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		<title>Choices and Variables &#8211; Complex or Simple &#8211; Appreciating Nature &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-48</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder post evolves around choices, accepting what is, making things complex or receiving with ease. Given the abstraction of most of the images, I am including a Nature photo also, for those whom I assume expect to see nature photographs here. Explanations are below the pictures. Today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder Photos - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Color, Texture, Shape in Avocado Seeds &#8211; Transformation &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-45</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AVOCADO PIT Aged, Solid, Rock Hard, Rich in color, texture, patterns And oh so much more. On its own, it splits in two Peel the parchment skin Find the heart lines, textures, Ying and Yang? Is there a message here, or do we simply accept it for what it? Beauty contained in the ordinary, often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Next &#8211; Circling Back to Self as Seen in Wood Pods &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-30</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read the last Picture to Ponder post, you&#8217;ll most like recall my fascination with the unfolding of two interlocked, wood-like, seed pods that got totally flat after soaking in water. One of the photos showed the pods starting to curl up. I put them back in water until my grandsons came, so together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering, Openings and Transformation &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-29</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My older son and two grandsons are visiting this week, so today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder is late and will mainly be the photographs and story documenting discovering and transformation. The Queries are brief and might be profound for some of you. Today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder Photos &#8211;   These photographs result from my latest fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Photography to Create Connections &#8211; Ripples and Reflections &#8211;  Picture to Ponder &#8211; v6-issue 49</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following  Picture to Ponder for a while, you&#8217;ve undoubtedly realized that I consider my camera as one of my best friends.  It and/or its predecessors have joined me and my family in celebrations and on trips; 1- it has shared in the joys and some of the sorrows in my life; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silk &#8211; Texture or Reality, Perception and Focus &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v6-issue43</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s issue of Picture to Ponder evolved from some of my experience of &#8220;creating&#8221; during the last two days. I wound up spending a good amount of time adding new images to products in my Nature Art Gift shop. This included creating prints of the silk painted mandala featured in last week&#8217;s Picture to Ponder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Safe and Authenticity &#8211; Azaleas, Ferns and Iguana in Morikami &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v6-issue 3</title>
		<link>http://photographyandtransformation.com/being-safe-and-authenticity-azaleas-ferns-and-iguana-in-morikami-picture-to-ponder-v6-issue-3/2010/01/22</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before introducing today&#8217;s photos, I want to put out a reminder for those of you whom might be looking for a creativity boost, in an &#8220;eye-opening&#8221; way, you can experience this in the upcoming Point and Shoot Photo Course. The official start date was moved to this upcoming Tuesday, January 26th. Our pre-class revealed an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture to Ponder 5 Year Birthday &#8211; Images in Nature &#8211; Vol 5 &#8211; Issue 45</title>
		<link>http://photographyandtransformation.com/picture-to-ponder-5-year-birthday-images-in-nature-vol-5-issue-45/2009/12/09</link>
		<comments>http://photographyandtransformation.com/picture-to-ponder-5-year-birthday-images-in-nature-vol-5-issue-45/2009/12/09#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[REMINDER _  I will be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio by Amethyst Wyldfyre this Friday, December 11th at 4 PM Eastern US time. Amethyst has entitled the program &#8220;The Gifted Hand, The Gifted Eye &#8211; Fine Arts for the Holidays: Interview with Sheila Finkelstein&#8221; I&#8217;d love for you to join us. Please bookmark SHOW. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in a crowd &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; Vol 5- issue 40 &#8211;  Mushrooms in AOS Gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on positive feedback I received, appreciating integrating &#8220;Today&#8217;s Photos&#8221; with &#8220;Self-Reflecting Queries,&#8221; I am continuing that format today. So be sure to scroll through the whole of today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder. Tonight (Wednesday, November 4th) I will be interviewing camera expert, Ingrid Owens of Camera Shy. She will be sharing answers to questions she&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Cycles &#8211; Leaves, Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace and Us &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; vol 5 &#8211; issue 38</title>
		<link>http://photographyandtransformation.com/life-cycles-leaves-queen-annes-lace-and-us-picture-to-ponder-vol-5-issue-38/2009/10/22</link>
		<comments>http://photographyandtransformation.com/life-cycles-leaves-queen-annes-lace-and-us-picture-to-ponder-vol-5-issue-38/2009/10/22#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- NEW -  4 &#8211; Week Telecourse Starts November 9th or 11th Click on image above for details I am excited. As you can see from the very top image, the header for the new Point and Shoot Photo Course for Moms, I am launching a new program. My earlier Photo/Creativity, then Through and From [...]]]></description>
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