Wrecked by Bodhi Smith

Dec 03, 2021

"wrecked" a brand new impression and blog from me...
 
"she's literally the wind in my sails, and when she is not with me, i'm a wreck...i'm mired in the sand, stuck and stranded with no place to go emotionally or spiritually, literally beached without the ability to float away on waves of love with her" ― bodhinku, wrecked 
 
"we are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. that's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect" ― emilio estevez
 
"she kissed me wildly, overwhelming me like a giant wave rushing to shore. i was soon lost in the turbulent grasp of her embrace and yet…i knew i was safe...together we drifted towards a safe harbor. the goddess of the sea set me down securely on a sandy beach and steadied me as i trembled. effervescent tingles shot through my limbs delighting me with surges of sparkling sensation like sandy toes tickled by bubbly waves. finally, the waves moved away and i felt my sea goddess watching me from a distance. we looked at each other knowing we were forever changed by the experience. we both knew that i would always belong to the sea and that i would never be able to part from it and be whole again" ― colleen houck
 
“i want to breathe, i hate this night. i want to wake up, i hate this dream. i’m trapped inside of myself and i’m dead. don’t wanna be lonely. just wanna be yours. why is it so dark where you’re not here? it’s dangerous how wrecked i am. save me because i can’t get a grip on myself. listen to my heartbeat, it calls you whenever it wants to. because within this pitch black darkness, you are shining so brightly" ― bangtan boys (bts), save me
 
"without her, 
i'm shipwrecked on 
a deserted island on 
some remote astral plain in 
some far-off dimension, 
lost and alone, stuck with 
my feet buried in 
the sands of 
time and space, 
waiting for 
eternity to 
 
"towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars. then the breeze died too and there was no noise, the air was cool, moist, and clear; and presently even the sound of the water was still. the beast lay huddled on the pale beach...somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling; and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. the great wave of the tide moved further along the island and the water lifted. softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations" ― william golding, lord of the flies
 
"only from the heart can you touch the stars in the sky" ― jalaluddin rum
 
this first song has a title which i almost named my impression today, and this tune is full of such profound meaning...and it's sung by one of my all time favorite alternative acts from england in the 2000's...the lead singer, florence welsh, has a voice that's one of the most eloquent yet powerful voices in all of music, she could never sing a bad song, and never has...this song is so beautiful in its enigma of not knowing, wondering if we live life to just self-destruct sometimes...listen and be mesmerized... "ship to wreck" by florence + the machine ... (just click on any of the link words in powder blue to see and listen to the lyric video) ...
 
"don't touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head. dredging of great white sharks, swimming in the bed. and here comes a killer whale, to sing me to sleep. thrashing the covers off, has me by its teeth. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i said? i can't help but pull the earth around me to make my bed. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i did? did i drink too much? am i losing touch? did i build a ship to wreck? to wreck, to wreck, to wreck? did i build this ship to wreck?....what's with the long face? do you want more? thousands of red-eyed mice, scratching at the door. and don't let the curtain catch you, cause you've been here before. the chair is an island, darling, you can't touch the floor. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i said? i can't help but pull the earth around me to make my bed. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i did? did i drink too much? am i losing touch? did i build a ship to wreck? to wreck, to wreck, to wreck? did i build this ship to wreck? good god, under starless skies, we are lost, and into the beach, we got tossed. and the water is coming in fast. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i said? i can't help but pull the earth around me to make my bed. and, ah, my love remind me, what was it that i did? did i drink too much? am i losing touch? did i build a ship to wreck? to wreck, to wreck, to wreck? did i build this ship to wreck? to wreck, to wreck, to wreck...did I build this ship to wreck?" ― florence + the machine, ship to wreck
 
"sometimes you're the one speeding along in a panic, doing too much, not paying attention, wrecking things you don't mean to. and sometimes life just happens to you, and you can't dodge it. it crashes into you because it wants to see what you're made of" ― alexandra bracken, never fade
 
"please remember, not everyone feels 'the joy that christmas brings'...way too many of us miss loved ones lost recently, or truly feel wrecked from their absence this time of year. their loss in our lives goes deep as we miss their love and presence in our life" ― bodhinku, wrecked   
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MEANING
"i will cherish every single moment that i have with her, once i've found her. i never want to wake up wrecked without her, never want to feel that emotion again ever. i so badly need her eyes to be the first thing i see every morning when i awaken. in those reassuring and beautiful eyes, i will see love, so much love, and i will finally know with clear certainty everything is gonna be alright today..." ― bodhinku, wrecked 
 
