Mac the Macaw

Taking his duties seriously as the watchman, Mac the Macaw keeps an eye on the goings on near his beat. And if something appears out of the ordinary or suspicious, he sounds the alarm.

Mac the Macaw

The scream – Haiti

A 16 year old girl was rescued today after lying 15 days in total darkness in a small hole. It’s impossible to imagine what emotions she went through lying injured in inky blackness in a hole for 15 days without knowing if she would ever be found. And wondering  if her family was alive or dead.

This photograph is an attempt to capture some of the grief, fear, sadness and anger experienced by victims of the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, surrounded by heroism, courage and triumphs of the human spirit.

The scream

The scream 2

Get with the program – Goldie’s management style

Sunday morning in Vancouver. Its the 24th of January and signs of Spring are all around. I decided to spend a few hours exploring the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park. Sadly this wonderful greenhouse of exotic plants is scheduled to close unless some organization will take it over from the Parks Board and make a financial go of it.

Goldie, the Chinese Golden Pheasant struts around the conservatory and seems to own the place. He has attitude. Imagine Goldie as your boss or coach.

Hey you! Get with the program!

That's enough from you

You shut up

And you stop whining! Yes, you!

Comments?

Horse on Hornby Island, BC Canada

Horse sensuality

While staying at a B&B – the Seabreeze Lodge on Hornby Island, I noticed this horse and the reflection of the light on its body. As he moved, the muscles on his legs and thighs rippled. I wondered if he was aware of his sensual beauty. I took a series of photographs of the curves and folds of his mane as he moved his neck. ~Dene

Pattern

I’ve had this photograph for nearly 1.5 years. When I reviewed it today, it struck me that the interconnected, wave-like pattern of a coil of rope can serve as a metaphor for many things, including strength, inter-connectedness, synapses and rope-strong relationships, to name just a few.

Rope-strong relationships

Enchanted forest

Xmas has come and gone. It was a beautiful, sunny but chilly Sunday morning on 27th Dec, 09, so I decided to get some sun and do some photography at the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver. As I was meandering through Stanley Park on my way to the Conservatory, the sun was dancing with the lingering mist in the forest.  Needless to say, I never got to the Conservatory. The enchanted forest drew me in.

Enchanted forest

Cover image for the book “A Complicated Love”

We are the stage of looking for an image that could go on the front cover of my forthcoming book, A Complicated Love. Terri Harlow, a friend and multimedia designer is doing the book cover design and layout. The photographs below are my own. At the moment we are experimenting with a car image to align with the “Road trip conversations” theme. If you prefer one, let me know. It’s important though, that you first take a peek at the book project at A Complicated Love.

Redline

I quite like this theme as it goes with one of my first taglines, “Get ready for a shift of mind.” Maybe it suggests the content a edgy? To the point? Does it link to the road trip?

Trucking

Or maybe this one? What does the image convey?

Touring

Or this one?

~ Dene

Conversations with a centre

Conversations with a centre
William Issaac, in his book, Dialogue and the art of thinking together, said that “Dialogue….is a conversation with a centre, not sides. It is a way of taking the energy of our differences and channeling it toward something that has never been created before.”

Conversations with a centre

This image represents the key to having successful outcomes when we move from positions and issues and shift to the centre as we  engage in dialogue with colleagues, peers, customers and direct reports.

Interested in more info & programs on the skills of engagment? Go to my personal development site at authenticdialogue.com

Bently sky

I was attracted to this vehicle with the intention of capturing a sense of opulence in motion. Is life different on the other side? If you owned this car, would you look differently at the world passing by through the tinted windows? Or is it only a perspective existing in the minds of those outside?

Opulence in motion

Bently sky is opulence in motion. What is your perspective?

Gooney Bird

The C-47 Skytrain, and variants known as the Dakota in South Africa, was one of the aircraft from which I jumped out of during my military service in the No1 Parachute Battalion.

Good ol' Gooney Bird

Time for nostalgia.