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Driving back to Elgin after staying at my friend Matt’s in Chicago for the weekend.. We attended the Bodhi Spiritual Center over in Lincoln Park.

The Awakened One experiences freedom because of the absence of choice and hope.

The unawakened one experiences freedom in the presences of choice and hope.

- Sri Amma Bhagavan

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

- Patanjali

I drove into the city to see my friend Erin who I hadn’t seen in years.. Decided to take Chicago Street / Irving Park Road the whole way down to the lake to create the first part of this fisheye time-lapse shot.. the second part of the shot is driving downtown to find a spot for a 360 degree time-lapse (that I still have to process) and the drive back to Elgin on the interstate (where the camera/clamp fell off [...]

Mark Marano is leaving Chicago with only a car-load by the end of the month! Contact him at [link href="http://facebook.com/markmarano" /] if you want anything that won't fit!

Mark Marano is selling misc nikon/canon cameras/lenses/etc, and real estate investment cds/dvds/books. contact me at www.markmarano.com if interested..

Mark Marano is selling misc Nikon & Canon cameras/lenses, and real estate investment cds/dvds/books. Contact me at www.markmarano.com if interested..

riding the metra from chicago back to elgin

It feels great to be alive. I just feel this beautiful energy running in me. It’s a little excitement, it’s a little love, it’s a little indescribable. It’s from an amazing weekend! Friday night went to the Kirtan concert, Saturday went to a Bodhi then hung out with Matt, Meredith, Maggie, and Amira, and then rode my bike to shoot this time-lapse at a spot Maggie suggested at the end of North Avenue Beach (somehow I never knew about this [...]

An infrared shot out Matt’s office window..

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Driving over to see my friends Kevin and Jon in Logan Square..

Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."

Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky

- Hafiz

the pen story from back when the olympus e-p1 was launched

This is the PEN Story in stop motion. We shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Thanks to all the stop motion artists who inspired us. We hope …

Mark Marano will be going to the Map Room for Nicole's birthday on Wednesday the 22nd - come join us at the corner of Hoyne & Armitage

Mark Marano is accepting donations from those generous and philanthropic who wish to support starving artists (and the future creation of art centers)

out the window at Kevin’s apartment in Logan Square..

My friend Matt Naskrent’s office..

The aim and purpose of human life is the unitive knowledge of god.

- Aldous Huxley

"An Infinity of Forests Lies Dormant Within the Dreams of One Acorn."

- Wayne Dyer

making a pit stop for breakfast at the corner bakery cafe a few blocks away at lake & lasalle before the crowds show up in the loop for morning rush hour.. running a little late as we had a bit of an issue getting into the car and had to make a stop at the salvation army where nicole made me part with the candle holder sculpture i made (amongst a few other things) so we’d have a tiny bit more room to squeeze into the front seats..

Mark Marano is leaving Chicago by the end of the month! Come to a going away party this Saturday at 8pm! Write me for address at [link href="http://facebook.com/markmarano" /]

Mark Marano is selling his land in Texas, real estate cds/dvds, and photo gear to raise money to pay for rent! Email him at [link href="http://www.facebook.com/markmarano" /]