31 moments of everyday beauty from this past month - photographed by 5AM StoryTalk's readers and curated by me - to help inspire you on your personal and creative journeys
I love this feature Cole. These photos remind us, strongly, to be present, in the now (as much as is possible with the way things are in the world today) so we may truly see and appreciate the beauty around us. Thank you!
You're welcome, Remanon - but also, thank you for contributing. Please do in the future, spread the word, blah blah, you get it. This one's an odd series for my Substack, so I'm not sure how it will be received. But I'm also inspired by it myself, so I want to see it succeed.
Wonderful to see the diversity of images and what catches each person’s eye. I enjoyed reading the comments from the photographers, this is a nice addition. Thanks, Cole for helping to draw our attention to all this beauty.
Love this! It's always great to focus on the beauty in the world instead of all the darkness and hate. I look forward to seeing (and taking) more photos like these.
I am late coming to this post, but feel as though I found it at JUST the right time. There is something about looking up into the star-filled sky and knowing you are but a speck in the universe, and there is also something about having vision through another’s lens, seeing their particularly unique view of this planet, and knowing you are but a speck here as well. For me, so truly divine is knowing I am one in a community of specks who is simultaneously seeing, loving, and appreciating my own view, while being able, through the glorious invention of photography and technology, to set my eyes on the splendid view of others and see, love, and appreciate theirs. 😍👓🙌👓💜 Thank you, Cole, for being the gatherer and giving, to us all, a fine presentation of views.
Wendy, thank you for such a lovely note that validates what I'm trying to do here. I'm so glad to hear anything about this project has resonated so powerfully with you. I hope future editions continue to inspire you. Please be sure to join in, looking for your own moments of beauty and sharing them with us as I Note about it or at the email involved. I love that this only works if we all build it together.
Are you supposed to be disappointed if you're picture didn't make it. I'm not. I just got to look at peoples beautiful moments from all over the world, and I am grateful.
Sorry your pic didn't make it! As you can see, my curation is random. I'm starting to realize that choices will be made and refined as a vibe develops each month.
No, no apologies necessary. You throw your pictures in the hat, and if they get picked, cool. If they don't, that's okay too. I'm certainly not expecting mine to be chosen just because I submitted them. To me that's part of the fun when scrolling through them. I think it's wonderful you take the time to go through, I'm guessing quite a few pictures, and create a beautiful post with them.
I love this feature Cole. These photos remind us, strongly, to be present, in the now (as much as is possible with the way things are in the world today) so we may truly see and appreciate the beauty around us. Thank you!
You're welcome, Remanon - but also, thank you for contributing. Please do in the future, spread the word, blah blah, you get it. This one's an odd series for my Substack, so I'm not sure how it will be received. But I'm also inspired by it myself, so I want to see it succeed.
Wonderful to see the diversity of images and what catches each person’s eye. I enjoyed reading the comments from the photographers, this is a nice addition. Thanks, Cole for helping to draw our attention to all this beauty.
I was so glad that so many of the contributions came with those notes. Thanks for contributing, Glyn!
Love this! It's always great to focus on the beauty in the world instead of all the darkness and hate. I look forward to seeing (and taking) more photos like these.
Thanks, Dan. Spread the word if you can. I'm determined to make this project work!
Absolutely great idea Cole. Fantastic and sublime photographs.
Thanks, Tom. I just curated them, but hopefully this catches on.
Definitely YES. I'm waiting for the October edition...
Submissions are open now. Use the email address in the article or find one of my Call to Action Notes (next one is coming Saturday). Thanks again!
Absolutely fabulous collection. Fantastic pictures. This is so worth doing.
I'm glad you enjoyed them, Julian!
Thank you for including me among so many gorgeous photos. It made my day. I love this concept.
Thank *you* for contributing. Please do again. This was a lot of fun to curate.
Well done for curating this and everyone who submitted their photos.
It is an important lesson for us all to find beauty in the simple pleasures of life and with people and places that we can appreciate.
Hopefully I can inspire a few people along the way to do just that. Thanks for reading.
I am late coming to this post, but feel as though I found it at JUST the right time. There is something about looking up into the star-filled sky and knowing you are but a speck in the universe, and there is also something about having vision through another’s lens, seeing their particularly unique view of this planet, and knowing you are but a speck here as well. For me, so truly divine is knowing I am one in a community of specks who is simultaneously seeing, loving, and appreciating my own view, while being able, through the glorious invention of photography and technology, to set my eyes on the splendid view of others and see, love, and appreciate theirs. 😍👓🙌👓💜 Thank you, Cole, for being the gatherer and giving, to us all, a fine presentation of views.
Wendy, thank you for such a lovely note that validates what I'm trying to do here. I'm so glad to hear anything about this project has resonated so powerfully with you. I hope future editions continue to inspire you. Please be sure to join in, looking for your own moments of beauty and sharing them with us as I Note about it or at the email involved. I love that this only works if we all build it together.
These were great fun to look through, thanks Cole!
Thank you!
Excellent! Love that turtle :)
Me, too.
Are you supposed to be disappointed if you're picture didn't make it. I'm not. I just got to look at peoples beautiful moments from all over the world, and I am grateful.
Sorry your pic didn't make it! As you can see, my curation is random. I'm starting to realize that choices will be made and refined as a vibe develops each month.
No, no apologies necessary. You throw your pictures in the hat, and if they get picked, cool. If they don't, that's okay too. I'm certainly not expecting mine to be chosen just because I submitted them. To me that's part of the fun when scrolling through them. I think it's wonderful you take the time to go through, I'm guessing quite a few pictures, and create a beautiful post with them.
What a great “calendar” for September! Love the variety of images. Thanks for including mine ☺️
And thank *you* for contributing, Tess!
i love being included with all these great pix! great curation, cole! curating cole!
how to love the world
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Thanks for contributing, Annie!
Beauty is as beauty does. Good post!
Will send photos!
Thanks, Alex!
Love this so much. Time to go outside! ❤️
Thanks for contributing, Sean. It was a lot of fun to curate.
Gorgeous photos!
Thanks for contributing, Georgina. That was a hell of a view!
Thanks for including me! Lovely post.