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Paying Attention

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass,
it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
-Henry Miller

(photo taken at Glendalough, Ireland)
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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