Yes, the swamp is beautiful!

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That was not immediately clear to me when I first moved to Louisiana. In fact, I was pretty leery of the swamp. It seemed oppressive, with strange smells and spikey plants and strangling vines and danger underfoot–such a contrast to the cathedral-like forests of the Pennsylvania ridges I left behind to move here. But I have never been one to cower indoors for too long, so gradually I ventured out and began to explore, and gradually I came to appreciate the beauties of the swamp. It thus makes me very happy that some of my images of the swamp have…

From My Perspective

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The Virginia Beach Art Center is hosting its 6th Annual National “From My Perspective” Exhibition and I’m in it! I’m always a little amused at art exhibits with “From My Perspective” as a theme, because… if you understand art, every piece ever made is from someone’s perspective. I mean, we humans always must stand somewhere to view the world and where we stand always influences how and what we see. So, how do you narrow down what you’re going to submit? For this show, I looked for images that I thought especially and explicitly represented a particular point of view….