Solitude ~ My Secret Garden

Solitude ~ My Secret Garden

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“My Secret Garden” is an imagined place. A place of solitude, a place for aloneness. A place to just be. To me, there are two sides to being alone. Loneliness is a painful, unhappy place. Being solitary is being aware of your presence rather than being uncomfortable with the absence of others. When alone is when my inner voice comes for a chat.

 I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

___ Henry David Thoreau, ‘Walden’

My Secret Garden is a composite of seven photographs I recently made at Selby Botanical Gardens and a variety of textures and backgrounds.

Ron Mayhew

Fine Art Photographer specializing in Still Life and Commercial Photography.

This Post Has 6 Comments

    1. Thank you, Kat.I didn’t make the Valentine’s Day connecting.

  1. What a beautiful composition! And I like that Thoreau quote, even if don’t always like being alone.

    1. Creating new compositions with my images is something I am enjoying experimenting with. Like you, I enjoy solitude in small doses. Thank you.

  2. What a beautiful composition!

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