CREATIVE PORTRAITS

WHAT MAKES THE HEART SING

Photo and video essay documenting people answering the question, “What makes your heart sing?”

Perchick

David

David & Celeste

Subway Guy

Gill

James

Michael Van Patten & Perchick Kreiman-Miller

answering the question “What makes your heart sing?”

CREATIVE PORTRAITS

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Childlike Wonder. New Beginnings. Risks. Potential. Adventure….. The Fool is shown at the beginning of his journey with unlimited potential. The sun rising up before him represents the beginning of his journey. He is facing north-west, the direction of the unknown. He is looking upwards, toward the sky, or Spirit. He is about to step off a cliff into the material world but is he prepared? He has all the tools and resources he needs in the bag on his staff but he has not opened the bag yet. The white rose in his left hand represents purity and innocence. He has a guardian in the little white dog who will protect him throughout his journey but who will also push him to learn the lessons the Fool came here to learn. The mountains behind the Fool represent the realms of Spirit that he has just left and will spend his life trying to regain. Stilt walker moving into the light of celestial clouds

Follow your Bliss

Dance like no one is watching

What a fare hike

You are Golden

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Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful Warrior Machu Picchu,Peru

“The Bubble Man”

Stephen Duncan “Bubble Man” Tompkins Square Park, NYC

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Mermaid Angel Rainbow Portal

When it rains look for rainbows. When its dark look for stars. When diving deep look for mermaids. When looking within know you are the angel you seek. Mt. Diablo, California Full Rainbow with rolling green hills and Mermaid Angel. 20120411-20120411-DCS_7587-7630-Angel Mermaid-RAINBOW.tif