Breaking Through is making the mind forget the past leave future lonely unneeded in thoughtless alleyways staying here the present time unstirred make kissing a good pastime every time listen to leaves rustle enjoy the bend in the lane the large standing stone that guards the gateway #poetry

It has to be a bit of misty woodland for my #ShareMondays2025 entry this week. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #woodland

📸 Albert Harlingue. Les moulins de la rue Lepic 1904. Paris 18e Montmartre

#blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #church #sunshine #trees #PhotographersOfBluesky

Complex Laura thought the world too large one constantly thought of the past a last view of her parents leaving on a crowded ferry she had loved too often Flavia Anaïs and now Kazu deeply she looked at her hands pale long fingers a flute and its music was all she could bring alive #poetry

Flowing through the streets of Dubrovnik 2025 #portraitphotography #streetphotography #artphoto #blueskyphotography #travelphotography #fineartphotography #colourphotography

BMW Bubble Car under the Southbank Centre London 1998 #blackandwhitephotography #fineartphotography #streetphotography #artphoto

Tower Bridge in the Fog 3.35am London England 1994 #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #landscapephotography #filmsnotdead

The Pharmacie Annecy France 2024 #streetphotography #travelphotography #colourphotography #francephotography

Found this 17th Century farm near in Cumbria last week. Date on the front is 1692. Not listed. Very modified. Changed doors and windows. New roof? No chimneys. I wonder if it’s owned by a water company as it’s close to Thirlmere.

autumn like all seasons breaks the heart leaves one sad on its arrival provides solace in a book summer gone its memories consisting of shorts tee-shirt heat difficult to bear fevered forgotten heatwave autumn a precursor to winter's long months less light days coloured in brown bracken #poetry

Good Morning Blue Skyers! You can always tell when fog shows up in #Oregon, that means FALL. I would say for myself, I am so excited for it's full arrival. #Stunday #ClassicMon #Beams #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem

📸 Kurt Otto-Wasow. Rue des Grands-Degrés 1950. Paris 5e automne

the rock extended a welcome to seaweed its ability to take hold when the waves covered gave it a permanence nothing else had its grip its gritty ability coping mechanism with salt somehow it fed eagerly flexing greater growth it seemed every time Kazu and Anais walked with care there #poetry

This is a tree that I have photographed many times, and I'm sure some of you will have seen it before. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite

Part of the Yorkshire Dales, Pendragon Castle Stands above the River Eden near Outhgill now a ruin. Legend links it to Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur, though the real castle rose in the 12th century. Its story is full of drama: Sir Hugh de

Early summer, and I wandered off the path, across the heather to get here. Looks like a favourite perch for birds. #infrared #photography #Stunday #scape #landscape

Another Autumn Bodiam Castle

The following day a blue sky perfect early sunshine on estuary mud tide out the few roofs shining shingle near the Iron Bridge grateful for this day's Autumn warmth resident heron standing a reed statue white house silent four faces in sleep lying together storm candles gutted #poetry

attention island #photography

Printmaking has often been employed in protest art. Printmaker Sue Coe for example often creates art on the subject of animal rights #,WomensArt

Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt

Placing all thought in a candle's light they looked at each other's faces and realized living in the white house together gave them something essential it was a lonely though beautiful setting the four of them had security the storm over had brought them closer together more perfectly

arrived home sky violent entered under hail a fusillade at windows as if panes would present no problem at being smashed a drumming on roof tiles persistent an apprentice to the storm piercing the rooms thunder followed lightning an outrage on Laura's silent book lying open on an armchair #poetry

📸 Brassaï. Les petits amoureux Années 1930. Paris

Power lines follow the edge of #TheRoad. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #ClassicMono #monochrome #infrared #trees

Headlands strapping outposts seaward long archipelagos strong hill forts Kazu and I sat dreaming on the very tip of one she held my top in her hands smelt my white neck removed my green apple coloured frames kissed my eyes l cried when she said we could never meet like this again #poetry

November Evening on the Southbank Embankment 1999 #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fineartphotography #streetphotography #landscapephotography #photography #artphoto #cityscape

Magdalen Bridge 4.35am in the Silence of the Fog Oxford England 1988 #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #landscapephotography #photography #darkroomphoto #bnwphotography #nightphotography

Battersea Power Station on a Misty Evening London England 2000 #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography #cityscapephotography #photography #landscapephotography #bnwphotography #blueskyphotography #nightphotography #analogphotography

For one moment I'd like to speak to you from my heart tell you how much all you do is appreciated following me, the reposts likes and conversations all my old friends from a nameless place who reconnected those that came to me on here this place this blue sky haven I send you my love #poetry

A still from a tiny movie I put together using the Pentax 17. 📷 Pentax 17 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23 #BelieveInFilm #filmphotography #hff

a lake with five of us watching red kites being fed they come from miles around that day there were four hundred the centre keep a daily count we went walking woodlands I held on to Anais by the hand inside tree cover she kissed me Flavia Clarice and Laura each recording her intentions #poetry

Haven’t been out with my camera for quite a while. This was taken earlier in the year in Cornwall. 📷 Pentax 17 🎞️ Ilford HP5 🧪 DDX #believeinfilm #filmphotography #HFF #halfframefriday

#blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #forest #sunlight #bokeh #PhotographersOfBluesky

#blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #countryside #horse #PhotographersOfBluesky

#blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #window #autumn #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited

Night’s Alchemy #photography

Imperfections - lens flare and a wonky angle - the consequences of using a very basic camera. Sometimes this works out just fine. An old jetty on the river. #landscape #scape #BWFri #ClassicMono #monochrome #photography #infrared

they talked about visiting the islands in the spring time and physical distance all seemed so faraway a mere interruption of a smooth horizon they sat on a pattern of yellow lichened rock Kazu suddenly fearful held Anais tightly she was assured doubtlessly they would visit the islands #poetry

Autism is not a problem to solve or a disease to cure. It’s a way of being and experiencing. When we embrace neurodiversity, we create a world where everyone belongs.

High Speed is an abstract by Kazu Kawasaki it was gifted to Laura Karlsen on her birthday May the 9th 2024 it hangs in a bedroom of the white house Laura gazes at it until sleep comes as a sudden shadow in a matter of seconds when the only light reflects off an estuary's pale moon #poetry

under dusk; provence LeicaM3/Jupiter-8 50mm f/2/HP5/Ilfosol3

Cloudless Skies. 9°C and a chilly start. Hares on the hillside.

La dansa dels arbres a la natura. #Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #EastCoastKin

Finestres que s'emmirallen en les aigües del riu al seu pas per Camprodon. #Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #Camprodon

For autistic girls, simply showing up can mean battling fear, panic, and exhaustion. What they need most isn’t punishment, it’s kindness, and understanding of the resilience they've already shown before the school day even begins.

the sky was a fortress of cloud and blue breaths they watched from the shore its massive its freshly painted architecture dwarfing outliers of darkened rock Clarice's arm was around Laura's shoulder as if protecting her from the sky's immensity they both felt a warmth take hold of the day #poetry

Escaliers de Montmartre. c.1960. Paris 18e France

First Frost Of The Season. 3°C at Thixendale. Sparrows.