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Taking a walk my eyes caught the sun
Lightly brushing the symmetrical
Beauty of this leaf having lived,
Holding summer’s plan in abeyance
Embracing coming winter to bestow
Lavishly its first coat of snow
Satiating its parchedness…
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Through my lens,
Unfolded the birth
Of a flower among nettles
Through my lens,
Unravelled poetry
Of sunshine among thorns
Heedless of the allegory
Happening on a leaf…
Out of the corner of
My field of vision
I conjured you’d
Spread your wings
The instant you
Skidded on indefectable
Foliage but you paused-posed
And played an important
Role in what would become
The dawn of a beautiful adventure.
The tale of someone
Who saw grace in lieu
Of hideousness…
Inferred small is big
And never again would
Squash impeccancy and
Perfection under
An angry slipper!
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Note:
This poem was inspired by the first photo I took focusing on the Theme of an-only-flower-among-foliage.
You can detect on the side the fly which I thought I had no chance of capturing, cicada’s are very
fast, but to my delight soon realized that I could… where began my fascination for those small wonders 🙂
P.S If you are curious no, I have never squashed a fly just the idea repulses me 🙂
Beach art
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There’s nothing
Like a blue sky
And a lazy day
After a long
Year of tenure
This is a continuation of last post. It is all I have said on a much grander scale. Not in the philosophical sense but in the magnitude of the waves and the sheer force of nature and water.
It’s raw, hazardous and perilous but somehow makes it all the more fascinating and bigger than life. I see art and beauty in every detail of this slow motion video.
I wish you to love it as much (at least!) as I did 🙂
My following video is the whole-story of this one, enjoy it too!
“Code Red” Full Movie – Surfing Goes Huge At Teahupoo Tahiti
Published on Apr 25, 2012
On August 27, 2011, the Billabong Pro Tahiti event on surfing’s World Tour was placed on hold due to a massive swell bearing down on the famed big-wave spot, Teahupoo. With forecasts calling for unprecedented surf, some of the greatest surfers in the world descended on the island to be in the water, despite a “Code Red” called by the Tahitian Coast Guard, which sought to keep everyone on shore. See the historic day through the eyes of two surfers — the young gun Laurie Towner and the veteran Dylan Longbottom — as they catch some of the biggest, most dangerous surf ever recorded, much of it captured with the super slow motion Phantom Camera for never-before-seen imagery.
http://www.youtube.com/networka
http://www.youtube.com/networkasurf
Of all the videos I used when working on the laptop, studying, writing or simply in need of a holiday at home, this one is at the top of my list in quality.
The scenery changes fast enough so as not to be bored and are long enough to put you in deep relaxation if you watch it constantly.
At the end of the hour with the video finishing off with a sunset, you feel as loose and lazy as at the end of a full day on the beach.
I hope you’ll enjoy it and let me know the effect it had on you.
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There’s life on Mars!
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I had forgotten a bag of potatoes in my balcony.
They were partying while beauty was in the making 🙂
Two months later these were the results.
Enjoy the scenery!
All that, much more… or rotten potatoes
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Wearing the hats of an Ascot race
Tentacles stretching out in a plea
Clamoring the human race
For ostentation and allure,
Whichever way you look at me,
Flash your interpretation through
The lens of your soul.
See the bumps and cracks,
Flesh withering, rotting back to life,
Wrinkles and scratches,
Abandoned at a party in a pantry…
Forgotten to nature happening…
To the unfold of beauty in the making.
See it all in its synchronicity.
Love me for I am forever returning.
Expanding, growing…
A reflection in the firth of your desires.
See all that or… decay with no glory.
A smell to toss in an instinct of preservation
Applying the laws of order and cleanliness
Never questioning the
Possibilities of magic happening,
Foulness dissolving into beauty
Mold, as a compass to our mien (1)
Sprouts, extensions to barriers
Crevasses, detour… the scenic route
Catch even a glimpse of life on Mars
Or the gossiper thriving on some
Dripping, luscious, slippery news.
