The world has been invited to my doorstep, and I plan on seizing my Olympic moment. As you may know, I live in swanky Yaletown located in the core of beautiful Vancouver BC. Home to the Stanley Park, Big Buds, and a culture open to the free-will of a changing generation. There is something about that West coast dream that is nurtured by the Ocean breeze and fading mountain tops: it draws the artistic and free-spirited to its canvas.

Forget all the naysayer and protester crap for a moment, and answer this question.  Is there any other time, when the world unites to compete and celebrated the human spirit?  For 16 days, it’s the precious dreams of a hard working few that span every color and race, that capture our imagination and teach us that we are all capable of individual greatness.  Dreams do come true, and the tears of pure joy and pride that flow from victory and defeat are the best tears we can hope for… The best tears we can dream for…

This is Yaletown Citizen.  A local artist walking the streets of Vancouver musing about life in the core. The countdown is on, the party tents are up; even the Curling the tickets have sold out.  So let the blogging begin.  Welcome to my Olympic series on Vancouver 2010.

Stumbling through the Social Media Cybersphere, sometimes I find a photo that stills my imagination, and for a brief moment I feel a part of its beauty.  So this is my home in the heart of the Olympic canvas: beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Each photo links directly to the original artistic source on Flickr. Feel free to drop me a comment below with your thoughts on the 2010 games. Read More→

 “Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” George Santayana

“Seasons change, friends move away, and life goes on from day to day. Flowers fade and streams go dry and many times we wonder why. Yet we can always be assured because God tells us in His Word, that unlike changes in the weather, love goes on and las”  Unknown

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“I am a part of all that I have met…” Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson

What defines originality? Setting out to explore this topic, I quickly realized the simple complicated truth: Everything and nothing is original. Each new idea is spun from a web of past experiences and knowledge.

For instance, can anything claim to be more original then the light bulb. And yet, even Edison’s idea is not original. It’s a thought born from the sun, passed onto the candle, until it became the light bulb.
I realize now, my personal quote “I love all things original“, is fundamentally flawed and probably the result of having heard something from a forgotten source. What I should say is, “I love all things”, for everything is connected, everything is a part of something else. Therefore, originality is beyond any definition I can provide for you.

So I decided to transform this question into my monthly E.Y.D Photo Blog hoping it will spark some illuminating thoughts. To compliment these Social media photos, I have added a few appetizers to meditate upon… Each photo was tagged under Originality, and links directly to the Artists kind enough to share their work on Flickr

Can you define Originality?  Drop me a comment with your thoughts on what originality is to you, or just add one idea you think is original.

Related Post:

E.Y.D Photo Blog Part I : The beauty of photography captured in a kiss

E.Y.D Photo Blog Part III : Enchanting Autumn incantations of sublime seasonal change

E.Y.D Photo Blog Part II:  orig·i·nal·i·ty

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” Shakespeare

Pronunciation: \?-?ri-j?-?na-l?-t?\ Function: noun Date: 1742
1 : the quality or state of being original 2 : freshness of aspect, design, or style 3 : the power of independent thought or constructive imagination

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Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.  ~ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, 1750

“A quality given to ideas expressed as unique, novel or different from any other previously recognized ideas of a similar nature.”

There is just one life for each of us: our own. ~ Euripides

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”  Herman Melville

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.  ~ Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel

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