"wrecked" is defined by merriam webster as: 
1. to be badly damaged or ruined by an event
2. to suffer severe pain and anguish; to be left physically or mentally weakened 
3. under the influence of, or suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol
 
it's december now, and so many people enjoy this time of year with a special someone, their families, their children, their fur babies. it's a time of loving, and caring, and embracing in moments of reflections, sharing good times and bad times together, and supporting each other through thick and thin no matter what...giving and receiving thanks for all the simple things and precious moments lived with each other, while hoping to have more moments together in the upcoming year.
 
however, this time of year is also so tough on many people, it's a time seen socially as family time. everyone with families think that everyone else should be happy like they are. they find it find it hard to understand how anyone could possibly be unhappy during such a festive time of the year. but many people do not have families, or a special someone, or children, or their fur babies have passed over the rainbow bridge. 
 
too many people have lost their loved ones and this time of year becomes even more difficult when they find themselves left out and alone, missing their loved ones who have passed on. you see, so many are not as fortunate, and are pretty much all alone during the holidays.
 
many people turn to drugs and alcohol, and get totally wrecked trying to help ease their pain and sadness, but that only makes things worse, and wrecks other parts of their lives...
 
understand that this is a difficult time of the year for so many people. so please remember, not everyone feels "the joy that christmas brings"...way too many of us miss loved ones lost recently, or truly feel wrecked from their absence this time of year. their loss in our lives goes deep as we miss their love and presence in our life, especially when we see so many other people with happy families are getting together, and celebrating the holidays with one another. thankfully this year i will not be alone. for me, i have besos to share this season with, but i will always really really miss the dude (december 3, 2003 to may 9, 2018)
 
but for me, this year is so wonderfully different. in the past, being all alone was always by choice. every december i always found myself alone. i was all alone, on my path with only my doggie to share precious moments with me...things have now changed for the better for me, i have faith and hope deep inside...
 
because i'll never give up. i call out to her with my entire soul all day, all night. i desperately miss her even though we have yet to meet each other. i know her without knowing her; she knows me eternally. i want so badly for her to find me. i want her to be real and step out of all my dreams, to read all my endless words of longing in my blogs and answer me with "baby, i'm here now"...
 
so i jump in with full faith and hope she will eventually find me, and save me, hoping she will not let me drown in the abyss. and hoping she'll be right there at my doorstep one day, our eyes will recognize each other as we share in our last first kiss... the fairytale does exist if you want it bad enough. the happily-ever-after is real if you believe in it hard enough, and don't stop believing, never stop...the universe hears me. i know. and i know one day i'll have a special someone to share the holidays with me and besos, as well as share all of our days, and then my life will never be happier or more complete...
 
"sometimes if you want something badly enough, you can make it happen. if you miss someone so desperately that it wrecks your insides, you say their name over and over until you conjure them. it's called sympathetic magic and you just have to believe in it to make it work" ― jenny downham, you against me
 
i cherish every single moment that i have in my life. every breath, every blink of my eyes, every heartbeat, every step i take...and once her and i meet one day, i never want to wake up wrecked without her, never want to feel that emotion again ever. i so badly need her eyes to be the first thing i see every morning when i awaken. in those reassuring and beautiful eyes, i will see love, so much love, and i'll know with clear certainty everything is finally gonna be alright today...
 
"when i'm with her, i want to feel each moment we have together as if it's simultaneously our last and our first" ― bodhinku, last and first
 
today, i couldn't imagine life without besos and my undying hope of her being real. i couldn't fathom and i don't even want to imagine what it would be like if i suddenly lost him and hope of her. she will literally be the wind in my sails, and when she is not with me, i'll be a wreck...i'm mired in the sand, stuck and stranded with no place to go emotionally or spiritually, literally beached without the ability to float away on waves of love with her...
 
i hate being away from her, though she is yet to enter my life in reality. i awake in the mornings after dreaming of her all night, but i have to rise and shine, go to school and teach. as i get out of bed, i feel like part of me is being ripped away. i want to go back to sleep and hold her in my dreams again...she is my dream, any longer than a short time apart from her, without her, i'd seriously be shipwrecked on a deserted island on some remote astral plain in some far-off dimension, lost and alone, stuck with my feet buried in the sands of time and space, waiting for eternity to end, so my sadness would end... 
 
i awaken next to besos every morning, he is always there for me, and i am always there for him. i'm lucky. besos is lucky. but so many other people are not so lucky, so please remember that when you are living life to your fullest this december, some people feel like they are wrecked and have no place to go or anyone to see this time of year...
 
and those of us that have loved ones to share the holiday season with, we need to be thankful for having our loved ones around, and make sure we appreciate them daily, and let them know how much we love them...because as easily as in a second, it could all be over...
 
