Project Athena - Day 286 (Shadows)

If These Shadows Could Talk

A very warm spring day in Colorado and the restaurants are scrambling to find their outdoor sun umbrellas that have been stored away in winter sheds. My body was craving the sunlight so no umbrella was needed as I sat with my cold beer and let my mind wander. How many conversations have taken place over the years in these two empty seats. Humans connecting with each other, breathing the same air, sharing thoughts and opinions over a meal. Or sharing their silence.

Furniture Shadows on the Patio

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 18mm • F/22 • 1/900s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 285 (Shadows)

Selfie Balancing Act

Yes, that's me on top of a very tall and rickety slide. I wasn't scared until the wind started making it sway back and forth.

Shadow Selfie on Playground Slide

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 35mm • F/11 • 1/100s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 284 (Shadows)

Beware of the Dark Side

I wonder if certain paths to self-awareness don’t just lead to narcissism or arrogance? Even the great masters, real or fictional, all had to confront their dark sides at some point in their "careers." I've experienced self-awareness through self-indulgence as just another strategy for avoiding the deepest emotions and the result is inner fragmentation and derailment from the soul's true agenda.

“Yes, run! Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice. ”
— Yoda

Project Athena - Day 283 (Shadows)

A Day on the Senate Floor

Need I say more? Dinosaurs went extinct for a reason.

By the way, I did get a response to my letter to Senator Gardner. He said a whole lot of "blah blah blah" about how threatening Iran is to the entire world. There was no mention of the infamous "Letter to Iran" he signed and sent. If you have been following this story in the political news, you know the 48 "T-Wreckers" are all over the map with their explanation of why they attempted a blatant sabotage of the negotiations in the most delicate stages. The final outcome of this monumental fuck-up remains to be seen.

Maybe a terodactilo will have them all for lunch.

A Day on the U.S. Senate Floor

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 27.9mm • F/8 • 1/900s • ISO 400