"Chasing Rainbows" by Bodhi Smith

Sep 16, 2022

"chasing rainbows" is my brand new impression and blog...
 
"if you go chasing rainbows, you will never find any...for they have been inside you all along, waiting for you to believe" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
"the exact 
moment that 
your rainbow 
disappears, 
that's the 
moment 
you know...
you know 
exactly what
you will miss" 
 
"love's on the horizon, of that i'm certain. it's the magical calm you feel between the color bands of this rainbow" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
"where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon of your love?” ― pablo neruda, the book of questions 
 
"one could survive on smiles, rainbows, and a bowl of rice" ― siddhartha gautama buddha, the dhammapada
 
"take this love with you when you go to the end of the rainbow...at the end of the rainbow, turns out it's not somewhere. look around, it's everywhere for anyone who cares" ― john mellencamp, chasing rainbows
 
"somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly. birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't i?” ― e.y. harburg, somewhere over the rainbow (somewhere over the rainbow by judy garland ...and... renee zellweger with her academy award winning performance in the movie judy ...and... the late israel kamakawiwoʻole)
 
"the true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the magical tints of morning or evening. it simply is a segment of the rainbow which i have clutched" ― henry david thoreau, walden  
 
"chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse of a better life. chase the things that make you want to be a better person. chase the things that inspire you to think, create and live joyfully. chase the things that reinforce in your soul that you can make a difference. chase the things that make you want to transform your heart from selfish to selfless. when you chase that kind of storm you are chasing rainbows" ― shannon l. alder
 
"once upon a time, i met a girl, and thought we could have so much fun. she held her hands in her pockets, and we made up stories. and for the first time in a while, i didn’t want to leave even though i was shivering cold. when she touched my cheek, i blushed, and no one makes me blush. i was thinking we could play. i was hoping we could be magical like rainbows...when she kissed me, it felt like warm mercury slipping into my veins, and i wanted to kiss her for an hour on the pier as though there was nothing else. with her, i tried to be my better self. but i was new at it, and we humans don’t do anything perfectly. we fumbled along this weird little path. we missed each other often along the trail. i thought, why can’t we just be kids in love, and laughed with a string of sadness...people are simple. people are complicated. we do our best. in her, i felt a familiar darkness and a brilliant light. she was the sound of the ocean at night crashing on the shore, of sunrise in the distance, miles of open road, and hands i craved all over me painting me with music and rainbows. she felt like a roller coaster in the dark, the one at disneyland with stars flying past, with flips and turns, abrupt stops and starts....she taught me of hope and expectation, and to firmly root myself in me. she taught me that you, or your love, can be misunderstood, that not everyone will see you but it’s okay to keep your heart open. it’s okay to leave. that loving someone isn’t weakness, even if they don’t love you the same. she taught me that people can care enough to hurt you just enough to keep you away. and that too is a weird little gift. i grew so much in so many ways. i know who i am, and i love me. sometimes the things that never were, pull at us, because they feel incomplete, but maybe they are imperfectly perfect as they are, exactly the way they were always meant to be. we can be ourselves. we are alive" ― c. ara campbell (with modifications by bodhi)
 
"love is the very magic of life. it is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. yet it is not found only at the end of the rainbow. love is at the beginning also, and from it springs the beauty that arched across the sky on a stormy day" ― gordon b. hinckley, standing for something 
 
"oh,
god of dust
and rainbows,
help us to see
that without the dust,
the rainbow
would not be" 
 
"try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud" ― maya angelou, letter to my daughter 
 
"a man sets out on a journey, dreaming of a beautiful or magical place, in pursuit of some unknown treasure over the rainbow. at the end of his journey, the man realizes that the treasure was with him the entire time" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"paulo coelho once wrote, "magic is a bridge that allows you to walk from the visible world over into the invisible world, and to learn the lessons of both these worlds"...well, i believe a rainbow is exactly that magical bridge" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
btw, here is the absolute perfect tune to listen to as you read my new blog, this is such a beautiful song in its message and feeling, and so wonderfully sung..."rainbow connection" by weezer and hayley williams (just click on the song title, it is a link to the lyric video)...many people have heard this song from kermit on the muppets, but never really read or truly heard the lyrics, when you truly listen, this song is simply nothing short of beautiful...
 