"do not just live in the moment, live in all the moments" ― bodhinku, all the moments 
 
this next song is the perfect song to accompany my blog today, it has the same title as my impression and its deeper meaning is parallel to that of my writing today...it's a tune about loss, severe loss that leaves you feeling like a wreck, totally destroyed and ruined for life...and i could never imagine losing my beloved like this singer loses his love in this tune, i'd feel the same, just absolutely sad, wrecked, stranded, and lost... "wrecked" by the imagine dragons ... (just click on any of the words in the blue links to listen to the musical selection)....

"days pass by and my eyes stay dry, and i think that i'm okay, until i find myself in conversation, fading away. the way you smile, the way you walk. the time you took to teach me all that you had taught. tell me, how am i supposed to move on? these days i'm becoming everything that i hate. wishing you were around, but now it's too late. my mind is a place that i can't escape your ghost. sometimes i wish that i could wish it all away, one more rainy day without you. sometimes i wish that i could see you one more day, one more rainy day. oh, i'm a wreck without you here. yeah, i'm a wreck since you've been gone. i've tried to put this all behind me. i think i was wrecked all along. yeah, i'm a wreck, they say that the time will heal it, the pain will go away. but everything, it reminds me of you and it comes in waves. way you laugh when your shoulders shook. the time you took to teach me all that you had taught. tell me, how am i supposed to move on? these days i'm becoming everything that i hate. wishing you were around, but now it's too late. my mind is a place that i can't escape your ghost. sometimes i wish that i could wish it all away. one more rainy day without you. sometimes i wish that i could see you one more day, one more rainy day. oh, i'm a wreck without you here. yeah, i'm a wreck since you've been gone. i've tried to put this all behind me. i think i was wrecked all along...these days when i'm on the brink of the edge. remember the words that you said. remember the life you led. you'd say, "oh, suck it all up, don't get stuck in the mud. thinkin' of things that you should have done" i'll see you again, my loved one. i'll see you again, my loved one. yeah, i'm a wreck. i'll see you again, my loved one. yeah, i'm a wreck without you here (loved one). yeah, i'm a wreck since you've been gone (i'm a wreck since you've been gone). i've tried to put this all behind me. i think i was wrecked all along (i'm a wreck). yeah, i'm a wreck. sometimes i wish that i could wish it all away but i can't. one more rainy day without you (one more rainy day). sometimes i wish that i could see you one more day but i can't, one more rainy day" ― imagine dragons, wrecked 
 
"there she was at my doorstep one day, our eyes recognized each other and we had our last first kiss. the fairytale does exist if you want it bad enough. the happily-ever-after is real if you believe in it hard enough, and don't stop believing, never stop" ― bodhinku, wrecked
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MORE BODHINKU QUOTES
"without her, i'm shipwrecked on a deserted island on some remote astral plain in some far-off dimension, lost and alone, stuck with my feet buried in the sands of time and space, waiting for eternity to end" ― bodhinku, wrecked
 
"under the stars again, this time sitting on a remote florida beach miles away from any civilization. listening to music harmonize with the beat of the gulf waves and the rhythm of the warm sea breeze. digging my feet into the cool night sand, curling my toes through the silky-soft calmness. the milky way glowing overhead as a red moon rises above the horizon...i just drift away to where i belong, where i've always belonged, and where i'll one day always be...take me away" ― bodhinku, drift away
 
"even though i'm drifting along a beautiful remote florida beach with my best friend, my doggie, i'm feeling kinda uptight about things in my life. but then the song "drift away" starts playing on my ipod, and that's what i actually did, i drift away, literally and figuratively, as the music takes me away, freeing my mind of me, moving and soothing me at the same time as we splash through the waves with not a care except where this journey taking us" ― bodhinku, drifting away
 
"music is life's best seasoning. music makes everything better: emotion, mood, exercise, work, playtime, romance, relaxation, and peace... it's amazing how turning on some great music can instantly turn off the noise inside and out, you can drift away into a melody of happy times" ― bodhinku, music: life's best seasoning  
 
"turn the music on and embrace life. drown out the noise and lose yourself in you. sing along with your inner voice. let yourself drift away in rhythm and rhyme and harmony. feel your heart beat to the beat. breath in, breath out. smile and dance down your chosen path to such a beautiful melody" ― bodhinku, drift away
 
"imagine this, visualize all of the places driftwood has been, places before ending up on this beach. wow, think of all the stories these 'washed-up' guys could tell us" ― bodhinku, drift away
 
"it is better to have loved and lost in a moment, than never to have the moment at all" ― bodhinku, the moment 
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING
this song is a classic from close to 50 years ago in 1973. it's one of the absolute best songs ever written and sang imho. it's such an easy flowing tune, with lyrics you have to sing along with anytime you hear it play on the radio...it has an equally calming message of how music makes us feel better, makes everything better by letting us drift away into better feelings...it is the perfect accompaniment  to connect music with the meaning of my impression and blog today: "drift away" by dobie gray ... (just click on any of the words in the blue links to listen to the musical selection)....

