http://www.herviewphotography.com An artistic touch, inspired by passion Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:34:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I sent Washington a link to the last post and he sent me more photos of the kids. Enjoy and thanks again. http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/06/19/more-photos-from-washington.html I want to say thank you to all of you that purchased one of my 2008 Peru calendars this year. My intention was to send part of the proceeds back to Peru to help the very people in the photographs. I did just that with ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/06/18/this-is-what-your-peru-calendar-purchases-helped-to-do.html Night of Artists - with just about every discipline of art under one roof, it is a jam packed three days. See visual art such as water color, original oil and acrylic paintings; photography; and sculpture. Buy crafts such as jewelery, hand bags and clothes. Listen ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/03/28/you-are-invited-to-the-night-of-artists-art-and-music-festival.html So here I am at the Winspear Center blogging about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. We have been given a private enclosed room, similar to a "crying room" for babies. We are about to hear the Jazz Masters concert series. The symphony members are starting to fill their ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/02/22/edmonton-symphony-orchestra-blog-night.html This week I was informed that I was chosen to participate in a special event at the Winspear Center for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. The put out a call for all bloggers in related topics and I was chosen to be among the ones attending. So on Friday ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/02/19/watch-for-an-edmonton-symphony-review-here-soon.html Impoverished In your thin scruffiness, black and white against sand and stone, I think of your well-groomed, fattened relatives guarding luxury in North America, as you guard for the hand in the south, that feeds you, no matter how sparse, the dry bone. - Sandra Mooney-Ellerbeck http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/02/17/one-more-set-of-poems-and-images-of-peru.html Young Girl you are the definition of endurance standing firm against the backdrop of your native country and I am the same wedged between the busy streets and avenues of my own we are no different really, you and I your eyes a watercolor of secrets tracking survival from the dusty grounds pulling in a wish, inventing ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/02/11/more-poetry-of-peruvian-images.html I have collaborated with writers in the past, and recently two poets that I know were inspired to write about some of my images captured in Peru. So without any extra fanfare, here are the first two. Hands of Time The toil of your life is carried in your hands in the earth ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/02/04/poetry-inspired-by-darlenes-peruvian-images.html Peru was actually not on my "list" of places in the world I wanted to visit. I'm drawn to places with art, culture and great food like Asia, Italy and France. Little was I prepared for what I experienced in Peru - ALL of those things! ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/01/28/story-of-my-journey-to-peru-2007.html After spending nearly 4 weeks in Peru as part of the womans tour group Red Lotus Tours, I fell in love with this magical, spiritual place rich in the history of the Inca's. I visited the sacred valley, climbed to Machu Picchu and spent time with our shaman ... http://www.herviewphotography.com/2008/01/08/visions-of-peru-2008-calendar.html