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I've been creating wallpaper for my own use for awhile. These efforts
have allowed me to explore some new techniques, utilize my digital photography
collection, and illustrate some of my favorite quotes. Here are some samples
from my collection.
 "Until
one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always
ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation).
There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless
ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits
oneself, then Providence moves too, all sorts of things occur to
help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream
of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all
manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever
you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power
and magic in it. Begin it now." --Johann
Wolfgang Von Goethe
I realized my friends were not typical about ten years ago. I was
faced with some life choices and, rather than quote "Dear Abby"
to me, I got Goethe. This is my favorite. The art is a composite
of two photos from Dublin, Ireland. The first is of the mountains
and beautiful April sky. The second is of the Angel--if you look
carefully, there is a bullet hole in her right breast from the 1922
uprising. 1024x768 800x600
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 "The
legitimate object of government is to do for the community of people
whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all in their separate
and individual capacities." --Lincoln
Took this photo in Washington DC in August 2001. 1024x768 800x600
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 "A
Life lived in Fear is a Life Half-Lived." --Spanish Proverb
In May, 2003, I took my mother on a hot-air balloon ride. This
was the first truly adventurous thing that I could ever remember
her asking to do--so it made the perfect birthday gift. I took the
photo of the rapidly inflating balloon. Shortly thereafter I overcame
my fear of heights and went for a wonderful flight. The quote is
an old Spanish proverb made famous in "Strictly Ballroom." 1024x768 800x600
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 "This
above all, to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the
night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." --Shakespeare
Not a digital photograph--scanned. I took this after an enormous
thunderstorm in Ohio, just SE of Akron in the early 1980s. 1024x768 800x600
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 "For
in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is
the very definition of slavery." --Jonathan
Swift
Another composite. This one from the tomb of Jonathon Swift at
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and the background is a waterfall
at the Guiness Brewery. I hope Mr. Swift would approve. 1024x768 800x600
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