Black, white photography and list poetry from Rotorua Art Photographer Janet Keen

                                          Contemplation 

                                         Mystification

                                               Invitation

                                               Beautification

                                         Apprehension 

                                Emancipation

                                           Anticipation

                                       Confusion

                                      Allusion

                                    Delusion

                                             Reaction

                                   Desaturation

 
                                  Affirmation

                                      Multiplication 

                                                          Adoration

                                        Explosion

                                     Incantation

                                            Incubation

                                       Unification

Relaxation

                                            Conception

                                                 Illumination

                                       Revolution 

                                        Juxtaposition
  

                                     Emancipation

                                        Purification

                                           Revelation 

                                              Resolution 

Creative Quotes of the Night

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception. Ramana Maharshi

"Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life."
—Dr. Gary Chapman

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Buddha

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg

Revive relax, exercise  your creativity with painting, mosaic making, drawing, writing, photography, journal making and  meditating. 

 Workshop Enquiries: 
Janet Keen, Rotorua
Phone 07 3463435
0273513887
Email:  jkeen@clear.net.nz

Rotorua Art Photography

                                                    Mystery

                                                      Whisper

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. Rem Koolhaas
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                                                   Shimmer


                                                  Dazzle

                                              Daydream

                                                     Escape 

                                                    Listen 

                                             Contemplate

                                                  Observe

                                      Raindrop

                                                 Dissolve

                                                       Wonder

                                              Disperse

                                                     Encounter

                                                                        Ping Pong

Mountain Mist

                                                             Puddle

                                               Pensive

                                                                        Deliberate

Fantasy

Remembrance

Janet Keen Art Photography

Transforming images gathered on daily walks around Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty,  New Zealand  into meditative moments of peace.

Photography, painting, mosaic, children's book writing and drawing classes and workshops for individuals and  groups. 
ESOl tuition with art
All ages and abilities welcome


Phone: 073463435
Email: jkeen@clear.net.nz
Text 0273513887


Creative Quote of the day 

“If patterns exist in our seemingly patternless lives — and they do — then the law of harmony insists that the most harmonious of all patterns, circles within circles, will most often assert itself.”

― Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd

Multiple Exposure Photography haiku and black and white days.

look in the mirror
focusing on the best things
will help you achieve

 waving in the wind
grasses whispering secrets
be silent tune in 

frosty feet crunching
treading on a worn path let's
jump over the fence

misty air of ghosts
dandelions brush past that send
shivers down our backs

best friends on spring break
breaking ground in foreign lands 
did they break up after?

restaurant  heron 
turns up for  fresh fish lunches
enchanting diners

car lights in the night
swish past on steamy road sides  
ghosts of kuirau park

Janet Keen is a Rotorua  art photographer, haiku writer and creativity teacher.  
Available to take school classes for haiku and drawing adventures using her child friendly array of photographs, featuring animals and birds. 
Also ESOl students for creative English and art lessons. 

Qualifications: 18 years teaching experience
Bachelor of Arts, English and Politics
Diploma Visual Arts
ATM Gold Public Speaking Qualification
Advanced Photographer


Phone 0273513887
email  jkeen@clear.net.nz
Enquiries to run classes  and workshops welcome. 

Creative Quote of the day 

“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”
― Ted Grant

Sulphur Point, Rotorua Pilgrim Geese

The Pilgrim goose is known for being calm, sweet-tempered, personable,rugged, quiet, docile, good foragers and excellent natural parents.
Most strains of Pilgrims, hand reared, are exceptionally tame.
 They are also very self-sufficient if left to their own devices - good grazers with a strong flocking instinct.

 Pilgrim geese were originally domesticated for various purposes and are useful for Watchdogs - they will alert you to visitors and intruders. 

Geese are unlikely to attack your visitors, but they will call out to attract your attention. They  are fascinating, hardy and long-lived creatures that can give you  hours of entertainment and pleasure. 

Pilgrim Geese 

In certain parts of the world we are endangered, but not here because there are so many lovely places to live and eat where food is plentiful. 

We have rituals

In the morning we go for a swim. We then walk to the golf course for a grass and dandelion breakfast.

Then we go back to the shore and spend hours cleaning and preening

We like sitting on rocks, being peaceful and looking at all the chaos that is going around about us with the restless seagulls. 

We drink a crazy amount of water and it's a good thing there is so much of it in and around Rotorua 

 We are generally pretty friendly and curious, especially if you come bearing bread.
 We are not supposed to be fed but some visitors can't resist. 
Bread is ok, it's not our favourite, we prefer grass  from the golfcourse and weed from the lake 

You can guarantee we will come up close if you just sit down for a while peacefully (with some bread) when we are in the preening mood. 
If you stay long enough with us you will catch some of our spirituality. 
You will leave fluffy and happy after your goose meditation and your heart will feel lighter and happier 


Creative quote of the day 

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither  need you do anything  but be yourself. Lao Tzu

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/goose.html

Photographic book making workshops. 
Come with me. 
Take some photos in nature. 
Sort out the best ones
brainstorm story making ideas
Lets workshop through the process of story and poetry writing and  publish a story about it. 
 Workshops Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings workshops. 
9.30 am to 11.30 am 
374 Clayton Road, Rotorua 
New Zealand. 

Phone: 3463435
Email jkeen@clear.net.nz
 Text 0273513887