"why are there so many songs about rainbows, and what's on the other side? rainbows are visions. they're only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide. so we've been told and some chose to believe it, but i know they're wrong, wait and see...someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. the lovers, the dreamers, and me...who said that every wish would be heard and answered, when wished on the morning star? somebody thought of that, and someone believed it. and look what it's done so far. what's so amazing that keeps us star gazing: what so we think we might see...someday we'll find it, that rainbow connection. the lovers the dreamers, and me...have you been fast asleep, and have you heard voices? i've heard them calling my name, is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors? the voice might be one and the same. i've heard it too many times to ignore it. it's something that i'm supposed to be,..someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection...the lovers, the dreamers, and me" ― weezer (featuring hayley williams of paramore), rainbow connection
 
"rainbow love, stardust
flawless art our wanderlust
dreams, faith, magic we trust" ― bodhi, haiku: rainbow love
 
"remember, the entrance way to the rainbow is inside you" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
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MEANING
"the treasure you seek is not at the end of the rainbow, your treasure is not there. it's not there because it is everywhere. instead of chasing something unattainable, something which doesn't exist, realize that true treasures are found everywhere, if you just pay attention and notice them" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
here on this morning, i find myself on the southwestern shore of the hawaiian island of kauai, and the light and a rainbow find me once again...
 
i did not go chasing this rainbow, but it found me just the same. 
 
rainbows are elusive, seemingly right there, but at the same time out of reach. you can almost touch them, grasp them, but then they disappear as quickly as they arrived...
 
but with the rainbow i forget that i'm all alone, because truly i'm not alone. i have the ocean breeze through my hair. i have the rhythm of the waves, i have the puffy white clouds, i have the morning sunrise, and i have this beautiful rainbow before me, i have mother nature's love here with me...looking into a rainbow as white light breaks apart into bands, you are seeing mother nature's love, stripping herself bare to show you everything that makes her shine, all her beautiful colors...
 
i'm lucky in every way. i'm lucky to be in hawaii on this morning. i'm lucky to be breathing and alive. i'm lucky to be seeing something so exquisite with my own eyes, and experiencing it with all my senses...i'm a lucky dude. life is sweet to me, life is good...
 
"you're feeling deeply fascinated by something so beautiful and rare, and you are left totally breathless because you forgot to breathe. you know you have just been touched by the divine" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows

paulo coelho once wrote, "magic is a bridge that allows you to walk from the visible world over into the invisible world, and to learn the lessons of both these worlds"...well, i believe a rainbow is exactly that magical bridge...

i know that secret magic of rainbows...they are mean to remind me that she is the magical treasure at the end of my rainbow...and as soon as i meet her, i will just know. i will know everything that i've been missing...

rainbows are rare gifts, they remind me just how rare things can be, like how rare it is to experience true love in a lifetime. i see it as a gift of the heavens, and i know this one thing with the certainty of all my faith: she is the beautiful divinity that touches me to the depth of my being...

and for me, love's on the horizon, of that i'm certain. it's the magical calm i feel between the color bands of this rainbow...you see, love's my miracle, like a colorful segment of a rainbow, so pure i hold within this heart of mine, giving me hope of joy and peace one day soon...

and what's a miracle, really? i think a miracle is somebody to hold, someone to be held by. it's to be treasured by your treasure. somebody with whom to weather the storms, and trust everything is going to be alright as the rainbows appear...somebody magical with whom to notice birds each morning, to catch flashes of blue and green and purple and brown and red, somebody with to feel the excitement of these soaring little wonders in the sunrise...it's someone magical to see life together as it is, not as it seems or should be. a miracle is someone magical to stare at in wonder, with hearts bursting between eyes, and admire their magic and think mutually, "that heart loves mine"...
 
