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Mike Kraus
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The Way To Beauty

Mike Kraus By definition, beauty is “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.” For me, this answer only raises more questions. What are those qualities and can they be quantified? Why is it…

Art

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The Way To Beauty
The Way To Beauty
Art

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🏡 History of Walnut House 🏡

Mike Kraus — By all appearances, John is a success. As we know, appearances are more important than facts. He looks the part of a celebrated businessman standing on the cobblestone lane waiting for his family to arrive. John dresses, acts, and delegates as is expected of an executive. In this stern Protestant…

Coming Of Age

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🏡 History of Walnut House 🏡
🏡 History of Walnut House 🏡
Coming Of Age

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·Nov 27

💊 Tattered 💊

Mike Kraus — I rub my eyes and hardly notice kicking a slipper in the hallway. The linoleum floor is surprisingly chilly. A faint light seeps onto it from under the bathroom door. It holds my attention in the darkness. Again, I hear a haunting whisper just under the rumble of a running…

Artsomagazine

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💊 Tattered 💊
💊 Tattered 💊
Artsomagazine

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·Nov 20

🎸 Gazed In Wide Wonder 🎸

Mike Kraus — There’s a break in the cornfields off highway 57 that is filled with prefab apartments, car dealerships, and run down strip malls. Five lanes of traffic chaotically battle in a race with no finish line. Potholed streets lined with weeds lead to a myriad of driveways where cars anchor in…

Artsomagazine

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🎸 Gazed In Wide Wonder 🎸
🎸 Gazed In Wide Wonder 🎸
Artsomagazine

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Nov 20

⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Tree 🌙🌳⭐

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty I count my breaths as I enter the woods. It calms my thoughts and helps me to relax. The chaos and cravings of the world evaporate with every step. If you’re fortunate enough to find the mysterious pass, then you enter into paradise. …

Festivals

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⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Tree 🌙🌳⭐
⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Tree 🌙🌳⭐
Festivals

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Nov 17

⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Forest 🌙🌳⭐

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty I count my breaths as I enter the woods. It calms my thoughts and helps me to relax. The chaos and cravings of the world evaporate with every step. If you’re fortunate enough to find the mysterious pass, then you enter into paradise. …

Festivals

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⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Forest 🌙🌳⭐
⭐🌳🌙 Sunset Sherbert Birch Forest 🌙🌳⭐
Festivals

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Nov 15

☄😎⭐ Twilight Woods ⭐😎☄

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty We made a late-night adventure away from the city’s light pollution. NEOWISE was visiting our sky for the first time in 6,766 years. On its last stopover to Earth, humans were just figuring out how to domestic pigs. How far we’ve come. The stars shoot…

Festivals

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☄😎⭐ Twilight Woods ⭐😎☄
☄😎⭐ Twilight Woods ⭐😎☄
Festivals

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·Nov 13

🍸 Awakening 🍸

Mike Kraus A gaunt man behind the counter slowly takes his eyes off his customer’s alcohol to glance out the window. “Tom-me… Locks…” and the large man by the doors turned the locks, slides the metal security gate, and pulls out a Ruger LCP .380. Outside, a crowd of about…

Artsomagazine

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🍸 Awakening 🍸
🍸 Awakening 🍸
Artsomagazine

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Nov 13

🍂🍁 Twilight Woods 🍁🍂

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty Where this path will end is a mystery. The trees rustle in the breeze stirring up the aromas of the forest. A freshness one always has to remind themselves of in civilization. The light refracts in strange ways at this time. …

Festivals

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🍂🍁 Twilight Woods 🍁🍂
🍂🍁 Twilight Woods 🍁🍂
Festivals

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Nov 10

💚🌳🏢 Returning to Civilization 🏨🌳💚

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty After a couple of weeks in the forest, it’s time to return to the daily grind. We’ve packed our tent and equipment into our small car. The last of the food has been cooked and the leftovers will be snacks on the long trek home…

Festivals

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💚🌳🏢 Returning to Civilization 🏨🌳💚
💚🌳🏢 Returning to Civilization 🏨🌳💚
Festivals

2 min read

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