Welcome to ImageDialog

Welcome to my blog, ImageDialog, a forum to contemplate beautiful images and discover the emotions they awake on us.

I encourage you to share your thoughts and to read others’ comments.  We will learn together how images can have different meanings depending on who is looking. There are no right or wrong opinions, just perspectives!

Bienvenido a mi blog, ImageDialog, un espacio para contemplar bellas imagenes y descubrir las emociones que ellas despiertan en nosotros.

Te invito a compartir tus pensamientos y leer los comentarios de otras personas.  Juntos aprenderemos como las imagenes pueden tener diferente significado dependiendo de quien las observa.  No existe la opinion correcta o erronea, solo hay diferentes perspectivas!

Photo: Robert Lino

Good. Deep. Alive.

Awe | Respect | Sadness

“By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.” Albert Schweitzer

I might not fully understand the believes of this Indian woman, but contemplating this picture stirs respect for them. Watching the tenderness of her touch to the dead elephant and the offer of flowers she showered on her makes me experience sadness for the lost of a life.

Renewable Dreams

Hope

“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” Dale E. Turner

Keeping the audacity to dream even when the reality shouts the contrary is what hope is all about.

Making Memories

Gratefulness | Nostalgy

“You never know when you’re making a memory.”  Rickie Lee Jones

My best memories include laughs.  I have been blessed because I have always been surrounded by people with whom I laugh. Family, friends, co-workers, classmates, nieces and nephews. Simple moments become treasured memories that hold us during tough times.

Laughing at the Sky

Happiness | Gratefulness

“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky” Buddha

Laughing is the outer expression of inner joy. When I feel down, I love to look at smiling faces because they makes me smile back. There is nothing more contagious than a good laugh.

Letting go

Miami Beach – March 2013 | Photo: Silvana Coronado

Awareness | Contentment

“Security can only be achieved through constant change.”  William Osler

One of the hardest things to do in life is letting go. The ocean is a symbol of constant change. Each wave reminds us that to be alive is to surrender the urge to hold on to what is dear to us: ideas, people, and opinions.

Inner World

Photo: Iris Coronado

CURIOSITY | NOSTALGIA

Looking at his gaze, I just can’t help but wonder, what is he thinking about? Is there a connection between his thoughts and the soccer ball?

Children are known for their capacity to live in the moment, but adults sometimes forget that children also dream. As a child, I was a dreamer and looking at him, on one of those glimpses of heaven, made me nostalgic.