Boonemyster Digital Art & Photography

The Real Battle Is Within You As I sit down to write battles and fires are raging across America's cities and in me. Jesus said that the hearts of many would grow cold in the last days because evil will become rampant and people would say "Yes" when they really mean "No", and a Lie would be considered a Truth. We appear to be in such a time and place as he described; and I, like many of you find myself growing weary and cold having weathered this evil generation; watching the deterioration since my birth. Coldness seems like a place of refuge in such as this; and Hate is following her lead, both are deterrents to fighting well and surviving. I want to fight well and to do more than survive, I want to thrive! So it follows that I don't want to grow Cold or fall into the dark well of Hate. It appears the first battle is spiritual, as the battleground is invisible in the Heart and Mind. We are instructed by Christ's Apostles to ready ourselves for battl...

For me abandoned places are not places of gloom, but are only vessels holding the past in the present.  I find them both mysterious and beautiful, speaking volumes to the heart of my soul.  This picture depicts a place, once only existing in my mind, and now brought to life in yours, how marvelous!. I hear that in many places in the world abandoned cathedrals are taking new shape. Many are being transformed into hotels, flea markets, coffee shops, and the like; and some engulfed, encroached by the present, as in my fictional picture of Duke Chapel, in Durham, NC., deteriorating and overrun by their changing surroundings.  Some may think this morbid, but for some like me, they experience an awakening to the realities of life and death, here and not here.  I learned the shortness of life, and the final exhale of death; and learned to get on with life. I now look upon the past and its passing as a celebration of life knowing, at least I lived to consider it. ~JB~

I took this picture on a cold winter day in 2016 at  Flushing Meadows Park in Corona, New York. Corona is a small town in Queens and is best known for the " Lemon Ice King " featured at the end of the trailer for the sitcom " The King of Queens ". I grew up within walking distance of both the park and my favorite year-round snack. Having just finished the flavor of the week I came upon a folk of seagulls by the lake. I named the main subject of this picture Jonathan because it was the first thing that came out of my mouth as I quickly knelt down, focused, and took the shot. I first read about Jonathan in the '70s while attending Halsey Junior High School P.S. 157 in Rego Park, N.Y. while in 7th grade. I remember him soaring above the clouds, ever seeking greater heights. In my mind's eye, I flew next to him dreaming of what would come to me in life if I were as bold as Jonathan. Now over 45 years later I still seek greater heights in my understanding o...