one may even take a stroll along the Alexandre III Bridge which encompasses its frontal perimeter above the Seine, (and is portrayed in this photograph). It is one of the many wonders of Paris and may be suitably viewed from one of the numerous tour-guide boats which occupy the river.