not the one who takes up his bed and walks
but the ones who have known him all along
and carry him in –
miracle – seamus heaney
not so very long ago,
i bought, a book
of poems
because,
i still
believe
in
being, human
do
you?
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – optimistic
see also my optimistic take on belgianstreets
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm af-s f/1.4G lens at ISO 900, f/1.4 and 1/125s mono applied in lightroom cc*
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
― George Orwell, 1984
I think,
QWERTY
You think,
AZERTY
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – alphabet
and lucile’s photo 101 rehab
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor f/1.4 50mm lens, mac and dell mixed in photoshop cc*
see also alphabet | belgianstreets
The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure
― Saul Bellow
a lifetime ago, this hand held
a new life, eyes barely open
(and more since, after that first new
life)
a weight lifted
a weight forever to carry
(whatever)
and now
that new life
will soon
also bring (its own) new life
the weight will lift again
and once more
become heavier,
and lighter
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – weight(less)
see also weightless on belgianstreets
What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.
― Haruki Murakami, After the Quake
Happy New Year to all my readers, I wish you all that you wish for, in 2016, and beyond.
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – circle
and my opening shot for Lucile’s Photo 101 Rehab for 2016
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 135mm, f/4 1/125sec and ISO280*
just an empty impression
in the bed where you used to be
– empty sky, springsteen
this post is for those with an empty place at their table
those with an empty sky
and yet, this bloody world turns, the sun will rise
tomorrow
and today
well, I guess
today, we will bloody well just do
what we have
to
do,
again
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – gathering
“the text has disappeared under the interpretation”
― friedrich nietzsche, beyond good and evil
Stormtrooper One: the force is strong in this one
Stormtrooper Two: there must be some mistake, we can’t delay, it’s all going wrong
Stormtrooper One: no need t’rush, the one in black will go down first
Stormtrooper Two: but the one in black has C & (i) d’A, the wrong way round
Stormtrooper One: och aye, I canna stan’ t any more
Exit stage left
a tongue in cheek 😉 post for weekly photo challenge – oops!
‘some men never listen, and others never learn’
– lyrics from ‘the lady lies’, from ‘and then there were three’, genesis
and then, there were three
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – trio and lucile’s photo101rehab)
(a trio from me
prose is architecture and the baroque age is over
― ernest hemingway
our lives are often too ornate?
keepsakes, that are intended to remind us.
of what?
of things, we once did, felt, saw, wanted?
what is a ‘keepsake’?
for whose sake?
what matters is what lies within.
and, often, those ‘keepsakes’ are just, well just
too
ornate?
(and, for WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge – Ornate)
(and, of course, for Lucile’s Photo 101 Rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO6400, f/1.4, 1/125s, minimal edits in lightroom cc and lit by the glowing embers of a real log fire*
WordPress Writing 101 (November 2015): Day 5
“And a little of that sadness returned each year to him. It always went away with spring.
But, it was a little different tonight. There was a feeling of autumn coming to last a million years.
There would be no spring”
― Ray Bradbury, Long After Midnight
(for DP weekly photo challenge – treat)
(also for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, in aperture priority mode all at f/1.4 with available light only and light touch edits in lightroom cc, life goes on, even after death, or worse*
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