Solitude - Nature Archives

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Artistic Joy of Capturing the World

By PlanetPapp|2023-05-03T08:57:19-07:00May 3rd, 2023|Categories: Art - Creativity, Photography, Solitude - Nature, Travel|Tags: Alaska, back to nature, divine nature, hiking, James K. Papp Photography, mountain photography, Nature, nature lover, nature photography, nature therapy, outdoor photography, Outdoors, photographer, point and shoot camera|

Dear Ones, Greetings and Salutations! Lately, I've been reviewing the archives for engaging images made before I got so seriously into photography. This photo is from a long 17-mile day hike to the

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Spring Exhibit Opening Reception April 13

By PlanetPapp|2023-04-05T11:19:59-07:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Photography, Solitude - Nature, Travel, Washington|Tags: Bellingham, black and white photography, James K. Papp, James K. Papp Photography, James K. Papp Photography Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, nature photography, olympic national park, rialto beach, wa, washington|

James K. Papp's Photography Returns to the Jansen Art Center April 13th Spring greetings! We're excited to announce that two of James' Washington State fine art black and white photographs were selected by the

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Enjoying Life Through the Lens

By PlanetPapp|2023-02-08T18:07:07-08:00February 8th, 2023|Categories: Photography, Solitude - Nature, Travel, Washington|Tags: Canon PowerShot, hiking, James K. Papp Photography, mount baker, Mount Shuksan, mountain, mountain art, mountain photography, Nature, nature photography, photographer, point and shoot camera, wa, washington, washington state|

Dear Ones, Greetings and Salutations! Lately, I've been reviewing the archives for engaging images made before I got so seriously into photography. This photo, from an overnight hike on Skyline Divide in the Mount

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Navigating Change

By PlanetPapp|2022-12-27T08:11:31-08:00December 27th, 2022|Categories: Ancient Wisdom, Community, Earth, Health & Wellbeing, Kindness, Love, Peace, Solitude - Nature, Spirituality, Stress, Stress Reduction|Tags: adapting to change, adapting to change loss and disappointment, developing a self care plan, developing a sense of self, navigating emotions, navigating through uncertainty, navigating uncertainty, self growth, self-love, spirituality and health, spirituality and practice, spirituality books, spirituality for beginners, spirituality for non religious|

Dear Ones, As we approach the last day of the year, I find myself reflecting on all that has happened in 2022. Casting farther back over the past three years what is perhaps the

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Art Print Giveaway

By PlanetPapp|2022-11-16T11:56:12-08:00November 16th, 2022|Categories: Art - Creativity, Gratitude - Thankfulness, Health & Wellbeing, Photography, Solitude - Nature, Spirituality, Stress Reduction, Washington|Tags: art print, books on mindfulness and spirituality, books on spiritual enlightenment, giveaway, happiness spiritual books, James K. Papp Photography, nature photography|

To celebrate the redesign and official launch of James' new book Deer, Tree, the Shaman, and the Sun, we are giving away this beautiful matted art print to two (U.S.) winners. Sunrise on Mount

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Midnight at Heather Meadows

By PlanetPapp|2022-08-10T11:55:29-07:00August 10th, 2022|Categories: Earth, Gratitude - Thankfulness, Photography, Solitude - Nature, Travel, Washington|Tags: artist point washington, camper van, inner peace, Inquire Within, inquire within a guide to living in spirit, Inquire Within by James K. Papp, James K. Papp, James K. Papp Photography, milky way photography, mt baker, Nature, night photography, night photography techniques, night sky, night sky photography, night sky pictures, Snoqualmie National Forest, washington state, Whatcom County|

Dear Ones, warm August greetings to you. As the recent new moon of 28 July approached I began imagining an astrophotography composition that would include a tree under the Milky Way. I thought of

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How You and Nature Are the Same In Essence

By PlanetPapp|2022-07-13T23:19:49-07:00July 13th, 2022|Categories: Ancient Wisdom, Earth, Gratitude - Thankfulness, Happiness, Health & Wellbeing, Kindness, Love, Peace, Prayer, Solitude - Nature, Spirituality|Tags: communicating with angels, divine nature, Kindness, loving kindness, meditation, natural world, Nature, Stephan Davies, the divine connection|

Stephan Davies is a channel of angels and divine beings. He runs the website The Divine Connection. Below, he shares a channeling from the angel of peace and harmony. Hello, I am Archangel Muriel. How

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Cascades Calling

By PlanetPapp|2022-06-03T11:07:20-07:00June 3rd, 2022|Categories: Photography, Solitude - Nature, Washington|Tags: Cascades, Cascades Mountain Range, hiking, nature photography, outdoor photography, Outdoors, photographer, washington, washington state|

We are excited to announce that James K. Papp's "Cascades Calling: A Story of Communion" has been published in the Summer 2022 edition of fabulous Adventures Northwest magazine. Included with the story is his

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Every Shade of Green

By PlanetPapp|2022-04-28T12:48:49-07:00April 28th, 2022|Categories: Bellingham, Health & Wellbeing, Peace, Photography, Solitude - Nature, Spirituality, Stress Reduction, Washington|Tags: back to nature, Bellingham, forest therapy, James K. Papp, manage stress and anxiety, nature photography, nature therapy, reduce stress, stress and anxiety, tree therapy, wa, washington state|

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Where Do I Want to Be Right Now?

By PlanetPapp|2022-03-30T06:21:43-07:00March 30th, 2022|Categories: Peace, Photography, Poetry, Solitude - Nature, Washington|Tags: Cascades, Cascades Mountain Range, Gothic Basin, mountain art, mountain photography, Nature, nature photography, nature poems, nature poetry, Outdoors, poem, poetry, washington state|

Gothic Basin in the Cascades Mountain Range A Poem by James K. Papp Where Do I Want to Be Right Now? Mountain meadows Heather, lichens and firs Yellow cedars and a stream.

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Return to the Golden Heart of Alaska

By PlanetPapp|2021-11-18T09:46:42-08:00November 17th, 2021|Categories: Earth, Gratitude - Thankfulness, Happiness, Health & Wellbeing, Peace, Solitude - Nature|Tags: AK, Alaska, Alaskan Interior, author, back to nature, book, calm, Fairbanks, Golden Heart, Inquire Within, James K. Papp, nature journal, nature photography, nature writing, peace, photographer, soul searching, Spirituality, Travel|

Journal entry by James K. Papp ~ from 30 October 2021 Today I fly on mighty wings to the first place I knew in this mysterious life, the Golden Heart of Alaska. Beating strongly in the

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August Night at Artist Point

By PlanetPapp|2021-09-02T06:42:55-07:00September 2nd, 2021|Categories: Earth, Photography, Solitude - Nature, Washington|Tags: artist point, artist point washington, astronomical imaging, astrophotography, milky way photography, mt baker, nature photography, night photography, night sky, night sky photography, night sky pictures, sky photography, star photography|

It is a privilege to share with you my most recent photographic image, named "August Night at Artist Point." On a sunny August evening, I drove the 57 miles from Bellingham, Washington to Artist Point