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PaulAshleyARPS

Whenwesetoutonourliveswehavenopathtofollow.Welook ahead,weplan,wechooseadirection.Butwecannotknowwhere ourjourneywilltakeus.Attheendofourliveswelookbackand seetheroutewehavetaken.Wehaveleftatrailforourchildren–buttheydonotchoosetofollowit.Theymaketheirowntrail.My photosarewaymarkersofthejourneysItookfrombirthuptothe timeofthenextgeneration

BarryBadcockARPS

By11yearsoldIhadmade4lifedecisions

1.MyNanaandparentsintroducedmetophotographyand thathasbecomeanobsession.

2.MyFatherintroducedworkingwithwoodandthathas becomeahobby.

3.MyUncleJohngavemeacrystalradioandgavemean interestinelectronicsandthatbecameajob.

4.Idecidednottobecomeavicar.

Thissetofimagesisabout‘WorkingwithWood’.

MyParentsgavemeacarpentryset.Iusedthesmall Hammer,seeninthefirstimage,toputdentsalongtheedge ofournew9”televisioncabinetasIpretendedtobea carpenter.TheBall-peenhammer,inthesameimage,that wasthefirsttoolIboughtwithmyownmoneyat16yearsold.

ThroughoutmylifeIhavelovedtoolsandgadgets

MarkFarringtonLRPS

Trailsmadebylivingcreaturesareoftentransientandoflittlebenefit totheindividualmakingthem,oreventoothers,butlonger-lived tracksmayhavemoreconsequence.

Image#1showsatrailwrittentransientlyinthewatersoftheMara RiverbywildebeestduringtheGreatMigrationinKenya:ithasno lastingsignificancefromwhichconclusionsmaybedrawn.

#2showstheoverlyingtracksmadeintheBotswanandustbya Landcruiser,alizard,andmydesertboot.Theselastseveraldays, andexperiencedtrackerscanbasegamewatchingorhunting decisionsontheirobservations.

In#3weseethehighwaystroddenforcenturiesacrossthedry AmboselilakebedbyelephantgroupsinKenya.Theirmorning beginsbrowsingtheforest(#4),beforefollowingthetracksfortens ofkilometres(#5)tothemarsh,wheretheywallowanddrink(#6). Thesetracksareasimpressed t

KeithLockeARPS

RalphWaldoEmmerson.(May25,1803–April27,1882),preferredto usehismiddlenameWaldo,anAmericanessayist,lecturer, philosopherandabolitionist.Hewasalsoapoetwhohelpedtoform thetranscendentalistmovementofthemid-19thcentury. “Donotgowherethepathmaylead,goinsteadwherethereisno path,andleaveatrail”.

Itisamotivationalquoteaboutfindingthecouragetodosomething youhaveneverdonebefore,toexploretheunexplored,thatisto makeyourownpathwayinlife.

Emerson'swritingconsistentlyrefersbacktoonemajortheme: "Trustthyself".

Aprevalentthemethroughouttheessaysisnonconformity. Emersonstated, "Whosowouldbeamanmustbeanonconformist".

Heencourageshisreaderstodowhattheythinkisrightnomatter whatothersthink..

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