"all someone needs is some one, and sometimes all you need is one time" ― bodhi, love of mine
 
i know with certainty she exists and is out there somewhere. she's feeling the same way for me, searching for me...i just wish i could say she was here with me physically, not just a vision in my mind's eye and a rhythm in my heart. oh, love of mine, my beautiful lady, please come to me soon. i know you can find your way to me...
 
but when i'm lonely, i think of my unwavering faith in her existence. i feel her presence in the air i breathe. i sense her singing in the beat of my heart. i see her each time i close my eyes. i see here everywhere. i know she's here in each smile on my lips. and one day i'll not have to think of her. one day i'll be able to squeeze her hand, look deep into her eyes, and there she''ll be next to me once again...
 
in the meantime i will not be chasing rainbows, i will let them find me...
 
"if you go chasing rainbows, you will never find any...for they have been inside you all along, waiting for you to believe" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
this song is all about looking for the treasure at the end of rainbows, but realizing that your treasure is not there. instead of being focused on something unreachable, something that does not exist, you must realize true treasures are found everywhere if you just pay attention and notice them ..."chasing rainbows" by john mellencamp is ... (just click on any of the words in the powder blue links to listen to the tune and watch the video) ...

"a long, long time ago when i used to chase rainbows, i thought there was a pot of gold when i got to the end. but there were many people there and i said, "what are you doing here?" they said they were looking for the end of the rainbow...at the end of the rainbow, turns out it's not somewhere. look around, it's everywhere for anyone who cares...this world is full of fancy dreams and money can get you anything. but that's not really true, it's just make-believe. as you walk down the streets of broken dreams where some have lost everything, while others are still looking for that easy pot of gold...at the end of the rainbow, turns out it's not somewhere. look around, it's everywhere for anyone who cares...some people will go to any means to capture a shallow dream. in this world of make-believe that we all believe is true, when you get there, there's no place to go. just a lot of i-told-you-so's. so take this love with you when you go to the end of the rainbow...at the end of the rainbow, turns out it's not somewhere. look around, it's everywhere for anyone who cares..." ― john mellencamp, chasing rainbows
 
"me chasing rainbows is just like my doggie chasing his tail. neither of us will ever catch what we are chasing, because they are already a part of us" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
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STORY BEHIND THIS IMPRESSION
"looking into a rainbow as white light breaks apart into bands, you are seeing mother nature's love, stripping herself bare to show you everything that makes her shine, all her beautiful colors" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
pictured here is the little known waimea pier in the town of waimea located at the mouth of the waimea river...it is such a simple wooden pier, with a minimalist attitude...
 
i was at this spot just the night before and was entreated to a rainbow at sunset...now the next morning, i am given the gift of seeing another rainbow at sunrise!
 
however, the reason i revisited was not because i was chasing rainbows, it was to retrieve an essential piece of photographic equipment i left behind here the night previous...
 
in my last image release, "love of mine", i had taken pictures from different angles and perspectives from sides on the sand at sunset...first capturing the rainbow and then facing later in the opposite direction to capture the glowing red clouds of the sunset...after the colors had waned, i went up on top of the pier and took a few images looking south out across the pier to the ocean...
 
it had gotten very dark by that point, and i could no longer use (nor needed it either in the dark light) my 10-stop neutral density filter, a 3.0nd progreyusa antarctic magnetic filter...so, i just unscrewed the filter holder itself (the progrey g-120z magnetic holder) with the 10-stop filter still magnetized to it, and removed it from off my camera lens. i then laid it face down on the hand railing of the pier so i would not accidentally scratch the filter. 
 
what i should have done at that point was put the filter and holder away properly in my camera bag, but the light was fading so fast, i was in a hurry to make sure i used all the valuable time i had left, which was not much...so i decided to put it away when i put my camera away once the light was all gone...
 
