Ah perfect sunrise over the Malibu Pier. Surfers surfing no surf.....that's love.

October 3, 2015

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.   …Martin Luther King — Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. …Martin Luther King

Bright bright sunny sunny 6:49AM sunrise in Los Angeles.

October 2, 2015

Our beautiful mind wants to protect usand keep us safe so it needs to know how it’s all going to workout before we make any move.  But life is calling us forward, to move whether we know what’s right or not.   …Heather Weaver — Our beautiful mind wants to protect usand keep us safe so it needs to know how it’s all going to workout before we make any move. But life is calling us forward, to move whether we know what’s right or not. …Heather Weaver

6:48AM sunrise over LA from Modjeska Place in Mar Vista.

October 1, 2015

Know that you are necessary and you deserve to be here because you are made in the image and likeness of God, and all of the qualities of God are within you.   …Rev. Nancy Zala — Know that you are necessary and you deserve to be here because you are made in the image and likeness of God, and all of the qualities of God are within you. …Rev. Nancy Zala

6:47AM sunrise into the jet trails over LA from Mar Vista.

September 30, 2015

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.   All that we have ever loved deeply becomes a part of us.   …Helen Keller — What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we have ever loved deeply becomes a part of us. …Helen Keller

Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monst… — Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public …Winston Churchill

6:46 sunrise from Ashland at 14th Street in Santa Monica.

September 29, 2015

6:45AM sunrise over LA from Mar Vista.

September 28, 2015

Life is not a duality; it is a polarity, and in Life’s polarity there is room for the paradox that it is eternal, yet always changing.  …Michael Bernard Beckwith — Life is not a duality; it is a polarity, and in Life’s polarity there is room for the paradox that it is eternal, yet always changing. …Michael Bernard Beckwith

6:45AM sunrise-not with later emergence at the Agape International Spritual Center where I sing in my Beloved choir.

September 27, 2015

To get something you never had, you must do something you’ve never done.   …Unknown — To get something you never had, you must do something you’ve never done. …Unknown

6:45 AM gracious sunrise at the Malibu Pier...so, share it. Done!

September 26, 2015

God/the Universe needs me to empty myself out so completely that I become fully available for something far beyond myself to begin to animate my life, illuminate my mind, light up my heart and drive me forward into a radical way of being that will b… — God/the Universe needs me to empty myself out so completely that I become fully available for something far beyond myself to begin to animate my life, illuminate my mind, light up my heart and drive me forward into a radical way of being that will be an example for everybody else, of humanity’s potential. It’s the Radical Call of the Spirit. …Craig Hamilton

6:45AM briefly emerging sunrise at the Malibu Pier and Surfriders Beach on a rare Friday visit.

September 25, 2015

Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. ...Lord Byron

6:43 sunrise on Ashland at 14th in Santa Monica

September 24, 2015

Awakeness is found in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom, available in each moment of our weird, unfathomable, ordinary everyday lives.   …Pema Chodron — Awakeness is found in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom, available in each moment of our weird, unfathomable, ordinary everyday lives. …Pema Chodron

Perfectly clear sunrise over LA from Mar Vista.

September 23, 2015

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing… — You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle. …George Lucas

Waited for today's sunrise emergence from the clouds on Modjeska Place in Mar Vista.

September 22, 2015

More than anything else, try to remember each morning -- before the winds of this world pick you up and carry you off -- that you want to be more awake to yourself than you were the day before; that you want to have more choices today -- in who you … — More than anything else, try to remember each morning -- before the winds of this world pick you up and carry you off -- that you want to be more awake to yourself than you were the day before; that you want to have more choices today -- in who you are and what you embrace -- than you did yesterday. …Guy Finley

Pre-sunrise clouds were spectacular but the sun rose a bit south of there, over the oil fields of LA.

September 21, 2015

Everything that happens is supposed to happen because it does happen.   In the past, we would have done better if we had known better and had the skills to perform in a different way.      ...Carol Wingate — Everything that happens is supposed to happen because it does happen. In the past, we would have done better if we had known better and had the skills to perform in a different way. ...Carol Wingate

6:41AM sunrise over the Malibu Pier at Surfriders Beach.

September 20, 2015

People always say "Motivation is great but it doesn't last." I just tell them, bathing does not last either, that is why I recommend it daily.   …Zig Ziglar — People always say "Motivation is great but it doesn't last." I just tell them, bathing does not last either, that is why I recommend it daily. …Zig Ziglar

Sunrise slips out from the mountains moving South across the horizon, surprising me every year!

September 19, 2015

There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original impulse that can only be described as sacred. Something in the person (dare we call it a soul?) want… — There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original impulse that can only be described as sacred. Something in the person (dare we call it a soul?) wants to be free, and it seeks its freedom any way it can. There is a drive for transcendence that is implicit in even the most sensual of desires. …. Mark Epstein

6:39 sunrise as it crested the distant mountains from Santa Monica.

September 18, 2015

It is never too late to become what you might have been.    …George Eliot — It is never too late to become what you might have been. …George Eliot

6:37 sunrise caught as it crests the mountain in LA.

September 17, 2015

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. …Albert Einstein — Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. …Albert Einstein

Sunrise breaks through the rain clouds over LA from Mar Vista

September 16, 2015

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.   … Buckminster Fuller — You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. … Buckminster Fuller

6:6:36 sunrise-NOT in pouring rain, then emergence through a tree outside work in Brentwood.

September 15, 2015

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The paradox is our world is a world of polarity, not neutrality.  Being balanced 100% of the time in this reality really means you are stuck -- not growing -- or dead.  …Aluna Joy Yaxk'in — The paradox is our world is a world of polarity, not neutrality. Being balanced 100% of the time in this reality really means you are stuck -- not growing -- or dead. …Aluna Joy Yaxk'in

6:36AM sunrise - the last of this view from Marine at 4th for this year

September 14, 2015

Next up for Santa Monica, Ashland at 14th then 4th at Marine. Woo hoo!

Challenges are the calling card of transformation and I courageously enter them knowingthat they are the rich material for my awakening. …Michael Bernard Beckwith

Source

sunrisesunrise.com

I take photos of the sunrise every day….since 2001. Created a website www.sunrisesunrise.com offering them for special occasions like a baby’s birth, weddings, anniversaries.

First half of my life I lived in Chicago doing – jobs, school, marriage, MBA from the University of Chicago, jobs, with two fabulous kids. In 1996 I was gifted with a dream of Q from Star Trek Next Generation that changed my life. Q said three things: Who are you……..I want you naked……..Trust me.

Overnight my world shifted from doing-doing-doing to the journey within. I was guided to write a movie to be titled “How to Find the Soul (Using Your Dirty Mind) about this quest, though I’d never written anything before. Then in 2001 I was called to the sunrise to get a picture of it for every day of the year. Living in Chicago at the time, there were many days when the sun didn’t show up at all, and so it took me over 4 years to accomplish that mission. By then I was hooked, and now never need to set a clock to get up in time. Even when I went to Australia, was up on time for the sunrise.

The movie is now written and brought me to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue getting it made.

I was totally surprised to find that it is possible to see the sunrise over the ocean at certain points in Malibu. Though the screenplay is not yet sold, I have spoken to John de Lancie, who played Q so brilliantly, and still hope to engage his participation in it. The sunrise collection continues to grow and now totals over 15,000 sunrises, many posted on Facebook. Contact me for the photos of the sunrise on a specific date.