{"id":1310,"date":"2011-11-26T22:24:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T06:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2011-11-26T22:24:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T06:24:31","slug":"it-starts-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/11\/it-starts-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"It Starts Anew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This evening as the moon made its appearance once again, I was out along the Skyline Highway. \u00a0It was a smashing way to greet in the new Islamic Year. \u00a0This evening the year 1433 Hijri started. \u00a0Without any fanfare or\u00a0incendiaries the year came in silence, exactly how I like it. \u00a0Sublime moments bring there own\u00a0grandeur to share with those open to seeing and recognizing them. \u00a0I was fortunate to be among the audience.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/detail\/Muharram1433SmokeySkyDtl.jpg\" rel=\"thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Muharram 1433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/images\/Muharram1433SomkeySkyWP.jpg\" alt=\"Muharram Crescent 1433\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muharram Crescent &amp; Venus 1433<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The year has gone by very fast, faster than I could have imagined. \u00a0Endings and beginnings are always times of retrospect and introspect. \u00a0As I look back over the past year, I find that I have some regrets and some gratitude. \u00a0It also brings hope and resolve to continue on. \u00a0Much has changed over the past year both internally and externally. \u00a0Nonetheless we have no choice but to accept the changes and move on, hopefully attaining growth as a human being.<\/p>\n<p>I have much to share with you, my dear readers, in the weeks to come, and I just hope I can find the time, a commodity that has been in short supply with me lately, to bring out many new and exciting photographs and to share some interesting developments with Organic Light Photography. \u00a0Its never boring here, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/detail\/Muharram1433_SunsetDtl.jpg\" rel=\"thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Muharram 1, 1433 Sunset\" src=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/images\/Muharram1433_SunsetWP.jpg\" alt=\"Muharram Crescent 1433 and Venus\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset # 1, 1433 AH<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One thing that you can be certain of is that the beauty of our fragile world will continue to grace the pages of this web journal and its parent website. \u00a0And along with them my reflections that will hopefully keep us growing as individuals leading us to the nexus of love and action that will change the tide that is rapidly eroding our home.<\/p>\n<p>To all my readers, Happy Islamic New Year and Peace to you all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This evening as the moon made its appearance once again, I was out along the Skyline Highway.  It was a smashing way to greet in the new Islamic Year.  This evening the year 1433 Hijri started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6,39,10],"tags":[41,491,119,98,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}