All that and much more, for every eye
Has a story, every mind a book.
Or, just take a glance and toss
Without a second thought,
The rotten potato.
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Mien (1)
1. Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: “He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien” (James Traub).
2. An appearance or aspect.
[Alteration (influenced by French mine, appearance) of Middle English demeine, demeanor, from Old French, from demener, to behave; see demean1.]
potato art
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potato spider
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bumps & crevasses…the scenic route
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old age 🙂
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potato plants gossiping
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tentacles stretching out in a plea
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potato map
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resilient
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isn’t life quite something?
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abstract
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the caller
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Hey!There IS life on Mars!
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Spider monster!!!
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Beauty revealed
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The Royal Ascot…
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Perpetual entrance
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The wig of a scarecrow
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These photos and poem were inspired by the blogger Junsjazz Images & Inspiration who always has great advice on photography.
I had fun playing around plain tools as a fennel for a tunnel vision and a sifter for a vintage effect. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
The wig of a scarecrow
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Call an onion by its name
And the vim from a warm (1)
Kitchen floats with the
Tenderness of young dreams.
Observe the art of its
Layers, sometimes cracked
Revealing viridity under… (2)
Adorned by a golden glow
Tips resembling the wig of
A scarecrow built carelessly
With the clothes become rags
From stretched days, short nights…
Call an onion and it will
Faithfully expose the aroma,
Give flair to the forlorn, for
In every living, growing,
Is poetry. To the recipient
Of all that is moving and
Changing… days ticking,
Mildew spreading, Calling
Loudly your name.
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Vim (1)
Ebullient vitality and energy. See Synonyms at vigor.
[Latin, accusative of v s; see wei – in Indo-European roots.]
Viridity (2)
n.
1.
a. The quality or condition of being green; greenness.
b. The green color of vegetation or leaves.
2. Innocence or inexperience.
The vintage look
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Through the eye of a fennel
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Mildew calling
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The golden glow
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Bench retreat
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From the benches…
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From the benches I read and pay
Homage to the reverence I feel
Toward the decorum surrounding
Me.
From the contrast in colors…
To peaceful hidden spots or thick
Shiny roots exploring the mysteries
Of earth’s nether.
All groan…Whisper in harmony
A lullaby to the ones who see.
Lake, bench, nature
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Serenity bench
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Sheltered
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The hidden
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The comforting
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The charitable in town 🙂
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Exploring the nether
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Grazing the foot of mountains
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Everywhere accompanying our very step (trees 3)
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They are everywhere
Grazing the foot of mountains
Bordering a lake, brushing rooftops,
Designing a niche for a lone abode,
Parading on the Champs-Elysées
Or encircling protectively the Eiffel Tower
Harboring those who hurry home from a
Somber season or guarding the slanting
Façade of a historical house.
They are just everywhere
Accompanying our very step…
Around the globe, we swirl and detect
Leaves ablaze with sun’s warm reflection
Or a trunk soaked by forests flavors
After a sudden gush…
Nourishing and being nourished
By earth’s plentiful.
Rooftop’s brushes
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Nature’s protective niche
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Champs Elysées’s parade
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Framing decoratively the Eiffel Tower
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Paris under rain
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Slanting façade
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Tree sculpture
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The next few posts will be dedicated to trees of all shape, in all places, tree-trunks, their purpose and our benefits by having them around us.
I have always been fascinated by the strength and energy that emanates from them and found my photo collection growing…
While selecting them for this project which I like to think of as a tribute to the trees around us, I realized Venice had hardly any trees (but many plants) something I hadn’t noticed on our short stay there.
Tree sculpture
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A bulge, A rimple
The streaks of sap
The neat folds of a
Bird’s hiding place
Each one carved with
The accuracy and skill
Of a surgeon’s scalpel
With the artistry of…
A master.
Intricate art
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Symmetrical bulges 😉
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Patterns
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Hiding nest
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