This Side of Paradise

I simply state that I’m a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation — with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with the radicals.

Barbara Rich's Angel Wings, Liverpool Road, Islington, N1

Even if, deep in my heart, I thought we were all blind atoms in a world as limited as a stroke of a pendulum, I and my sort would struggle against tradition; try, at least, to displace old cants with new ones.

Battersea Park, Battersea, Wandsworth, SW11

I’ve thought I was right about life at various times, but faith is difficult.

Colchester War Memorial, Cowdray Crescent, Colchester, Essex, CO1

One thing I know. If living isn’t seeking for the grail it may be a damned amusing game.

From F Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise (1920)

2 thoughts on “This Side of Paradise

  1. I don’t often leave comments about your work, but I have really enjoyed your stream of photographs. This last group was particularly nice. Keep up the good work.

    Happy holidays. Have a rich and rewarding and challenging new year.

    1. Thanks for the comment! To think people appreciate my work inspires me to keep going and challenge myself to improve.

      Best wishes and happy new year.

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