tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post2624950509678688129..comments2023-08-21T02:52:22.496-07:00Comments on Koos Fernhout: About this blog - a Manifesto of sortsKoos Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-10646640302432322142007-09-04T11:10:00.000-07:002007-09-04T11:10:00.000-07:00Thanks Dale for a wonderful, eloquent and encourag...Thanks Dale for a wonderful, eloquent and encouraging comment.<BR/>I almost missed it, eager as I was to move on...<BR/><BR/>Just this: we'll need a great deal of courage and determination to face what's in store for us - oh and a <I><B>very</I></B> critical eye, especially when people say 'Trust me, what I say is the (inconvenient) truth'.<BR/>Convenient lie more likely.<BR/><BR/>As I continue taking pictures, I notice a certain progress and a growing self confidence. More and more often the subject announces itself to me, saying 'Take me, you only have to select and shoot'.<BR/><BR/>I am a blessed man.Koos Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-7359574842166272102007-09-03T07:05:00.000-07:002007-09-03T07:05:00.000-07:00Oops, sorry Pete..."endless" wire.And another note...Oops, sorry Pete..."endless" wire.<BR/><BR/>And another note, just because it's out there does not mean we have to heed it all.<BR/><BR/>As in life, we continue to have free will to pick and choose.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390048543612668055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-43268256128976120632007-09-03T07:03:00.000-07:002007-09-03T07:03:00.000-07:00Hi Koos!It's me, from invisible Canada - the large...Hi Koos!<BR/><BR/>It's me, from invisible Canada - the largest land mass with the smallest window...<BR/><BR/>...and the most incredible scenery one could imagine!<BR/><BR/>And yes, the scenery is just as old as that of Europe and the rest of the world... ;)<BR/><BR/>My own solution to this world of global terrorism, mass hysteria-inducing TV, pronounced marketing and all the crap fed to us through the endles wire, is to get up every morning and live my life on my own terms.<BR/>Utilising the basics, like eating, sleeping, working and yes, even going to the bathroom!<BR/><BR/>Your photos of Poland are greatly refreshing and your photographic eye is as impecable and discerning as ever.<BR/>You see such beauty with all the contrast and contradiction that many of us overlook in our own outlook on our surroundings.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the glimpse.<BR/><BR/>Love<BR/>DaleDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390048543612668055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-68052685165342715142007-08-31T18:02:00.000-07:002007-08-31T18:02:00.000-07:00Welcome back! You do have an eye for beauty, and a...Welcome back! You do have an eye for beauty, and a talent for sharing it with us.<BR/><BR/>And I did love the little Queen reference there, my dear. And yes, I do agree- my country is disappearing into this North American alliance, swallowed up in the politics of fear and commerce.Anne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960236584908811801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-67024957484979266222007-08-30T16:44:00.000-07:002007-08-30T16:44:00.000-07:00It is hard to go wrong that way, isn't it?Thanks f...It is hard to go wrong that way, isn't it?<BR/>Thanks for your wonderful comment, Gypsy - it takes one to know one.<BR/><BR/>I'm still a bit dreamy from being in Poland, that is in the tiny bit I've seen of that vast country.Koos Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-26151861043574427932007-08-30T15:42:00.000-07:002007-08-30T15:42:00.000-07:00Firstly Koos welcome back from Poland, hope you ha...Firstly Koos welcome back from Poland, hope you had a wonderful trip..<BR/>Just looked at your flicker album. Your pictures are truely stunning, high Art at it's best, diverse and memerizing, you have an eye for beauty..and a beauty by your side..gypsy noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017012042099344485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-8273400165441511142007-08-30T07:30:00.000-07:002007-08-30T07:30:00.000-07:00Well, Koos, since we can all do with reminding how...Well, Koos, since we can all do with reminding how much loveliness there really is in this world of ours, it doesn't hurt to find a lower horse and take us on a journey of beauty that we can all see and appreciate instead. ;-)Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.com