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wild horses run, run away

kellya — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:53:28 +0000

…I know I’ve dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don’t have much time
Faith has been broken tears must be cried
Let’s do some living after we die
Wild horses, couldn’t drag me away
Wild wild horses we’ll ride them someday…
- song by Susan Boyle; original lyrics by The Rolling Stones

live with abandon, live without doubt

kellya — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:12:47 +0000

If we didn’t live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I’ve no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged…
- Virginia Woolf

snow horse, up close and personal

kellya — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:40:42 +0000

A recent three-day October snow storm left its mark on more than just the streets of Denver, Colorado. This horse was kind enough to pose for me after a few bits of apple…providing the perfect close-up of snowflakes caught on his nose and whiskers.

unconditional horse love

kellya — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:30:13 +0000

Now the great winds shorewards blow;
Now the salt tides seards flow;
Now the wild white horses play
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
- Matthew Arnold

window to a horse’s soul

kellya — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:37 +0000

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl’s life
devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.
- Phyllis Theroux

the happy horse

kellya — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:02:03 +0000

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
- Rumi

I absolutely love photographing horses. There’s something about being amongst these unbridled animals out in the open space…simply watching them interact with each other that never fails to bring me a sense of peace. Their independent, pure and sensual nature speaks to me, leaving me no choice but to try to capture their spirit…

HouseBeautiful.com via Design Wonderland

kellya — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:40:26 +0000

A few months ago, some of my horse portraits (i.e., Horsescapes) were featured on Jessica Caldwell’s beautiful and inspiring blog, Design Wonderland which in turn caught the eye of HouseBeautiful.com’s editor, Natalie Askren. Natalie references my horse portraits in the “sites we love” section of HouseBeautiful.com.

for the love of horse spirit

kellya — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:41:50 +0000

The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
- Ansel Adams