"day after day i'm more confused. yet i look for the light through the pouring rain. you know that's a game that i hate to lose. and i'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame...oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away...beginning to think that i'm wastin' time. i don't understand the things i do. the world outside looks so unkind. and i'm counting on you to carry me through...oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock, and roll and drift away. yeah, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away...and when my mind is free, you know a melody can move me. and when i'm feelin' blue, the guitar's comin' through to soothe me. thanks for the joy that you've given me. i want you to know i believe in your song and rhythm and rhyme and harmony. you've helped me along, makin' me strong...oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. hey, give me the beat boys and free my soul, i wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. na na na, won't you, won't you take me, oh, take me home..." ― uncle cracker featuring dobie gray, drift away (dobie gray cover) 
 
"no one else, love, will sleep in my dreams. you will go,
we will go together, over the waters of time.
no one else will travel through the shadows with me,
only you, evergreen, ever sun, ever stars.
your hands have already opened their delicate fists
and let their soft drifting signs drop away;
your eyes closed like two gray wings, and i move
after, following the folding water you carry, that carries
me away. the night, the world, the wind spin out their destiny.
without you, i am your dream, only that, and that is all" ― pablo neruda, 100 love sonnets
 
"a sky
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her" ― atticus, love her wild 
 
"on the seashore of endless worlds children meet. the infinite sky is motionless overhead and the restless water is boisterous. on the seashore of endless worlds the children meet with shouts and dances....they build their houses with sand, and they play with empty shells. with withered leaves they weave their boats and smilingly float them on the vast deep. children have their play on the seashore of worlds....they know not how to swim, they know not how to cast nets. pearl-fishers dive for pearls, merchants sail in their ships, while children gather pebbles and scatter them again. they seek not for hidden treasures, they know not how to cast nets....the sea surges up with laughter, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach. death-dealing waves sing meaningless ballads to the children, even like a mother while rocking her baby’s cradle. the sea plays with children, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach....on the seashore of endless worlds children meet. tempest roams in the pathless sky, ships are wrecked in the trackless water, death is abroad and children play. on the seashore of endless worlds is the great meeting of children" ― rabindranath tagore, gitanjali
 
"at times i almost dream
i too have spent a life the sages’ way,
and tread once more familiar paths. perchance
i perished in an arrogant self-reliance
ages ago; and in that act a prayer
for one more chance went up so earnest, so
instinct with better light let in by death,
that life was blotted out—not so completely
but scattered wrecks enough of it remain,
dim memories, as now, when once more seems
the goal in sight again" ― robert browning
 
"each of us has...all the time there is. those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. to let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. to use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom" ― eleanor roosevelt
 
"my heart stopped. it just stopped beating. and for the first time in my life, i had that feeling. you know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. floating in midair. and the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes. they're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away" ― wendelin van draanen, flipped
 
"i will love you forever; whatever happens. till i die and after i die, and when i find my way out of the land of the dead, i'll drift about forever, all my atoms, till i find you again...then lay side by side, hand in hand, looking at the sky" ― philip pullman, the amber spyglass
 
"sometimes i feel so, i don’t know...so lonely. the kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped away. like there’s no more gravity, and i’m left to drift in outer space with no idea where i’m going. like a little lost sputnik" ― haruki murakami, sputnik sweetheart
 
"when you're wrecked, that's the only thing you can do, right? hold on to whatever you can. hold on hard" ― lili st. crow, strange angels
 
"the sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it" ― simone weil, waiting for god
 
"instead i let the moment pass and i just sighed and leaned back into the sand on the beach. the sky was pinky gold. i had the feeling that there was nothing more beautiful than this, that this particular sunset matched the beauty of anything in this world, ten times over. i could feel all the tension of the day drifting away from me and out to sea. i wanted to memorize it all in case i didn’t get to come back again. you never know the last time you’ll see a place, or a person" ― jenny han, it's not summer without you
 
"i hope you never hear those words. 'your mom. she died.' they are different than other words. they are too big to fit in your ears. they belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that pounds away at the side of your head, a wrecking ball coming at you again and again, until finally, the words crack a hole large enough to fit inside your brain. and in so doing, they split you apart"― mitch albom, for one more day
 
