The Spirit of Solitude

Sharon Mau

The Spirit of Solitude

“The weight of the world is love.
Under the burden of solitude,
under the burden of dissatisfaction
the weight,
the weight we carry is love.

Who can deny?
In dreams it touches the body,
in thought constructs a miracle,
in imagination anguishes till born in human
looks out of the heart burning with purity
for the burden of life is love,
but we carry the weight wearily,
and so must rest in the arms of love at last,
must rest in the arms of love.
No rest without love,
no sleep without dreams of love
be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines,
the final wish is love
cannot be bitter, cannot deny, cannot withhold if denied:
the weight is too heavy
must give for no return as thought is given in solitude
in all the excellence of its excess.

The warm bodies shine together in the darkness,
the hand moves to the center of the flesh,
the skin trembles in happiness and the soul comes joyful to the eye
yes,
yes,
that’s what I wanted,
I always wanted,
I always wanted,
to return to the body where I was born.” Poetry by Allen Ginsberg

Sunset Pa’ako Beach
Makena Maui Hawai’i

Fine Art Photography
Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009
All Rights Reserved

This is a composite of four images, one of a beautiful horse I photographed at the 2008 Makawao 4th of July parade on Baldwin Avenue, and three of a beautiful sunset on Pa’ako Beach 30 September 2009. I do hope you enjoy my digital art.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi

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The Spirit of Solitude by Sharon Mau
The Spirit of Solitude by Sharon Mau
  • kkphoto1

    kkphoto1

    Absolutely beautiful!!!

  • GittiArt

    GittiArt

    Unusually beautiful and striking work ….bravo Sharon !!!!

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul

    PERFECT!

  • Angel Gold

    Angel Gold

    Oh so beautful Sharon. Please put this in All Original Blends

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Aloha Angel, okay, thank you so much :)

  • Steve & Lesley

    Steve & Lesley

    brilliant work

  • John Peel

    John Peel

    Delightful work, Sharon

  • Angel Gold

    Angel Gold

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Aloha Angel, thank you so much for the feature :)))

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Featured Art 03 October 2009
    All Original Blends
    Aloha
    Angel
    Trudi
    Mahalo for featuring my work in your wonderful group and your continuous support and encouragement. Thank you so much :))
    The Spirit of Solitude

  • Angie McKenzie

    Angie McKenzie

    awesome!!!! wonderful work sharon!!!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Outstanding work, dear Sharon!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    GREAT WORK…...

  • Anne-Marie Bokslag

    Anne-Marie Bok...

    Wonderful creation Sharon!

  • hsien-ku

    hsien-ku

    wow sharon! so artistic! lovely

  • Patrick Desmet

    Patrick Desmet

    Very nice

  • Sinisa Saratlic

    Sinisa Saratlic

    Wonderful !

  • Sean Jansen

    Sean Jansen

    Gorgeous work…...looks awesome sharon !!

  • Kelly Cavanaugh

    Kelly Cavanaugh

    Wonderful work, Sharon! Beautiful!

  • Martin Muir

    Martin Muir

    wow awesome work Sharon,great image.

  • Ray Johnston

    Ray Johnston

    Beautiful

  • Santamaria

    Santamaria

    So mystical and ethereal -lovely!!

  • artisandelimage

    artisandelimage


    bravo !
    my best, francis.

    (did you vote in this challenge ???)

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Aloha Francis, mahalo nui loa, thank you for the feature, It is a wonderful surprise this evening :)))

    Mahalo for the reminder on voting on the challenge…
    Image 25 should be removed from the challenge and the group.
    That’s my humble opinion :)
    I hope image 10 wins, it is the one I voted for.
    Aloha ‘oe
    Sharon

  • Ming Myaskovsky

    Ming Myaskovsky

    Such powerful image.. it has the essence of life… your creation have soul to communicate with the viewers. Bravo Sharon ! :)

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Aloha Ming, mahalo for your wonderful note, thank you so much :))

  • JennyDean

    JennyDean

    fabulous work Sharon :)

  • smallfox

    smallfox

    For the featured banner in Gateways

    Congratulations!!

  • Sharon Mau replied

    Featured Art 24 October 2009
    Aloha smallfox Mahalo for featuring my work in your wonderful group Gateways
    The Spirit of Solitude

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt

    beautiful work Sharon, instant favor

  • almeidacoval

    almeidacoval

    gorgeous magic spectacular work..

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    fabulous work Sharon !

  • Holly Kempe

    Holly Kempe

    Beautifully created Sharon! :))

  • Gorandos

    Gorandos

    great!!

  • TeriLee

    TeriLee

    Featured, October 30, 2009

  • terezadelpilar

    terezadelpilar

    OUSTANDING SHARON!

  • Charuhas Images

    Charuhas Images

    Brilliant work. How I missed these photos. Wonderful work, Sharon

  • GemmaWiseman

    GemmaWiseman

    Love the amazing illustration of the essence of yin and yang! Very beautiful!

  • F.A. Moore

    F.A. Moore

    Congratulations on your feature in
    Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts Movement

    Sharon, I am enjoying the Arts and Crafts Movement spirit that I’m seeing in your submissions to the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movement gallery. Thank you. Beautiful work. :)
    —Frannie

  • -Whisper-

    -Whisper- 17 days ago

    This is so gorgeous and well done! The way you merged this beautiful horse in the sky is so so well done giving me the feeling of this world above he is wondering through. Such beautiful work!

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Aloha Gwenolye, mahalo nui, thank you so much :))

  • evee

    evee 15 days ago

    Beautiful image sorry to hear of the recent theift of it.

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Aloha, thank you so much, I have filed an official take down complaint for her copyright infringement so hopefully it will be removed soon. No one could duplicate my work and it is impossible for her to produce the original of these four photographs in my original work of art. It is annoying when someone steals my image and has the audacity to try and take credit for my work.

  • Photo57

    Photo57 15 days ago

    A stunning and very beautiful image my friend :-)

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Aloha, thank you so much :))))

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau 15 days ago

    I want the option to turn off the share feature

  • Photo57

    Photo57 15 days ago

    You are welcome Sharon.

    PS
    Ohhhh boy, it just about makes my blood boil what has happened to you and also a lot of others having images stolen by someone and claiming credit for themselves.

    Take care friend :-)

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Aloha (what is your name?), I had great success today with having one of them removed. It always helps to write a letter of complaint directly to the website support admin. They responded immediately and removed my work so I am very happy about this. The other one I am still waiting for an offical response from the website copyright protection administrators of Yahoo.

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Mahalo nui loa David :)))

  • eoconnor

    eoconnor 15 days ago

    this is so beauty filled aloha LIZcongratrs on all the welldeserved features LIZ

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Aloha sweetheart, thank you so much :))

  • Sharon Mau replied 15 days ago

    Mahalo for favouriting my work Liz :))

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