the brilliance of cosmic dust extends from here to infinity; where misty light rains softly upon lovers, and enchanting glows enfold friends. here rest the collected ideas and feelings that have brought me smiles and inspiration. may they radiate good vibes to you too. *ka ho karl | p.s. i’m starting a funny tumblr hereTumblr (3.0; @kahokarl)http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8bdc61eae2016983a716d3029744495a/tumblr_mll78msY931qbp5k2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c60714554cbba5b2e29f7e41d20ccd4e/tumblr_mll78msY931qbp5k2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Likes”: Discovering happenstance and multitudes</p> <p>Ka Ho Karl (2013)</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48496534436http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48496534436Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:02:46 -0700collageinspirationideashappenstancemultitudesrepetitionflowpatterns“Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into sublime seas. Dive deep and swim far so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thoughtbubbledigest.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">thoughtbubbledigest</a>)</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48491900055http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48491900055Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:59:22 -0700ralph waldo emersonquoteselfgrowthtransformationjoylife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f946e18a48183eae2eb4a0f30a24abd2/tumblr_ml7wl6SQoc1r8vrhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://partywithjesus.tumblr.com/post/48001514395/malformalady-opalized-wood-petrified-wood-is" target="_blank">partywithjesus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://malformalady.tumblr.com/post/47905583141/opalized-wood-petrified-wood-is-basically" target="_blank">malformalady</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Opalized wood. Petrified wood is basically fossilized wood that has had it’s organic matter replaced by a mineral such as agate, bit by bit, as it decomposes. The wood structure is maintained, but the wood fibers are slowly changed into stone. Sometimes a jasper, quartz, pyrite or even opal(shown above) can be found fossilized in wood.</p> </blockquote> <p>this is a piece of wood the size of a silver dollar and it cost over $2000</p> </blockquote>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48479554927http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48479554927Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:02:21 -0700opalized woodcrystalmineralwoodtransformationmagicbeautyearthnature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1a94c273ad7e39172566c9c0a65b0f2/tumblr_mlkvxelfpc1qbp5k2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sundog, Calgary, April 12th, 2013 (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danicakarl/8666025285/sizes/l/in/photostream/" target="_blank">danica+karl</a>)</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48479289461http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48479289461Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:58:00 -0700sundogcircularrainbowsunskyatmosphericphenomenayyccalgarykahokarlparhelion“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.”<br/><br/> - <em>Pema Chodron (via <a href="http://wethinkwedream.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">wethinkwedream</a>)</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48425927167http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/48425927167Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:05:09 -0700pema chodronquotelearninggrowingteachings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9dffe3a8fd5db71ec2fc4dc49351426/tumblr_mkxp9oCWyA1qbp5k2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danicakarl/8631475380/sizes/k/in/photostream/" target="_blank">danica+karl</a>)</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/47450153873http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/47450153873Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:29:48 -0700kahokarlyyzpanoramaphotographyskylinecloudspurplepinkrose<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c253d3cc03eaa98e23604a09b1f9d7f0/tumblr_mghu6u4UyX1qzcg4fo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f1786c1b05419401094f9016107a9c5/tumblr_mghu6u4UyX1qzcg4fo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://commovente.tumblr.com/post/40307441462/ernst-haas-i-accidentally-tagged-these-photos-as" target="_blank">commovente</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p> Ernst Haas <br/><br/><em>I accidentally tagged these photos as ‘poetry’ but I don’t think I want to fix it. Some things are better left as is.</em></p> </div> </blockquote>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46332184324http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46332184324Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:25:01 -0700ernst haasfilmphotographylandscapesmagicartideasinspiration“I am not interested in shooting new things, I am interested to see things new.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ernst Haas</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46332132712http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46332132712Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:23:29 -0700ernst haasseeingartphotographyquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e30b4d39b019be4e72e8811ae2df9317/tumblr_mi08zoznMG1qzg58bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.katemccgwire.com" target="_blank">Kate MccGwire</a></p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46331928198http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46331928198Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:17:29 -0700kate mccgwirefeatherscirclecoloursartsculptureeyenaturalbluepurplegreenelegant<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adee272c77b8a22a108eb2a2a76987ef/tumblr_mjrtbl9HMa1qgo2o2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://free-parking.tumblr.com/post/45524400675/yoko-ono" target="_blank">free-parking</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2013/03/shakers-movers-at-vw/" target="_blank">Yoko Ono</a></p> </blockquote>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46331870022http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/46331870022Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:15:45 -0700yoko onoartideasinspirationlinecirclegeometry““There is no word for art. We say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal.””<br/><br/> - <em>Kenojuak Ashevak</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/45733088385http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/45733088385Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:59:13 -0700kenojuak ashevakcanadianinuitaboriginalfirst nationsdrawingillustrationprint makingartideasinspirationquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f08db8f7822daf4faed86825b6ba8052/tumblr_mgdev0npmY1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>nevver:</p> <p>Surf’s up</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/45733058338http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/45733058338Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:58:45 -0700surfwaveenergyactionphotographypowerwaveswater<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6c886f1afd9c70cb9e0043a14aa9c78/tumblr_miljf6N0eL1qbp5k2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aurora Over Crystal Peak, 2013</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43683426461http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43683426461Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:42:49 -0700kahokarlauroraborealisspacenightluminouscrystalglowstarsartphotographypaintingesotericvision““You’re waiting for that magical day when someone makes the connection and recognizes who you really are. Maybe they’ll first catch the sparkle in your eye. Or perhaps they’ll marvel at your insights and the depth of your spirit. Someone who will help you connect the dots, believe in yourself, and make sense of it all. Someone who will understand you, approve of you, and unhesitatingly give you a leg up so that life can pluck your ready, ripened self from the branch of magnificence. Well, I’m here to tell you, your wait is over. That someone, is you.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe  (via divinalion)</p> <p>(via positivemanifestations)</p></em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43683117603http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43683117603Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:41:16 -0700mike dooleylifeselfloveinspirationquote<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m83ita8fqk1rzb0veo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43471866531http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43471866531Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:51:03 -0700fireglowsilhouettesmokereddressnaturephotographylifeenergy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e68abac2b2a90ec2e4bce54f7d5b66e/tumblr_mhtpoyvZh21rfg9h7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43471855127http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/43471855127Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:50:48 -0700swimmerwatersplashwavesseaskyjoyenergylifephotography““”The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor. The point of being an artist is that you may live.”“”<br/><br/> - <em>Sherwood Anderson in a 1927 letter to his eighteen-year-old son. (via thegoldeneternity)</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42828932005http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42828932005Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:33:06 -0700sherwood andersonquoteartlife<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/660510e678acde1359252738bf4364c8/tumblr_mhizrwkubY1r7ulajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42828564067http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42828564067Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:21:55 -0700snorkelswimunderwaterdivephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a682576549770b4d8b81cfd95dc141a5/tumblr_mhyy0br9gV1qbp5k2o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best shots all morning from Telus Spark</p>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42687251285http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42687251285Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:55:00 -0700kahokarlmobileproductiondawnscience centrecalgaryyyctelus sparktelevisiontv““”To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”“”<br/><br/> - <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson (via spaceherosuit)</em>http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42591591890http://kahokarl.tumblr.com/post/42591591890Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:43:33 -0700ralph waldo emersonquoteselfmasterybeingindividualitystrength