Words of Wisdom from David Vestal

from a short note, 1/28/12, received today.

"Take a hint from Picasso, who said "I don't search, I find."
Don't go out looking for pictures or you will find them, and they will be pictures by others, which everyone has seen. See what is around you and use it to make your own."

Photograph of David Vestal, Photographer, Bethlehem, Ct., 2009

from "Respecting My Elders" , © Ellen Wallenstein All rights reserved

David Vestal is a Photographer, Educator, Writer, Photo Guru, Awards-Winner, Author of "The Craft of Photography". He presently publishes  finity, a hard-copy newsletter of reviews, wit & substance that subscribers receive by snailmail. Interested parties should write to him at PO Box 309, Bethlehem Ct 06751-0309

Words of wisdom from David McReynolds

I met David McReynolds through my dear friend Anne Slavitt (see "Opus for Anne") and am proud to call him a friend. David is a lifelong radical political activist involved in the non-violent revolutions. (He also ran for NYS Senate and for POTUS in the 2000 Presidential Elections.)

A very busy man with many astonishing connections, an amazing email list and an energy that keeps plowing on. 

David's response to my request for "wisdom"

".....I'm so far behind in getting things done at the moment that I feel out of words of wisdom..... Just keep on trucking! Aim to get one thing a day done."

David McReynolds, War Resister, New York 2009
with his childhood animals and his cat Shanti.
Photo © Ellen Wallenstein 2011
"Respecting My Elders"