Celebrating Our Differences
“Uncle Bernie” Basley caught images of then, 4-years-old, Morgan Bennett, affectionately known as, Merks. At age 12, Morgan still has big laughs and big jokes, but these shots capture his sense of humor. – Victorine – Bernie Basley Bernie loves to take pictures. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in…
She’s fixing the smudge of red on her lip that she just picked up in the rear view mirror as she checked if it was safe to throw the lukewarm dregs of leftover coffee in the paper cup out of the passenger side of her car into the…
It was just another unpainted clapboard house dotting the rural southern landscape neglected ravaged by the elements long void of human life The winter of 1995 traveling on Montgomery HWY 31 South would change all that A friend seeing a white woman jogging along the highway…
These city walls with cracks for ears and polished windows for eyes. They know. They know how the cobble stone massages the soles of our feet when our eyes meet eyes. They see. They see how gin and cigarettes become incense to awaken desire of an otherwise lost…
On the day you were reborn by the stream where we first kissed Do you remember the daughters of the water dancing in the mist? On the day you were reborn I lifted you out of the stream and set you high in the tree of life…
Music is [a doorway to] abundant life. The paths play unconditionally, [loving] with an affinity of rhythm. Still, when it’s time to, rest, [you], rest [easily]. Music is like [living] colors. It doesn’t matter how many [keys] you obtain. You may never [make it] through, life…
Within her heart the music beats And drumming in her ears It dances down her moving arms Caresses her flying fingers. It draws the bow and frets the neck And grips the body tight. She laughs when all around her say She feels so much more She loves…
Colorful faces, costumes and sets in Thailand ready for a Night at the Opera, with images by Bernie Basley – Bernie Basley Bernie loves to take pictures. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in TV Production from Columbia College Chicago, but now lives in Bangkok, Thailand. Bernie has…
songs in minor key discover the depths of your soul induce the flow of an uneasy mystery invite you to consume their substance. melodies leave you with residual longing blues that won’t leave you alone. haunting that taps into vital chambers. their frequency closes your…
There are songs for your ear Open your heart and you’ll hear There’s a rhythm to dance, Har-mo-ny to enchant. It was a dark night. I was feeling detached and tired as I listened again to my still small voice within; it said,” Go in and…