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kwesiblak.bsky.social
@kwesiblak.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Amateur Photog, Father to the Triple E
https://kwesiblack.com
“The very fact of snow is such an amazement.”
― Roger Ebert #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 AM
“That the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty”
― David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.”
― Cambria Hebert, Whiteout #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 AM
“Snow creates that quality of awe in the face of a power greater than ours. It epitomises the aesthetic notion of the sublime, in which greatness and beauty couple to overcome you—a small, frail human—entirely.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“You’ll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, ‘What they could do, I can do.’ - Guillaume”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars #kwesiblack #photog #iphonephotography
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 AM
“The mask of the Winter prince.”
― Julie Kagawa, Iron’s Prophecy #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #selfportrait
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
“The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above.” -George R.R. Martin #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.”
― Sir James Jeans #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #snow❄️
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 AM
“Against the sky, the stars crown him, marking the edges of his silhouette like he is a constellation of himself.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #selfportrait
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
― Edward Abbey #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #snow❄️
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 AM
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
― Bertrand Russell #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #snow❄️
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 AM
“My favorite part of our honeymoon was when Simon dipped me backwards in a passionate kiss on the Ponts des Arts bridge just before we hung a padlock with our initials to the rails, immortalizing our love.”
― B.L. Berry, An Unforgivable Love Story #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #snow❄️
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 AM
“No monument was ever erected in favor of a critic.”
― Sravani Saha Nakhro #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #snow❄️
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“...one can’t be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold...d’you see what I mean?”
― John le Carré, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #selfportrait
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace #kwesiblack #photog #iphonephotography
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“The city skyline is too important to need to be welcoming. It tells you to get with the program or go home. I love it.”
― Meg Howrey, They’re Going to Love You #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
January 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
“your handwriting. the way you walk. which china pattern you choose. it’s all giving you away. everything you do shows your hand. everything is a self portrait. everything is a diary.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
January 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“The world is big, the young are restless, and girls just want to have fun.”
― Nicholas Eames, Bloody Rose #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
“A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near,
A little gift from one held dear,
Best wishes for the coming year.

These make a merry christmas!”
― John Greenleaf Whittier #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.”
― Jun’ichirō Tanizaki #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #graffitialleytoronto
December 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Winter is coming.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #graffitialleytoronto
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Josh: “What is this thing?”
Gasper: “It’s a Yeti. An abominable snowman.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“You’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! #kwesiblack #photog #sonya7iii #ttcline6
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM