Day 65: Picture Positive

Horizon

"There's another horizon out there, one more horizon that you have to make for yourself and let other people discover it, and someone else will take it further on, you know."

--Gordon Parks 

Day 64: Picture Positive

Make My Mark

"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere."

--Barack Obama

Day 63: Picture Positive

More than Words

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."

--Swami Vivekananda

Day 62: Picture Positive

Joy Swirls

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

--George Anderson

Day 61: Picture Positive

Fan Fare

"Share our similarities, celebrate our differences."

--M. Scott Peck

Day 60: Picture Positive

Wild and Different

"Spontaneity is the quality of being able to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of trusting your instincts, of taking yourself by surprise and snatching from the clutches of your well-organized routine, a bit of unscheduled plea."

--Anonymous

Because of him -Benoit Mandelbrot

I am a fractal artist because of Benoit Mandelbrot. See him in action/discussion at TED.

Day 59: Picture Positive

Doing Everything



"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."

--Margaret Thatcher

Day 58: Picture Positive

Simply Marvelous

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

--Aristotle

Day 57: Picture Positive

Love at the End of Storms

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
--Helen Keller

Day 56: Picture Positive

Rich and Savory

"You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you've lost them forever."

--Wayne Dyer

Day 55: Picture Positive

A Sunshine Life

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

--Louisa May Alcott

Day 54: Picture Positive

Floating

"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."

--Zhuangzi

Day 53: Picture Positive

Compass

"Your innner knowing is your only true compass."

--Joy Page

Day 52: Picture Positive

Deep End

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

--T.S. Eliot

Day 51: Picture Positive

Got to Reach Higher

"One extends one’s limits only by exceeding them."

--M. Scott Peck

Day 50: Picture Positive

Fear in the Face

"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing."

--Anonymous

Woot! Woot! I can't believe it's the 50th day of Picture Positive. When I embarked on this task for myself, I didn't have a timeframe in mind. I thought after 21 days I would be good and positive and that would be the end. However, Picture Positive has pushed me beyond my limits. The first limit was 21 days, but the next was 30.  Around day 28, I was asked to keep going. In my head, I was like "Really? How can I?" So much for positive thinking- huh? Then my big girl self said "You can do it! Go for it! Be bigger than you ever thought you could!" So, I decided that I would make Picture Positive a year-long project. I looked fear in the face and told it to back off. So, that's why I'm here at Day 50. 

 Thank you for all that have joined me on this journey. I hope to share these works and messages to inspire others. Whatever fears you may have, just stare it down until it's as meek as a mouse. Go ahead and be BIG and BOLD.

Day 49: Picture Positive

Miracles in the Making

"I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see."

--Peggy Noonan

Day 48: Picture Positive

Tree of Life

"Alone with myself the trees bend to caress me.The shade hugs my heart."

--Candy Polgar



Day 47: Picture Positive

Bottle of Goodness

"Joy is increased by spreading it to others."

--Robert Murray McCheyne

Day 46: Picture Positive

Still Developing

"The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live."

--Mortimer Adler

Day 45: Picture Positive

Quite Unique

"Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel. "

--Melissa Etheridge

Day 44: Picture Positive

Bumps Along the Way

"See every difficulty as a challenge, a stepping stone, and never be defeated by anything or anyone."

--Eileen Caddy

Day 43: Picture Positive

Peace in the Middle of Doubt

"When your mind is tranquil, all your ill-thoughts will cease."

--Anonymous

Day 42: Picture Positive

Oh Wonderful

"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."

--Patanjali quote

Day 41: Picture Positive

Coming Out of My Shell

"I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems."

--Anonymous

Day 40: Picture Positive

Claiming Your Power

"No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change."

--Barbara de Angelis

Day 39: Picture Positive

Good Times

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.  This makes it hard to plan the day."

--Elwyn Brooks White

Day 38: Picture Positive

Options

"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise."

--Robert Fritz

Day 37: Picture Positive

What a Surprise

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do."

--Henry Ford

Day 36: Picture Positive

Making My Presence Known

"Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze?  A teardrop in the falling rain?  Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves?  Or been kissed by a lone snowflake?  Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place."

--Carrie Latet