it was then that my peace was disrupted by my ex-girlfriend asking to leave...she was done taking her pictures, and it was too dark for her to shoot any more without a tripod (which she left at the house rental)...and since she was so impatient and wanted to do things exactly when she wanted, no matter what i wanted did not matter, it was always all about her (biggest reason i had to break it off with her and just let her go her own path)...bottom line, i was being rushed to finish up, which as you all know i hate...
 
so in my haste with wrapping things up on the pier, i opted to put away both the filter and filter holder in the same wrap, instead of first cleaning the 10-stop nd filter and putting it away in its separate wrap...i decided would just clean it in the morning when i shot the sunrise...
 
what i did not notice, was that the filter had demagnetized while it was laying face down and quietly fallen off, disattaching itself from the magnetic holder and falling off onto the pier handrail. it was dark, the filter is dark, so i did not notice it was not in the holder nor that it was still silently laying on the handrail...packed up my camera, broke down my tripod put all my gear in the trunk and drove back to the rental house...
 
in the morning, we drove to poipu beach where she wanted to go again for the second time (instead of a new beach i wished to go shoot sunrise)...so once we got there, the ex-gf want out onto the beach and took pictures of the sea turtles on the sand...i went further down the beach looking for any scene i could find, though the beach was not conducive to a sunrise and was better suited for a sunset because of its southwest facing aspect...
 
i found a nice palm tree with a decent backdrop of the ocean and clouds, and decided to shoot it as a longer exposure. even though i knew it was a bit too breezy for a good picture, i was making due with the best of what i had to work with...so i set up my camera on the tripod and secured the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to the front of my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens...
 
it was then that i noticed my 10-stop progreyusa antarctic magnetic filter was not on the filter holder, nor was it in my camera bag...it dawned on my that it must have fallen off the night previous on the waimea pier hand rail...so, i told the ex-gf where i was going (though i could have left and she would not have even missed me one iota), and i rushed off in the car to the other side of the island hoping beyond hope that the filter was still laying exactly where it was left late last night...
 
when i got to the pier an hour later, and walked out the pier to where i was the night previous, there was the 10-stop filter, still laying there undisturbed. i believe that nobody had even walked out onto the pier all morning, or even since last night when i left...whew, thank god, because this filter is no longer made and was thus irreplaceable...i'm lucky once again...
 
and since i was there, and i had the pier all to myself (not even a single fisherman on this morning), and since it was so beautiful out with giant puffy clouds out over the ocean, and since there was gorgeous compositions that were here, ones that were not back at poipu beach, i decided to shoot the top of the pier in the morning light...
 
and in doing so, after a few long 111 second exposures, the clouds on the horizon behind the pier lit up with a huge broad rainbow...it's like rain was falling out of clouds that had no rain in them. so ethereal, so magical, such is a rainbow too...this rainbow found me, and found me when i needed it. i'm lucky. i'm thankful. i'm blessed...mahalo and aloha hawaii!
 
and here is some more music to listen to as you read my blog...another beautiful song full of meaning... rainbow by sia ...

"i know you, you're a special one. some see crazy where i see love. you fall so low but shoot so high. big dreamers shoot for open sky...so much life in those open eyes. so much depth, you look for the light. but when your wounds open, you will cry. you'll cry out now and you'll question why...i can see a rainbow in your tears as they fall on down. i can see your soul grow through the pain as they hit the ground. i can see a rainbow in your tears as the sun comes out, as the sun comes out...i am here and i see your pain through the storms, through the clouds, the rain. i'm telling you you cannot escape, you can do it, just feel baby. i can see a rainbow in your tears as they fall on down. i can see your soul grow through the pain as they hit the ground, i can see a rainbow in your tears as the sun comes out, as the sun comes out...here comes the sun smiling down, here comes the sun smiling down, here comes the sun smiling down. smiling down..." ― sia, rainbow
 
"what's a miracle, really? i think a miracle is somebody to hold, someone to be held by. it's to be treasured by your treasure. somebody with whom to weather the storms, and trust everything is going to be alright as the rainbows appear...somebody magical with whom to notice birds each morning, to catch flashes of blue and green and purple and brown and red, somebody with to feel the excitement of these soaring little wonders in the sunrise...it's someone magical to see life together as it is, not as it seems or should be. a miracle is someone magical to stare at in wonder, with hearts bursting between eyes, and admire their magic and think mutually: that heart loves mine" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
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MORE BODHIKU QUOTES
and now here are a few more quotes from bodhi from past blogs to help add to the deeper meaning of this blog today...
 
