1.15.10 A Jewel

I fell in love with this one from the first moment. It just seems to me like a precious jewel, like something so special that demands to be frame by itself.

1.11.10 a forest

An ancient forest in a far, far away land...

1.10.10 entangle

Entangled sticks, meant to be together by some magic power of destiny. Different kinds of sticks, that found their fate to be here in my wall. I don't know yet what they could mean, but i'm sure it will come. I found myself looking at a different part of it every time, like small pieces of history that i am discovering over and over.

1.8.10 Fallen & Forgotten

The simplest things in life, often the ignored ones are usually the significant ones. Sticks, fallen branches, left to be forgotten and stepped on, their fate... to reunite again with the earth and the soil to once again by the miracle of nature come back some day...

My mission: somehow give them life again, not by the miracle of nature of course but by my own hands.

1.7.10 from inside out

I really love how the perspective of things can be shift around...

I picked up these at the national arboretum, don't quite know what those little dry thingys are..

the beautiful and smooth stones are a courtesy of Matt Hollis, thanks Matt i love all of them!

So, my idea was to go from small to big, from being a small part of a tree to being the tree itself

1.6.10 What lies beyond....

At this point i would love to think i know what i'm doing, but really, i don't... all of these ideas are coming to me like an unexpected storm. So, here i am, i found myself looking at all those stones and sticks and whatever, and i wonder.... where will this go...?

For now, i'll just keep on going, i'll just keep on materializing my crazy ideas, the question is: will the sticks stay stick together...?

1.5.10 Collecting..

Im collecting precious stones, precious not for their price but for their meaning. i'm collecting pieces of the world, i'm collecting little pieces of somebody and someplace else... then i make it my own.

1.4.10 Stones and Sticks

I'm experimenting with different possibilities, different designs. The combination of stones and sticks is one of my favorite. I'm still using that wood material as a base. I've been also making different kinds of frames, made of bigger sticks. for now i will keep on using this soft wood, is really easy to work on and to cut. I really like these two pieces, to me they say a lot, they have a personal meaning, the connection of the two of them, once they shared the same forrest, and now reunited by fate they share the same ground again.

1.3.10 A Statement.

Nature's own way to make a very important statement. The idea of this guy came to me as like giving life to a powerful statement of something, like he is ready to say something important, but i don't quite know what it is... It really felt great to give him legs so he could stand by himself.

Organic sculptures project.

This is stage one of my new project i have been working on. For a long time i've been trying to come up with ideas of organic long lasting mini sculptures. For these mini sculptures i have used dry little pieces of fallen branches and little stones. I am so lucky to live in a city that has lots of parks and places where i can take wonderful walks and also gather some of my organic supplies. I have been exploring different options for the frames, for now i think i will keep using this soft wood material. I am so exited about this new project!!

How to make love stay...

"When the mystery of the connection goes, love goes. It's that simple. This suggests that it isn't love that is so important to us but the mystery itself. The love connection may be merely a device to put us in contact with the mystery, and we long for love to last so that the ecstacy of being near the mystery will last. It is contrary to the nature of mystery to stand still. Yet it's always there, somewhere, a world on the other side of the mirror (or the Camel pack), a promise in the next pair of eyes that smile at us. We glimpse it when we stand still.
The romance of new love, the romance of solitude, the romance of objecthood, the romance of ancient pyramids and distant stars are means of making contact with the mystery. When it comes to perpetuating it, however, I got no advice. But I can and will remind you of two of the most important facts I know:
1. Everything is part of it.
2. It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

Tom Robbins, Still life with woodpecker.

Autumn is just passing by

Leaves are falling all around, autumn is here just passing by...

rusty yellow and red leaves that awake my mind..

same sky different lives...

In my way to find the river man

Nick Drake, River Man

Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves

Said she hadn’t heard the news
Hadn’t had the time to choose
A way to lose
But she believes

Gonna see the river man
Gonna tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
And all night shows
In summertime

Betty said she prayed today
For the sky to blow away
Or maybe stay
She wasn’t sure

For when she thought of summer rain
Calling for her mind again
She lost the pain
And stayed for more

Gonna to see the river man
Gonna to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don’t suppose
It’s meant for me

Oh, how they come and go

Messengers from another realm

Flowers play an essential part of the evolution of consciousness.. I've found that flowers have the power to change the energy of a space.. make everything more beautiful, like Buddha did; just stare at a flower... one will find awakening and open a door to liberation...

Fearless..

A life lived on fear is a life full of regret, but how to be fearless.... According to the teachings of Shambhala, the sacred path of the warrior, one needs to find fear, and embrace it.... then you can go beyond fear. As we own fear we also own fearlessness... Just came to my mind how fire is a great example of fearlessness..... Fire just is, it is without fear...

 

Branches...

My love for naked branches against the sky grows every day more.... 

A cold winter night at the national mall

Some of the best moments in my life i've lived them with these three wonderful people, the most important people in my life, my family. These shoots were taken this winter on their last visit, wonderful holidays.... I love the colors of the sunset... 

The Underworld

Lately i have been fascinated with caverns.... In the past couple months i have visit two of the greatest caverns in The Shenandoah valley. These are some of the thousand pictures i took in Luray caverns. It is another world down there...

It is all about awareness...

Sometimes is good to stop and feel the world going by, by being in the now. As the name of my post... it is all about awareness, it is all about how you, i, and  everybody see the world, how we all see reality... Being aware of the seconds, and the minutes going by; being aware of our very own perception of reality. I have found this to be the very first step of human consciousness evolution... 

Awareness of our environment, of nature.. that is why i find so fascinating the art of capturing beautiful moments thru pictures.

These were taking at the national mall in a late summer day..

Surreal Sunrises...

I love, love these ones, these were taking during summer when the sunrises are longer. We have the special guest appearance of Sean and Taro, they actually make great models....