“We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

for wordpress weekly photo challenge – state of mind
“We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

for wordpress weekly photo challenge – state of mind
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming
― Pablo Neruda
for changing seasons | cardinal guzman | v2
and for wordpress weekly photo challenge – seasons
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens (surprising twist) where’s all the grunge gone?*
‘Live fast. Die young. Be wild. And have fun.
– Lyrics from ‘Ride’, Lana Del Ray

for wordpress weekly photo challenge – time
In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives
― Stephen King, The Running Man

for wordpress weekly photo challenge – vibrant
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
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!