"love's my miracle, like a magical segment of a rainbow, so pure i hold within this heart of mine, giving me hope of joy and peace one day soon" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
"i see you stretching in the pier. i see you in the clouds. i see you in the rainbow. i see you in the waves. i see you in my footprints in the sand. i see you, but where, oh where are you love of mine?" ― bodhi, love of mine
 
"i'm a lover of the light. it's amazing how with just the right amount of light, life sparkles and glows more dramatically and beautifully than you ever thought possible..." ― bodhi, love of mine
 
"oh love of mine, all my life i've been reaching for you, wanting to touch you, be next to you. loving you from afar, yet holding you so near in my heart. please oh please, come to me, oh love of mine" ― bodhi, love of mine
 
"i know you. i've always known you...and i know you are out there. i just wish you were here with me walking on this beach in kauai" ― bodhi, love of mine
 
"oh love of 
mine, all my life 
i've been reaching for 
you, wanting to touch 
you, be next to 
you. loving 
you from afar, 
yet holding 
you so near in 
my heart. please 
oh please, come to 
me, oh love of 
mine" 
 
"in beautiful light i forget i'm alone. and the many other loves of mine help keep me company when the light leaves" ― bodhi, love of mine
 
"when the light arrives, you know. it's magic happens and takes your breath away." ― bodhi, love of mine
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING
here is another song, the original version from the wizard of oz, followed by two other very beautiful versions, one by renee zellweger from the movie judy, and another from the late hawaiian singer isreal kamakawiwoʻole:  somewhere over the rainbow by judy garland ...and... renee zellweger with her academy award winning performance in the movie judy ...and... the late israel kamakawiwoʻole ...

"somewhere over the rainbow, way up high. there's a land that i've heard of once in a lullaby. somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true...someday i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. where troubles melt like lemon drops, high above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me...somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly. birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't i? if happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why can't i?” ― judy garland, somewhere over the rainbow
 
"one could survive on smiles, rainbows, and a bowl of rice" ― siddhartha gautama buddha, the dhammapada
 
"when you create a piece of art, you can stop at any time. you can reach a point where it starts to look all right, where the canvas starts to take shape and begins to look like something. you can put down the brush and you can step away from the easel any time you want. you could keep going. you could keep playing with it, keep layering the paint and seeing where it takes you. maybe into a rainbow love and of what your dreams are made, pure joy. "but what if i wreck it", the cautious little voice inside says. "maybe i should stay where it is and not mess it up. i mean it’s all right, right?" art is sort of like life. sometimes we don’t move for fear that what we have is good enough and if we make a false step we’re going to wreck it. sometimes we have a hard time imagining anything other than what we see in front of us. sometimes our experiences have taught us not to hope for anything other than the basic whitewash on canvas. life is always going to make your horizons stretch. with every breath you are expanding. with every day you are being called to pick up the brush and touch up what it is you are wanting to see on your canvas. there’s nothing wrong with it. that’s life. but you aren’t going to wreck anything. this is all your path. the stuck bits, the busy parts. the decisions, the contrast, the change and all the stuff in between. it’s all our road. on the easel of life, you can put the brush down at any time. you can step back and take a long hard look at your canvas. you can sit there and stare at it as long as you need. it’s not going anywhere. and you are always able to pick that palette back up, put the bristles to the canvas and recolor the surface at any time. that’s the beauty of art and life. there really is no end, only blending from one hue to the next, like with the colors in a rainbow. it’s always a work in progress. and life can be a rainbow if you take the chance and let it." ― c. ara campbell   
 
