Smile

"Smile"

Hendy Mp

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway,

the good they do is inconceivable.”

- Joseph Addison

Composition by:  

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

March, 2015

Musketeers

"The Three Musketeers" 

Sorin Onisor

“This world is an uncertain realm, filled with danger.

Honor undermined by the pursuit of power,

freedom sacrificed when the weak are oppressed by the strong.

But there are those who oppose these powerful forces,

who dedicate their lives to truth, honor, and freedom.

These people are known as Musketeers.

Rise, D'Artagnan, and join them!”

- King Louis

Composition by:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

March, 2015

Integrity

“Needle”
Vladimir Katiev

Employee + Corporate Culture = Mutually Beneficial Relationship

Three key qualities to look for in a target organization include

integrity, intelligence, and energy.

If the first is lacking in the organization’s DNA,

know that the other two will kill you.

If you think about it; it’s true.

The foundation of any mutually beneficial relationship

requires integrity of behalf of its key constituents;

integrity is the key factor that ensures happiness and success.”

Composition inspired by a quote from Warren Buffet,

experienced through the lens of a job seeker.

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

2015

War

Redemption
Terry Donnelly

Sometimes there exists a struggle within. It is a battle between you, yourself and the Universe. 

“Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren.
Though it may be necessary at times to defend our beliefs.
War is a sickness that must be cured.
War is a time out of balance.
When it is truly over, we must strive to restore peace
and enjoy sacred harmony once again.”
- Joseph Bruchac, “Code Talker”

“Know thyself. Win the war.”

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

2015

Power

“Fire Fairy”

Roland Unger

“I've been beaten up and bruised, I've been knocked right off my shoes. 
I’ve been down on my knees more times than you'd believe. 
Yet, when the darkness tries to hold me back, 

there's a light deep within that just won't let me stop.”

Comoposition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

2015

Anticipating Spring

"Still Life #4"
Rene Greiner

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees,
just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction
that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Composition by:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

February, 2015

The Sacred Pattern of Love

"Ice Queen"
Ilka Antonova

“This is what love looks like.

A sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly
invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds.”

― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

Composition by:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

February, 2015

To UnLove

"Happy Valentines Day" - Leila Raymond

“You can never stop loving someone.
You either love them or you never did.
You can't just love them one day, and then the next day you've completely moved on.
It doesn't work like that.
You may find new people to love, but it doesn't replace those whom you’ve loved in the past.
Even if they never loved you, even if they found someone new, 
you continue loving them either consciously or unconsciously.
Love simply begins, it has no ending.”
- Kay Lynn Gabaldon

Compositon by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

Featured Image:
"Happy Valentines Day" - Leila Raymond

Prudence

"Jaisalmer"
Lou Urlings

 We all have a few pivotal experiences in life that change the course of our thoughts and actions.

These moments crystalize in our mind and are ever present.

They mark an event we remember every year for the rest of our lives.

There comes a time when a deep intrinsic voice inside of us emerges to defend who we are

from the depths of our being.  It is the voice of prudence.

Prudence coupled with grace takes over for patience when we have been

pushed against a wall.  It is the deep fight or flight mechanism that emerges and

gives us the courage to stand up and defend ourselves in the face of danger.

When prudence takes over the victim present inside us all ceases when

we stand up in opposition of anything that oppresses or intimidates us.

Something powerfully intrinsic happens when the courage to no longer be silent awakens

within us and we are compelled to confront our problems rather than cower to them.

The things that torment us thrive on our hushed fears and insecurities and they are

made powerless by a resilient voice; an inner voice that says...

“No More!"

Composition by: 
Kay Lynn Gabaldon

February, 2015

To Smile

Watching You
Kutub Uddin

“It only takes a split second to smile and forget,

yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.”

― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Composition by:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

January, 2015

Misty Morning

"Misty Morning"
Monica Siri

“Perhaps Sadness will use the shimmering wings of the morning kissed
with dew and promise to sail away, and the dark Heart of the Night
will rush headlong into the blinding light of the Day,
to kiss it full and hard upon the mouth and embrace life's brilliance once more...”

― Gloria Smith, Love Tears

Composition By:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

January, 2015

To Be Different

” Somehow Different”
Laszlo Baranyai

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough
to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
- Steve Jobs

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

Featured Image:

” Somehow Different”

Laszlo Baranyai

Predictability

"Snooze"
Susumu Yagi

“... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect.
Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have
been bored stiff long enough I think.” 
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

To Take Flight

"Flamingos"
Confusor

“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, 

the winds will carry you.” 

― C. JoyBell C.

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

Sunscreen

“Eighty percent of our waking moments are spent with people at work,
10% of our waking moments is spent with those we love,
and the remaining 10% is spent dreaming.”

We all have a unique story to tell about our experience here. Wherever our story takes us, there remain a few fundamental truths we all share in common as human beings.

Baz Luhrmann, captured this in his speech “To Wear Sunscreen.”The thoughts shared in the speech address the generations of the past, the present and the future.  It speaks to every gender, color, race, religion and science.

Mr. Luhrmann successfully captured the fundamental experiences human beings, share in common, at one time or another.  His advice about the use of sunscreen, applies to our bodies, to our thoughts, our actions, and our deeds.

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

Featured Image:

Terminatrix - Christian Kuhlmann

Music:

05 Time After Time [The S.F.E. Versi

Music Lyrics:

Baz Luhrmann: Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Lyrics

Artist Credits

Peace & Regret

"Physalis in snow"
Lotte Grankjaer

“When you give yourself permission to communicate 
what matters to you in every situation you will have peace 
despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your
soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret.” 

― Shannon L. Alder

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

The Secret of Light

"The Secret of Light"
David Lindberg

"To realize that all your life—you know, all your love, all your hate, 

all your memory, all your pain—it was all the same thing.
It was all the same dream. A dream that you had inside a locked room.

 A dream about being a person.
Rust Cohle, "True Detective"

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

A Christmas Note To My Father

"Waiting for Santa"

Francesco Romoli -russelaid

For my papa....

“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map.
It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.
Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other
like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you
for your entire life, wherever you may go.”

― Sarah Dessen

Composition By:

Kay Lynn Gabaldon

December 2014

The Christmas Light

“Christmas Light”
Silvia Spedicato

"I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round,
as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the
long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their
shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow
passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys."
- Charles Dickens

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon

To Exit With Grace

"Soul On The Run"
Claudio Cuocolo

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. 

And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Composition by:  Kay Lynn Gabaldon