Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography Quotes

“seduce me at sunrise, dance with me barefoot in the dew on the grass, make me wet and warm, and loved”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“i found my flower, there she was, she caught my eye and captured my heart. i listened to her...she called out to me with her colors and warmth, held me with her softness and beauty, silently asking only that i let her grow, and let her be, and love her for who she was: my flower”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“our life is a coloring book...together we color our world onto the vibrant pages with our radiant hues, saturating and warming our lives with a beauty that's so filled with colorful luminosity, just like sparkling sunbeams shining through a thousand colorful leaves ablaze on autumn trees”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“without your colors, my world would always be like night, it would be so much colder, so dark and colorless...i'd be living in a black and white picture where all the flowers have closed up”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“falling into the mist
through colorful trees
on wings of love

becoming a part
of colors ablaze
in autumn's leaves

holding each color
with floating kisses
on sighs of feathers”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“be the lone tree standing in the misty rain, branches outstretched upward tasting the fog, waiting for the air to clear, waiting for clouds to break and give way to blue skies...waiting for the sunbeams to sing down and warm your soul all the way down to your wet roots”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“she said simply, 'my favorite color is you'...and that's all it took for my heart to be ablaze with love”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“i look up in
hope, dreaming to be
brightened up, and
begotten out of
this hazy funk, and
suddenly, i
see
my light glowing
high above me, she
is
warming certainty
wearing her
angelic halo, as
my spirits rise up to
kiss her, i smile
clearly”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“her reflection captivates me
her darkness teaches me
her essence fills me
her light calms me
her soul caresses me...

she is my fascination
she is is my art
she is my glow
she is my love
she is my dance”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“on this morning, you feel her touch deeply into your soul as the misty fog lightly brushes in whispering silence across the surface of your being, amidst the soothing fragrance of wet pine needles floating all around...she creeps playfully though in wavy reflections, warming your waters with her magic, her dance, the hope for a new awakening”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“in photography and as in life, it is the strong contrasts between dualities that make things interesting and beautiful...particularly speaking, darkness has to exist and be present in order for light to glow, and have meaning and purpose”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“you are the yellow-breasted finch singing the sound of sunshine into my heart”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“always remember, you are the sunshine to those who look up to you, and they are your sunbathers...so glow brightly, be that positive enlightenment that radiates joy into their hearts and fills them with warmth and positivity. so that they may do the same one day, unto all those sunbathers who look up to them”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“i ask you, what are you into? ...whatever it is, get into it, totally jump all the way into it, experience everything you can, learn and love...and then transcend through it, and find your other side in this life, don't wait”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“love and understanding are one into the same. without love, there is no understanding, and without understanding, there can be no love”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“when you are there, be truly present, be into that moment, 100%, and that place, or person, or experience will forever become part of you”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“be into your own happiness...so that's how it is... if you are happy, that's enough...at your age, stay on the path of discovery into what makes you happy...the path into yourself, discover a path that's only for you. it does not have to be crystal clear, so even if there is fog that makes it impossible to see, even a step ahead of you, don't be afraid, and just slowly take it one step at a time, into it all....don't give into the fear of the unknown or unseen. move into and towards it, and cherish that excitement. because when the fog clears up, who knows, you might just end up where you dearly wanted to be...”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“together
our colors sing,
ablaze with a
melody of passion hues
drenched with reds, and
yellows, and oranges,
mellowed by greens, and
cooling blues...
floating silently upon
the morning breeze,
we're autumn's leaves
falling from trees,
landing in the river
floating quietly away, upon
still waters,
wrapped around
colorful sighs,
a simple, single, infinite
moment of living to
love”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“he could smell her petals, with their warming colors. and hear her silent wisdom as he listened to those colors...and her beauty, behold! wow; oh, how he wanted so badly to keep her and cherish her...but he dare not take her away from the other purple flowers, she was not his to take. because it was there that she was needed, and there he would let her be, standing out above the crowd, where she belonged”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“after a hot shower, wipe the mirror and clear the mist covering it...look closely at yourself, see the reflection you want to see...breathe in, breathe out...now, let go of who you are, and become who you can be...”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“before you, 
i stand, and 
i realize, that 
i never knew how good life was, 
before you”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“the evils of ego devour the soul with darkness, destroy all hope, and eat away at any chance of experiencing the pure beauty of a glowing, unspoiled love”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“when you see her unspoiled beauty for the first time, you realize that's why you came this way afterall in the first place”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“we are only here on this planet for a little while...so dance, and love, and reflect what makes you happy, and then love and dance some more”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“she danced with
her own reflection,
absorbed in a trance
of morning light,
a glowing impression,
whose sheer beauty
was pure and simply,
her timeless simplicity”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“how can you be holding me from doing what i want to do, when all i want to do is hold you?”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“there she was, so full of delicious colors, impossible not to look at, impossible not to love...so profoundly aligned into my being, with this radiance of beauty so powerful and warming, that even after she left, my world still glowed in her afterglow”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“it is a shame that so many beautiful places have become immensely popular within the past 3-4 years...they are being plastered all over the internet making people want to go and see them, especially photographers...and its a further shame that so many photographers only want to take pictures, with the goal to share to their social media sites and get likes, sponsors, and money...ironically how before that, like just 4 years ago, you seldom saw many images of unknown places, and most people had no clue where these spots where...now these special places are becoming less unique as they get more and more coverage and exposure, becoming less and less mystical to the art-world...

it is also a further shame how many of these photographers only care about themselves and getting their picture at any cost, including the cost of damaging their natural surroundings with their ignorance...and my god, the stuff i have seen them do and leave behind in their wake is appalling...and more and more all the reason for why i will not disclose anymore the places where i go now that are unknown treasures which i have been discovering, so these new photo sites do not ever have to become overrun like so many other beautiful places have regrettably become, all due to inconsiderate and selfish people with their selfish cameras and cellphones, and selfish actions, those annoying people out there who are merely like pesky fleas to a very beautiful location, sucking the blood and life out of it slowly...

i feel partially to blame, as i used to always give people locations of my photo comps, so many of the places not many knew about and were rarely visited, let alone photographed...there were spots i photographed over 5 years ago, and now many of these sites are overrun with greed and stupidity, getting trashed, tagged, and overrun. i know i am not directly to blame, but i was part of the problem even though i was only trying to help out other courteous photographers, but in the process of doing just that, the door opened to the ugly people looking to use others and use places for their own greedy intentions...i would even give them the gps to within 5 feet of the spot if they asked me...i was always so open and as helpful as i could be...also gave out all my camera settings and told how i went about creating my impressions with my equipment and thoughts about the composition...

now look what has happened...i am not to blame, but i do carry much of the responsibility as word got out to these previously secluded locations...so now, i want no part of it anymore. and even-though now i often get called selfish and mean for not disclosing my locations, i must do what i feel is necessary to protect what i love and the places i love.”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“when you are really into something, jump into it with all your heart, and it will find its way into your heart forever”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography

“i am simply into my life right now, until i can be into my light one day...”
― Bodhi Smith, Bodhi Smith Impressionist Photography