"see, people come into your life for a reason. they might not know it themselves, why they do. you might not know it. but there's a reason. there has to be" ― joyce carol oates, after the wreck, i picked myself up, spread my wings, and flew away
 
"every one of us is called upon, perhaps many times, to start a new life. a frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a job...and onward full-tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven in spite of everything to make good on a new shore. to be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct...crying out: high tide! time to move out into the glorious debris. time to take this life for what it is" ― barbara kingsolver, high tide in tucson
 
"i have to go to her, for my own sanity, if nothing else. if i stay here, i'm not sure what good i'd be, to tell you the truth. she's the only thing that's held me together in a very long time. i'm a wreck for this woman, my friend. she owns me now" ― lara adrian, midnight rising
 
“i want to breathe, i hate this night. i want to wake up, i hate this dream. i’m trapped inside of myself and i’m dead. don’t wanna be lonely. just wanna be yours. why is it so dark where you’re not here? it’s dangerous how wrecked i am. save me because i can’t get a grip on myself. listen to my heartbeat, it calls you whenever it wants to. because within this pitch black darkness, you are shining so brightly. give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall. give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall...give me your hand, save me save me. give me your hand, save me save me, save me, save me...today the moon shines brighter on the blank spot in my memories. it swallowed me, this lunatic, please save me tonight (please save me tonight, please save me tonight). within this childish madness, you will save me tonight. i knew that your salvation is a part of my life and the only helping hand that will embrace my pain. the best of me, you’re the only thing i have. please raise your voice, so that i can laugh again...listen to my heartbeat, it calls you whenever it wants to. because within this pitch black darkness, you are shining so brightly. give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall. give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall. give me your hand, save me save me. give me your hand, save me save me...thank you for letting me be me. for helping me fly, for giving me wings. for straightening me out, for waking me from being suffocated. for waking me from a dream which was all i was living in. when i think of you, the sun comes out. so i gave my sadness to the dog. thank you. for being ‘us’...give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall. give me your hand, save me save me. i need your love before i fall, fall" ― bangtan boys (bts), save me
 
"when you take the lead,
ibecome your footstep.
your absence leaves a void.
without you, i can't cope.

you have disturbed my sleep,
you have wrecked my image.
you have set me apart.
without you, i can't cope" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved
 
“when someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky, climb up on the roof and dance and say, like this" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"i'll never give up. i call out to her with my entire soul all day, all night. i desperately miss her even though we've yet to meet each other. i know her without knowing her; she knows me eternally. i want so badly for her to find me. i want her to be real and step out of all my dreams, to read all my endless words of longing in my blogs and answer me with "baby, i'm here now" ― bodhinku, wrecked
 
this impression was captured on the sands of a florida panhandle beach looking south out over the gulf of mexico on july 26, 2021...this composition is comprised two separate exposures taken in the same frame by leaving my camera on a tripod unmoved for a little over two hours and then merged together...one long exposure of the seascape with the shipwreck (f/11@24mm for 111 secs, iso-64) taken 11 mins after sunset, with a second shorter star and milky way exposure (f'/1.4@24mm for 15 secs, iso-2000) taken 1 hour and 11 minutes after the sunset...
 
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...
 
and to get the effects and balance i was looking for in the shipwreck exposure of this composition  (f/11@24mm for 111 secs, iso-64), i used two progreyusa filters: first, a 3.0nd progrey antarctica filter to bring the light in the image down 10 stops and permit for the long 1 min and 51 second exposure which in turn creates this dreamy effect with motion blur of the waves and naturally saturate all the blues and reds in the image; second, combined with a 0.9gnd progrey aurora filter 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 remnants of the sunset, at the top right of the image an extra three stops and help permit details in the sand on the beach come out better in the exposure... 
 
i also used the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to hold the filters and secure the filters to my nikon d850 mounted with a nikon nikkor 24mm f/1.4 prime lens... 
 
however, for the separate exposure of the stars (f'/1.4@24mm for 15 secs, iso-2000), no filters were necessary, so none were used...
 
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 of 111 seconds merged in the same frame two hours later with a second exposure of 15 seconds would not be possible without the use of my induro phq3 series 5-way panhead with an induro carbon fiber tripod, in combination with the aforementioned progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"if nothing else...if i open my eyes, 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" ― bodhinku, 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" ― bodhinku, into my photography
 
"contemplate without thinking. be certain only in your uncertainty. stop the world. slow down everything. let it all be. shut off the noise. hush. relax. seize this moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colors 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!" ― bodhinku, my world
 
"my photography is my way of keeping a diary" ― bodhinku, my diary  
 
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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