“there are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer, then there’s never more than one”
― c. s. lewis, that hideous strength
(new) rooftops
gritty, urban
views
scudding clouds
not
suburban
dues
(rooftop, birminghamstraat, molenbeek)
(for lucile’s photo101rehab)
*shot with iphone5, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro, wet plate filter, new horizons*
“besides, I seemed to hold two lives – the life of thought, and that of reality”
― charlotte brontë, villette
hold, that
thought
is it
what you
thought
or maybe
you, ought?
(for lucile’s photo101rehab)
*shot with iphone5, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro, double exposure feature, blurred vision*
“i want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become, something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow’s sky”
― kazuo ishiguro, when we were orphans
preservatif
protect and survive
justine recently challenged us to present a photo and invite you to guess what it is.
My entry, the photo is featured above, was protect (me)
My photo was a cropped image of a large mural, painted on a wall in a narrow street in the heart of Brüssel, near the Grote Markt, I am not sure of the exact story but it does speak about gay rights, solidarity, and preservatifs (condoms). So, I thought it fitted the theme set by Justine quite snugly?
It was fun to see you guessing what it might be:
Justine thought it might be a cardboard home, a shelter for people on the street. Not a bad guess in some ways.
Mara felt it implied a room of one’s own. If a room of one’s own offers protection then that would also be a good guess.
desleyjane was intrigued by an artifact in the corner and then figured it was a book cover, well the cover part came close I guess?
Albert amusingly thought it might be graffiti on an airplane, and also thought he saw a fingerprint. I’m wondering what he was drinking or smoking?
(for justine’s eclectic corner , guessing game #4)
“some things are hard to write about…
something happens to you…
at any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to”
― sylvia plath, the unabridged journals
fingered
do you
sometimes
have you
at times
wanted to
and
could, you?
(window shopping, brüssel)
*iphone5, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, wetplate filter, finger raised in anger*
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, express yourself, and lucile’s photo101rehab)
“the sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue”
― james joyce, ulysses
brewed bottled brüssel
bound
unbound
beer
what fear
you,
dear?
(for justine’s latest tea party and lucile’s photo101 rehab clinic #2)
*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter, beers lined up*
“he who has a garden and a library wants for nothing”
― marcus tullius cicero
caught short
urban grime
grit and crime
boy in the
corner
taking his
time
(garden in rue hector denis, ixelles, brüssel)
(for lucile’s photo101 rehab clinic #2)
*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter, fake mannekin pis(sing) in corner*
“do your work, then step back
the only path to serenity”
― lao tzu
puff the magic dragon…
no one believes
no where to park
light me
be me
serenity
(wordpress weekly photo challenge, serenity)
“in the depth of winter
i finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer”
― albert camus
seasons
change
lives
change
if
we
dare
(birminghamstraat, anderlecht, brüssel)
(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which will run from the 7th to the 15th day of the month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)
*shot with nikon d700 with nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in aperture 3 and color efex pro 4, bleach bypass filter*
“when everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it”
― henry ford
fight back
and then
the most amazing thing
happens
you
fly
high
(birminghamstraat, anderlecht, brüssel)
*for lucile’s photo101 rehab, shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, big open heart*
“i want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become, something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow’s sky”
― kazuo ishiguro, when we were orphans
protect and survive
justine has challenged us again to present a photo and invite you to guess what
so, here is
my
thinly
veiled
take on
protection
(for justine’s eclectic corner , guessing game #4)
belgianstreets 