Tag Archives: Reality

Bloggers, in Three Dimensions

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Touch2Touch

Most blogging encounters occur out in cyberspace. The meetings of the minds — and  photographs and texts —  take place in the two dimensions of Flatland. But every once in a while, kind of like a pop-up,  an actual meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Friendship, Photography, Pioneer Valley | Tagged , , | 46 Comments

What is REAL?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Touch2Touch

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin, who said this, was born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, of French-Cuban ancestry. It’s apparent just from her naming that she would have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay, Photography, Quotes | Tagged , , , , | 27 Comments

No “There” There?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Touch2Touch

Coming up dry for ideas, I had invited three improv challenges from blog viewers and received them in short order. My first two responses were On NOT Borrowing Trouble and Taking the Plunge. (As always, readers’ comments go beyond my posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Definitions, Etcetera, Flowers, Personal Essay, Quotes, Writers, Zen | Tagged , , , , | 35 Comments

This is Not a Pipe —

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Touch2Touch

One of the most famous images from the Dada period of art and literature comes from the brush of the Belgian painter René Magritte: As you see, it’s a painting of a pipe, with the words written on it, Ceci … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Challenge, Color, Etcetera, Paintings, Photography | Tagged , , , , | 20 Comments

Real Or — Something Else?

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Touch2Touch

“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced — even a proverb is no proverb to you until your life has illustrated it.” John Keats What exactly does Keats mean by this? Or perhaps, in what sense does he mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Doubt, Etcetera, Quotes, Wonderings | Tagged , , , | 26 Comments