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Dreaming Dreams

04 Sunday Aug 2019

Posted by victoriaperpetua in Angels, Bonaventure, Cemetery, Edgar Allan Poe, Lomo'Instant Wide, Lomography, Nevermore, Photography, Poetry, The Raven

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Nevermore&Corrine

Lomo’Instant Wide of Corinne and Nevermore at Bonaventure Cemetery

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore!”
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”
Merely this and nothing more.

~~Edgar Allan Poe

LomoCorinne

Lomo close-up of Corinne

Nevermore&Angel

Angel holding Lomo’Instant Wide of herself and Nevermore.

LomoAngel

Double exposure of Angel with Lomo’Instant Wide

Shadow on the Floor

28 Sunday Jul 2019

Posted by victoriaperpetua in Bonaventure, Cemetery, Edgar Allan Poe, Lomo'Instant Wide, Lomography, Nevermore, Photography, Poetry, The Raven

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Nevermore&Lisadoubleex

A double exposure at Bonaventure Cemetery using my Lomo’Instant Wide camera; Nevermore and Lisa modeling.

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted–nevermore!

~~Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Nevermore&Lisa

Lisa and Nevermore at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah

Nevermore&Lisalomo

A Lomo’Instant Wide photo of Lisa and Nevermore.

LomoLisa

Lomography detail/close-up of Lisa

 

Nevermore Returns to Bonaventure

17 Sunday Dec 2017

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Nevermore recently made a return trip to Bonaventure Cemetery. Below are a few photos, to see the rest and/or the entire collection go here: NEVERMORE

Visiting with Corinne . . .

And Gracie . . .

 

Nevermore at Christ Church Frederica

01 Friday Sep 2017

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Nevermore at Christ Church Frederica

On a recent trip to Saint Simons Island off the coast of Georgia, Nevemore accompanied me. We decided to make a trip to the historic Christ Church Frederica rebuilt by Anson Dodge when it was in shambles after the Civil War.

This choirboy looked like he could use some help.

Why is this swan looking this way? Or is it? Nevermore is not sure.

To see a couple more pictures from Christ Church Frederica go here: Christ Church

 

Nevermore in Scotland and England

23 Sunday Jul 2017

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A few photos of Nevermore in Scotland and England. To see the other seven photos go here: NEVERMORE

Nevermore at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.

“This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion’s velvet lining with the lamplight gloating o’er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!”

Nevermore at the gravesite of the heart of Robert the Bruce, which is buried at Melrose Abbey in Scotland.

Nevermore and the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory on the Holy Island off the coast of England.

Quotes from the Hallowed Treasures Saga

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by victoriaperpetua in Albert Einstein, Anaïs Nin, Book covers, Death's Dark Shadows, Don Quixote, Dr. Suess, Edgar Allan Poe, Fantasy, Fiction, Hallowed Treasures Saga, Henry Miller, In Lonely Exile, Julian of Norwich, King Crimson, Kirkus Review, Lao Tzu, Miguel Cervantes, Nicolai Gogol, Poetry, Quotes, Songs, T.S. Eliot, The Man of LaMancha, The Path to Misery, The Raven, Thirteen Kingdoms

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The Ghost of Loss by Geillis Saille

The Ghost of Loss by Geillis Saille

Kirkus Reviews said, “Because Eluned loves books, bookworms will be abundantly rewarded throughout the tale, with frequent references to the works of H.P. Lovecraft, T.S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll, and more. Welsh mythology heavily influences the princess’ story and world, so fans of Lloyd Alexander’s classic Chronicles of Prydain series should find much to enjoy here.”

To make the Princess Eluned’s love of literature even more real, I added some writers and poets who were contemporaneous to her time frame. I also began each book in the Hallowed Treasures Saga with a quote as well as adding quotes to the title page for each Part of the saga.

From The Path to Misery:

“And for a long time yet, led by some wondrous power, I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown b anyone.” ~~Nicolai Gogol, Dead Souls

PROLOGUE
The quote from the prologue is taken from a book written by one of Eluned’s favorite authors. She has re-reads this book while at King Arawn’s Castle Pwyll in Prythew, Kingdom of Annewven.

“The most difficult path to tread is the way that leads to one’s own soul.” ~~Geillis Saille, The Ghost of Loss

PART ONE

“Let us, then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.”
~~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Call her moonchild
Dancing in the shallow of a river
Lonely moonchild
Dreaming in the shadow of a willow.

Talking to the trees of a cobweb strange
Sleeping on the steps of a fountain
Waving silver wands to the night-birds song
Waiting for the sun on the mountain.”
~~King Crimson, Moonchild from In The Court of the Crimson King

PART TWO

“From there to here, from here to there,
Funny things are everywhere.”
~~Dr. Suess, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

“The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament’s begun.
The purple piper plays his tune.
The choir softly sing:
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue.
For the court of the crimson king.”
~~King Crimson, The Court of the Crimson King from In the Court of the Crimson King

PART THREE

“We travel, some of us forever,
to see other states, other lives, other souls.”
~~Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974

“Sailing on the wind
In a milk white gown
Dropping circle stones on a sundial
Playing hide and seek
With the ghosts of dawn
Waiting for a smile from a sun child.”
~~King Crimson, Moonchild from In the Court of the Crimson King

The Divine Presence by Schlomo

The Divine Presence by Schlomo

From In Lonely Exile:

“What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.”
~~T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding

PART THREE CONTINUED

While in Prythew, in Book I, Eluned buys Yona a volume of poetry by the poet Schlomo. In Book II, Yona brings the book along with her on the Quest.

“Fire descends in the night,
Lightning and thunder quicken the darkness,
A dream takes root as I sleep.”
~~Schlomo, The Divine Presence

“This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right without question of pause,
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause!”
~~Joe Darion, The Man of LaMancha

PART IV

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams–
this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness–and
maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
~~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal
ever dared to dream before.”
~~Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

The Gunslinger's Troth

The Gunslinger’s Troth by Delevan Aden

From Death’s Dark Shadows

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
~~Albert Einstein

PART V

The first quote is taken from Eluned’s favorite romance novel. It is one of the books she found hidden in a secret compartment in the window seat of her tower bedroom. The books belonged to her great-grandmother, Queen Fuchsia, who abandoned her husband and child to pursue her dream of acting. The book is mentioned in both In Lonely Exile and Death’s Dark Shadows.

“Honey, you ain’t never gonna find peace in this world lookin’ down the barrel of a gun.”
~~Delevan Aden, The Gunslinger’s Troth

“If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.”
~~Henry Miller

PART VI

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
~~Lao Tzu

“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”
~~Julian of Norwich

Which quote is your favorite?

As I am currently finishing Death’s Dark Shadows, I don’t yet have the quotes for what will be PART VII. BUT, The Path to Misery and In Lonely Exile, can both be purchased through your local bookstore or at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, both in paperback or on Kindle or Nook.

AMAZON:

The Path to Misery: Book I in the Hallowed Treasures Saga

In Lonely Exile: Book II in the Hallowed Treasures Saga on Kindle

or in paperback here: In Lonely Exile

Barnes & Noble:

The Path to Misery: Book I in the Hallowed Treasures Saga

In Lonely Exile: Book II in the Hallowed Treasures Saga

 

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