Capture Happiness through the Lens

                      Capture Happiness through the Lens 

 30 Scenes (Unedited)

Dr Abe V Rotor 

“Happiness is already there. It is within us. We have just forgotten it and need to remember it again.” – Socrates

 

"Two heads are better than one," but one is for the stomach.

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” 

– Dalai Lama

"All for one and one for all," may be an overkill to a poor monkey on the wall.

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

 – Albert Einstein

"If you can't go to where Nature is, bring Nature home."

 Floor-to-wall-to-ceiling mural.  Living with Nature Center,  

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

“Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.” ~ Confucius

"Truly, a rose is a rose is a rose," said Gertrude Stein.

In children's art, beauty, purity and innocence are but one. 

“The Constitution only guarantees you the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

V-sign is an expression of both victory and joy to these kids.

“There is only one happiness in this life: to love and be loved.”

 – George Sand

  

 House guests delight in imagining a spring coming out of a wall. 

 Markus and Mackie ((author's grandchildren) pose with medals 

they won in Rubix Cube and gymnastics, respectively.

 Brisbane, Australia.  

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

  

Wooden head of Philippine deer (as if alive), and real feline 

pet greet these house guests at the Center.

“Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

"Don't sit on the stairs," old folks say.  You may be 

blocking the unseen passing through.

“Nothing in the world is as contagious as laughter and good humor.”

 – Charles Dickens

 

Two mothers inside and outside the wall, respectively.

“There’s no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.” – Buddha

A smile means a lot.  I can only guess what these two are thinking.

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain

 

All smile - one-two-three. Perfect.

“It is not easy to find happiness within yourself, but impossible to find it elsewhere.” – Agnes Repplier

 

Marley's twin?  She is just one dog with two masters.   

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn

Eureka!  Eureka! (I found it! 2x,) is the ultimate cry of success.

Jose Pepito Rojas, inventor of the mobile chair from virtual junks. 

“Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well lived.” 

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Wonder how cork is made and where.  Cork tree.

Brisbane, Australia 

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

― Marthe Troly-Curtin

"I am the way, the life and the truth." (John 14:6). Children's interpretations 

in an art workshop attract local and foreign guests alike.  San Vicente Parish.

“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.” – Voltaire

If there's twin-finger banana, there's also twin-bunch banana.

“If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
~ Buddha

Fear does not only scare, it is also contagious.

“Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. 

You make you happy.” – Beyoncé

Resurrection is the image of a growing child amid an aging 

population in our time.

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. 

We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

― Chuck Palahniuk,

Husband and wife - a happy tandem as ambulant vendors,

our suki of fresh farm products.

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”

― Ernest Hemingway, 

Catch the butterflies with care, then let them go.

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whose candid view?  Theirs or mine?

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. 

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

― Albert Camus

 

The Garden may be a far replica of the lost Eden, 

but what is important is that we have found Eden

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

― Abraham Lincoln

 

The cat is the embodiment of relaxation - she even feigns dead 

and pretends being asleep.

“Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” -  Aristotle 

Welcome to the Center's modern art gallery.  Be our guest and muse.

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one remembers to turn on the light.” – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~