“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” -Henry David Thoreau
Category Archives: Poetry and Photography
Photography Musings: Simplicity Creates Freedom
A while ago while writing the 4 month update post for the “Living in a Tiny Home” series, I was reviewing the previous posts and came across this passage that I felt moved to share:
” …. Thomas and Lillian have a more difficult time letting go and releasing “stuff”. I choose to see this as a learning experience for all of us. I do not require that they get rid of things. I simply ask. If they say “no”, we keep it.
However, I model for them getting rid of things. I let them witness me doing it. They don’t always say no. In fact, they surprise me sometimes by saying yes, when I thought they’d say the opposite. They ask me to take a picture of it and then they let it go … “
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Beautiful Hidden Beach – Lake Tahoe July 2013
Blessings,
Camilla
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Wonderfully exciting news! My 10 year old son, Thomas Darnell‘s, book, Biggest Little Photographer has arrived! You can learn more and order here.
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Photography Musings: My Soul Is All But Out Of Me
O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide gray skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with color! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, world! I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all
But never knew I this,
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart. Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year.
My soul is all but out of me – Let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
This photo is available to purchase as a color engineer print. Here’s a description from the printing company:
Phone photos blown up big take on a dreamy lofi look that we just can’t get enough of. So we’re printing them up huge, on lightweight matte paper that’s a cinch to hang.
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Can be hung on wood poster rails, or something like this cool magnetic poster board hanger, or any other creative idea you have.
Cost is $55 which includes shipping. Use this PayPal link to place your order. You are welcome to mail a check if you prefer that method: PO Box 19812, Reno, NV 89511.
Or choose a high quality smaller print mounted on single weight mat board. It will either be 8X8 or 11X14.
Cost is $30 which includes shipping. Use this PayPal link to place your order. You are welcome to mail a check if you prefer that method: PO Box 19812, Reno, NV 89511.
Blessings,
Camilla
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Wonderfully exciting news! We’ve completed the first book trailer for my 10 year old son’s, Thomas Darnell, upcoming book, Biggest Little Photographer. You can learn more and pre-order here.
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Photography Musings: Share Your Peace
“If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.” -Thomas Merton
Blessings,
Camilla
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Did you know I wrote a book? It’s titled “D iz for Different – One Woman’s Journey to Acceptance” and you can read more about it here.
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Fragrance of Lilac – Rock Art
The Fragrance of Lilac
The fragrance you release is light, colorful, and full of joy.
I stand next to you
I lean in closer
I gently wrap my hand around you
I pull you close
I breathe in and am transported to the heavens within us both.
I smile.
I slowly release you and pull away.
And I saunter away remembering and knowing.
Your fragrance, my fragrance.
We are both love. ~Camilla Downs May 2016
Poem handwritten and displayed on recycled materials, decorated with recycled materials and ready to hang. This one is sold, yet, my intuition is to make a few more. We’ll see how it feels after that. If you’d like to know when more are available, comment here or email to camilladowns @ gmail . com .
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Camilla
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Photography Musings: Good Actions
“Certain are the blessings growing out of your good actions.” -Buddha
This tree lives in Salt Lake City at Temple Square (7.2015)
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Camilla
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The Journey – Rock Art
The Journey
A persons journey is never the same as another
With twists and turns and roads less traveled
Smooth at times, bumpy at others.
We begin this journey from our common home
And we travel to far away distant lands
In search of something we think we’ve lost
Only to realize that it was never really lost.
It was simply buried beneath ideas we assumed as our own
And buried beneath beliefs that soaked deep into our cells.
So we each travel our own journey home
And although our journeys are unique
Our destination is the same.
Ultimately, we all reach the destination
A destination reached at different times for each person.
We are welcomed to a home we never really departed
Welcomed into love’s embrace. ~Camilla Downs 2016
Poem handwritten and displayed on recycled materials, decorated with recycled materials and ready to hang.
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Camilla
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Photography Musings: This is a Wonderful Day
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” -Mayo Angelou
(Sand Harbor – Lake Tahoe 2014)
Blessings,
Camilla
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Photography Musings: Let Your Soul Fly Into the Mystic
“Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic” -Van Morrison … Rock my gypsy soul!
“Into the Mystic” gives me yummy good goose bumps. Here’s hoping they spread to YOU! (https://youtu.be/
Picture from Geiger Grade Lookout Reno, Nevada – 2014
Blessings,
Camilla
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Photography Musings: Love This World
“I am in love with this world.” ~Me
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Camilla
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