"this is me saying that i would set myself on fire to bring a rainbow of colors to all of the dark places within you" 
 
"love is a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other" ― paulo coelho
 
"magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated ... always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible" ― paulo coelho, eleven minutes
 
"no one can posses the beautiful things of this earth, but we can know them and love them. it is through such magical moments that god reveals himself to mankind" ― paulo coelho, brida
 
"no one day is like another, each tomorrow has its special miracle, its a magical moment in which old universes are destroyed and new stars and  rainbows are created" ― paulo coelho, hippie
 
"a bridge of silver wings like a rainbow stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew" ― aberjhani

"shine your soul with the same
egoless humility as the rainbow
and no matter where you go
in this world or the next,
your beloved will find you,
attend you, and bless you" 
 
"i am a flawed person. a brook with many stones, a clear blue sky with many blackbirds. i have many shortcomings. a rainbow that’s not long enough, a starry night with clouds. but i can only be thankful to my beloved, who loves me just this way, and i can be grateful to the people in my life who accept the clear blue sky with many blackbirds and who are patient with the rainbow that isn’t long enough. and because of this, i am taught love, because of this i am loved, and i love and live" ― c. joybell c.
 
"chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse of a better life. chase the things that make you want to be a better person. chase the things that inspire you to think, create and live joyfully. chase the things that reinforce in your soul that you can make a difference. chase the things that make you want to transform your heart from selfish to selfless. when you chase that kind of storm you are chasing rainbows" ― shannon l. alder
 
"be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. the evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray" ― lord george byron  
 
"my heart leaps up when i behold
a rainbow in the sky:
so was it when my life began;
so is it now i am a man" 
 
"john keats mourned that the rainbow, which as a boy had been for him a magic thing, had lost its glory because sir isaac newton had found it resulted merely from the refraction of the sunlight by the raindrops. yet knowledge of its causation could not spoil the rainbow for me. i am sure that it is not given to man to be omniscient. there will always be something left to know, something to excite the imagination of the poet and those attuned to the great world in which they live" ― robert frost, interviews 
 
"i looked behind a silver cloud, I found a pretty rainbow there
i walked out to the rainbow's end and found a rainbow love
the one that i was looking for, the dream that i was dreaming of
there, down at the rainbow's end i found a rainbow love
i found my pot of gold, my rainbow love
just you and all your loving, charming rainbow love
i searched, hoped someday i'd find someone to bring me peace of mind
i found what i've been dreaming of when i found my rainbow love" 
 
"two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. they flickered out saying: it was worth being a bubble, just to have held that rainbow for thirty magical seconds" ― carl sandburg
  
"somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true" ― e.y. harburg
 
"magic exists. who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. it is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live" ― nora roberts, vision in white
 
"when you chase rainbows, it is inevitable you will run into storms" ― matshona dhliwayo
 
"the soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears" ― john vance cheney
 
"as a child
i was told and believed
that there was a treasure
buried beneath every rainbow.
i believed it so much that
i have been unsuccessfully
chasing rainbows
most of my life.
i wonder why
no one ever told me
that the rainbow
and the treasure
were both
within me"
 
"enjoy the rainbow while it lasts and don't chase it when it's gone" ― marty rubin
 
"he felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg" ― p.g. wodehouse
 
"i'll have a cup full of happiness and a pocket full of rainbows to go" ― stanley victor paskavich
 
"love is being happy for the other person when they are happy, being sad for the person when they are sad, being together in good times, and being together in bad times. love is...the calm in the rainbow" ― karen marie moning, iced
 
"in all our pasts lie our futures. by our own hands and decisions we will be damned and we will be saved. whatever you do, put forth your best effort even if all you’re doing is chasing a never-ending rainbow. you might never reach the end of it, but along the way you’ll meet people who will mean the world to you and make memories that will keep you warm on even the coldest nights" ― sherrilyn kenyon, acheron
 
