by Bela Johnson | Aug 14, 2018 | Hawaii, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Why be stingy with praise when all of life exists as streams of unfurling miracles, pausing in miniscule moments only to accept our wonderment and blessings? all photos ©Bela Johnson
by Bela Johnson | Aug 8, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
When the world is weary of mediocrity and the doors are flung wide open to admit the least of us is also worthy, neither better nor worse but as crucial to the whole as any other life form; When we finally attain some sort of collective maturity, a steady hand on the...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 17, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, perspective, photography, Uncategorized
There are those who shun the wind, though I am not one of them. A desert dweller by birth, living in a subtropical environment has me gasping all too often for air, movement of energy, a yearning for fresh. Tonight we drove to the end of the road as is often the case...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 29, 2018 | Hawaii, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The drumbeat of water is the best sort of background noise, punctuated by birdsong and the occasional distracted glance at nimbostratus hovering in the distance, invitation to tease their own condensed element back to earth; And now here it comes, sideways slants...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 25, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
If I were to sweep, it would never end; this precious earth has only begun to burn and swirl and blow away the flimsy trappings, human footprints laid down along shorelines expanding now beneath helicopter eyes, unable to peer further under Pele’s fiery skirts;...
by Bela Johnson | May 3, 2018 | creativity, perspective, Uncategorized, writing
What do I want to Do with my life? To explore and explode a thousand thoughts and color-filled words that spill out and scramble for the page … Confusion! It’s all I want, and then the pictures begin scrolling, rolling on the insides of my eyelids and I am...
