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<body> <h1> | visual meanderings by vt fine art photography</h1> <h2>visual meanderings by vt fine art photography</h2> <div>visual meanderings by vt fine art photography, a photography site showcasing fine art photography, architectural, macros, street scene, portraits, landscapes such as the Grand Canyon, captured images of found objects, as well as abstracts "painted" using the camera. vt photography is based in Los Angeles, California</div> <span class="links"><a href="/index.html" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Home</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><strong><a href="/portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#444">Portfolio</font></a></strong></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=1" target="_top"><font color="#989898">About My Vision</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=2" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Leave a Comment</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=3" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Poetry</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Published Work</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=5" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Would love to hear from you</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=6" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Kudos</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=7" target="_top"><font color="#989898">Licensing/Purchasing</font></a></span> <div> <style>  </style> <div class="encloser contentSpan" > <h1> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161149981.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /><br /> </em></span></h1> <h1> <strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>hold this </em><span style="font-style: italic;">moment for me<br /> </span></span></span></strong></h1> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">let me soar in its sky of wonder<br /> let me swim in its ocean of love<br /> let me walk down its path of truth<br /> and if forever is in this moment<br /> then hold forever for me<br /> even if for just a moment<br /> </span></em></span></strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <h1> <span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161150007.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /><br /> </span></em></strong></span></h1> <h1> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">embracing the shadow of light<br /> </span></em></strong></span></h1> <p> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">as i walk through the gardens of my life<br /> i see these tiny, dazzling orbs<br /> dancing in the shadow of light<br /> they beckon and i give in<br /> with naked feet i join them in the dance<br /> tip-toeing along the edges<br /> of this floral landscape<br /> swirling, spinning, leaping<br /> then i sit breathless<br /> embracing the shadow of light<br /> until it's time to dance once again</span></span></em></strong></p> <p> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><br /> <br /> </span></span></em></strong></p> <p> <img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161224291.jpg" style="width: 333px; height: 400px;" /></p> <div> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><i id="yui_3_1_0_1_12898101804771201"><b id="yui_3_1_0_1_12898101804771200">gently and ever so quietly</b></i><i><b><br /> spring tiptoes into my soul</b></i><br /> </span></span></div> <p> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><i><b>there are times when i get lost<br /> in the deep shadows of winter<br /> where cold and dark days<br /> seem to have endless beginnings<br /> where tears come unannounced<br /> and i can't help but long for winter's end to begin<br /> then without warning<br /> waves of colors and light<br /> start kissing my bleary eyes<br /> and my almost frozen cheeks<br /> gently and ever so quietly<br /> spring tiptoes into my soul<br /> nudging a smile to break free<br /> from my frost bitten lips<br /> now i know that the coldness<br /> and the darkness, and the shadows<br /> of the winter past are no more</b></i><br /> </span></span></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <h1> <span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161150040.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></span></em></strong></span></h1> <h1> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">hopes of what i will be</span></em></strong><br /> </span></h1> <p> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">often enough i find myself<br /> in unexpected places<br /> at unexpected times<br /> and i know that at such times<br /> and in all those places<br /> i will have nothing to leave but<br /> memories of what i have been<br /> symbols of what i am<br /> and hopes of what i will be<br /> would you dare to take<br /> would you care to keep<br /> those memories<br /> those symbols<br /> those hopes<br /> no matter the time<br /> no matter the place</span></span></em></strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161150572.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></span></span></em></strong></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">fishers, dreamers and lightcatchers<br /> </span></strong></em></span></p> <p> <em><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">i too am a fisher, a dreamer and a lightcatcher<br /> fishing for new wonders<br /> dreaming of new adventures<br /> catching the light to make me see<br /> that new wonders are within simple moments<br /> ready to be reeled in<br /> and new adventures are within a hair's breadth of my familiar world<br /> ready to be lived out</span></span></strong></em></p> <p>  </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161155188.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></span></p> <div> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b><i>step by lonely step i move on<br /> to where i can find a place to be</i></b><br /> </span></span></div> <p> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b><i>i glance over my shoulder<br /> and in my mind i see you<br /> walking behind me<br /> i hear you calling out my name<br /> shouting "wait for me"<br /> and in that brief moment of imagining<br /> a smile breaks free from my heart</i></b><br /> </span></span></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <i id="yui_3_1_0_1_12854504446851255"><b id="yui_3_1_0_1_12854504446851254"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161164174.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></b></i></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><i><b>a fresh beginning</b></i><br /> </span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><i><b>this withered leaf<br /> shimmered in the<br /> afternoon sun<br /> it glowed against<br /> a cloudless blue sky<br /> and i thought<br /> what a fitting image<br /> to herald the new year<br /> time to say goodbye<br /> to a hundred maybes<br /> to come to terms with<br /> the countless whys<br /> to face undaunted<br /> the many i don't knows<br /> of the year past<br /> to live<br /> not without doubts<br /> nor questionings<br /> nor fears<br /> but with love big enough<br /> and faith strong enough<br /> to conquer them all</b></i><br /> </span></span></p> <p>  </p> <pre> <span style="font-size: 20px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> <img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161188805.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 267px;" /> <span style="font-size: 18px;">isn't it amazing how a tiny,</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> imperfect blade of grass can hold a universe of wonder</span></strong></em></span> </span></pre> <p> <em><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">as i was savoring the stillness<br /> of the early hours of the day<br /> i knelt before this<br /> minuscule water droplet<br /> bathed in the morning light<br /> i looked at it as closely as i could<br /> and to my amazement i saw<br /> how the universe encased<br /> within its iridescent walls<br /> had suddenly become<br /> as malleable as my imagination<br /> it was a moment when<br /> i realized i was looking at something<br /> in the grandeur of its smallness</span></span></strong></em></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <em><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><img alt="" src="/users/VirginiaTeresita12116/images/VirginiaTeresita121161224279.jpg" style="width: 264px; height: 400px;" /></span></span></strong></em></p> <pre> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">i dream of me, a wisp of a presence in the world of dandelions</span></span></em></strong></pre> <p> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b id="yui_3_1_0_1_12898084551871198"><i id="yui_3_1_0_1_12898084551871197">i gather a handful of them<br /> and i whisper my heart’s<br /> thoughts and dreams in their ears<br /> as i blow their tiny plumes<br /> gently off their fragile stalks<br /> i watch them take wing<br /> like little parachutes<br /> and i laugh as they do<br /> their pirouettes in the sky<br /> while dearly holding on to<br /> my thoughts and dreams<br /> these buoyant dandelions<br /> are dancing their way<br /> bearing pieces of my heart<br /> to those who are unafraid<br /> to embrace them</i></b><br /> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <script src="/js/js.js"></script> <script defer src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" data-pin-build="parsePinBtns"></script> </body>