"i shall ne'er chase rainbows again,
knowing no pot o' gold awaits at the end.
my irish treasure is not there.
for ye, my love, abide with me here"
 
"don't seek to be happy; let everyone else chase after that rainbow....seek to be kind, and you'll find the rainbow follows you" ― richelle e. goodrich, making wishes: quotes, thoughts, & a little poetry
 
"just remember that love comes in many forms. never settle, and know that what one has torn, another can mend. most of all, the love you really want is in you. don’t go chasing rainbows. just open your eyes and admire their ever-present beauty" ― elisa lorello, why i love singlehood
 
"lots of people like rainbows. children make wishes on them, artists paint them, dreamers chase them, but the aquarian is ahead of everybody. he lives on one. what's more, he's taken it apart and examined it, piece by piece, color by color, and he still believes in it. it isn't easy to believe in something after you know what it's really like, but the aquarian is essentially a realist, even though his address is tomorrow, with a wild-blue-yonder zip code" ― linda goodman, sun signs
 
"into this new love, 
die the old ways
your path begins
on the other side
become the sky
take an axe to the prison wall,
escape
walk out like someone
suddenly born into
the color of the rainbow,
do it now and become"
 
"don’t ask what love can make or do! look at the rainbows of the world!" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"rainbows are rare gifts, they remind me just how rare things can be, like how rare it is to experience true love in a lifetime. i see it as a gift of the heavens, and i know this one thing with the certainty of all my faith: she is the beautiful divinity that touches me to the depth of my being" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
this impression was captured in one single exposure taken a little while after sunrise on the deck of the waimea pier located on the southwestern shore of the beautiful hawaiian island of kauai looking out to sea at 7:49am hst on august 26th, 2022 (f/22@24mm for 111 seconds, iso-40)
 
in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects, saturate colors naturally, and balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter in my completed impressions...
 
to get the effects and balance i was looking for in this composition (f/22@24mm for 111 seconds, iso-40), i used one 3.0nd progreyusa antarctic magnetic filter combined with a 0.9 gnd progrey aurora filter along with the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to secure both of the filters to my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens ... 
 
first, the 3.0nd progrey antarctic filter is used to bring the light in the image down 10 stops and permit for the 111 second exposure in bright light and soften the clouds and waves in the dreamy style that i always use, plus the extra exposure time allows for the rainbow to become more profound along with helping to naturally saturates all the red, blue, and green colors in this image... 
 
second, the 0.9 gnd progrey aurora filter is used to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it...in this case, to stop down the much brighter light in the sky, the bright post sunrise light, an extra three stops and help permit fine details in the boards on the pier and shadows under the gazebo at the end of the pier to come out better in the exposure
i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my induro phq3 series 5-way panhead with the induro (now benro) stealth carbon fiber tripod in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"i know that secret magic of rainbows...they are mean to remind me that she is the magical treasure at the end of my rainbow" ― bodhi, chasing rainbows
 
"you were blessed with 84,600 seconds today, have you used one of them to say thank you?" ― bodhi, blessed
 
"if nothing else...if i open my eyes, if i hope, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life...nothing is wasted, nothing" ― bodhi, if nothing else
 
"i do not want you to just be into my photography, instead, i'd much rather you take a journey into my pictures, and feel the impression i have created, feel it with all your senses" ― bodhi, into my photography
 
"my photography is my way of keeping a diary" ― bodhi, my diary
 
"contemplate without thinking. be certain only in your uncertainty, content to be completely incomplete. stop the rush. slow down time. breathe and notice. slow down everything. let it all be. shut off the noise. hush. relax. seize this higher moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colours of light whisper as they envelope you. see the melody and harmony that float about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhi, my world
 
i leave you today wishing that bright joy 
and spiritual peace fill your life...
imploring you to make every moment count, 
no matter what, always and forever, 
for that is the only thing that truly matters... 
  
and above all else,
i hope this message and impression find you well.
 
namaste,
bodhi
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