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Rose Garden
My mothers mothers mother
planted in her garden
filled with the finest roses
ever seen, the most beautiful
flowers on gods earth growing
in the brownest of dirt

And from this wealthy dirt
she raised like a mother
a thing there growing
a thing so beautiful
like in no other garden
were her beautiful roses

she grew her roses
to feel as if from dirt
to a person as beautiful
as only a true mother
in her children's garden
like them she is growing

so not alone in growing
flourishing like roses
dreams in a garden,
of sweat and dirt,
of being a mother
of the things beautiful

as she beautiful
and old was growing
she became her
Lanterns
Lanterns

I walk under the cold night sky.

 It is so adorned by lanterns that I don't need any help to find my way.Even the full moon seems faint compared to the light coming from the millions of khom fai filling the air.

 My own lantern is held, flaccid, close to my chest against the November air. I reach my destination, a bench, in the middle of this park.

 I hold out my lantern and light the candle that rests inside. And wait for the space around the candle to fill with hot air.

 As I do I look around me and see at least twenty other people launching khom fai of their own. I hope that this lantern will rid me of my troubles as the

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New stock image for new deviation.

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~666Darks Apr 13, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Very nice shot. :D
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~SUVLAK Nov 20, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
loving this image,the atmosphere and the lightning are wonderfull
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*kueijin Oct 16, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks for your great work!!!

Used it here:

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~thezenlunatic Aug 26, 2012
Are you the originator of this photo? I'd really like to use it for an album cover (CD).
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Mood: Content ~IamTheWay Aug 27, 2012  Student General Artist
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Nope sorry, I just used it for a base to work off. Found it on the net. But drawing something similar isn't hard or you could take your own photo.

Whats on the CD? If I may ask?

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~thezenlunatic Sep 3, 2012
Thank You for the response.

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~rtistj May 21, 2012
I am preparing for my June solo show in an art gallery, and I have one painting of a monk in the show. I would appreciate permission to use your photo as a reference photo for one of my paintings.
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~IamTheWay Aug 16, 2012  Student General Artist
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Feel free :D

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~rtistj Aug 20, 2012
Check it out ... [link]
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~IamTheWay Aug 21, 2012  Student General Artist
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Wow! Feels like when I did my manipulation of this same monk, layer upon layer upon layer of color and texture. Very beautiful but exhausting just to watch, nevermind do

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