“…one must find the source within ones own self”
– hesse
light / dark
bad / good
ambiguity
(mirror, elsene, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, processed with Snapseed app, mirror in bathroom*
photo101
(raining and) raining
“…you must change your life…”
― rainer maria rilke
photograph rain
constrain pain
remain sane
(rooftops, elsene, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, processed in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, staining the art of poetry*
raining
“…each drop of rain is my failed life weeping in nature”
– fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet
(rooftops, elsene, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, processed in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, totally neglected to focus the shot*
longing
“…said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me”
― haruki murakami, blind willow, sleeping woman
empty
he waited
and, as always, the cold came
she didn’t
(bench, leopoldpark, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, processed in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter, oh and I defocused the camera and breathed on the lens*
dissonance
“when dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane”
― hermann hesse
fractured
eyes excoriated
by searing light
dissonant doel
dies
(Graffiti, Doel)
*Shot with Nikon D700, processed in Aperture 3 and Silver Efex Pro 2, silhouette filter*
gone
“memories warm you up from the inside
but they also tear you apart”
― haruki murakami, kafka on the shore
gone but not forgotten
Crush the buildings.
Bludgeon those who dare to care.
But.
They will. Remember.
(Graveyard, Doel)
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge – Gone but not forgotten
empty
“Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That’s what scares me the most”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
What lies.
Behind closed doors.
Silent screams.
(Empty street, Mechelen)
*Shot with iPhone 5, edited with mobile Snapseed, taken in middle of cold empty street, written on WordPress app for iPhone*
unfinished
“Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that’s what.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
So, unfinished business.
It’s time.
(EU Parliament, Elsene)
*Shot with iPhone 5 and edited with mobile Snapseed app. Image reflected in marble, or was it…*
photography101: weekend 4
“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Hermann Hesse
This collage seemed a good idea when I decided to do it – note theme was to “get out and explore…”
It was light at some point today, now it is dark and the day has slipped by, no exploring has been done.
Although some, and you know who you are, have kept me up to date with life in the world outside including tales of savage deer, flowers served for dinner and unsatisfying pizza for lunch.
Lessons from #photo101?
1. It’s good to talk, even better to listen
2. It’s ok to cry a bit
3. I have discovered a new found fondness for alien fiction – sorry Justine
4. I know more about what people in the Netherlands do
5. I would like to follow a path through a Czech field, even though Mara tells me it only leads to another field
6. I want an atomic powered plane
7. I have become addicted to #photo101 and to talking about it with some of you at all hours
8. I think I learned some things about photography, like don’t set out to make a collage of 100 photos in photoshop lightly
9. I have always liked railways, now even more
10. …and a few other things
And most of all, the very best, has been meeting so many of you and making some new friendships that I hope will endure.
So…thank you to the WordPress crew, and to all of you!
This is not the end, just a new chapter.
NaBloPoMo 29 of 30 –
photography101: weekend 4
converge
“…always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world…”
– Khalil Gibran
Converging people achieve remarkable things.
Walls fall.
People connect.
Lives change.
These last few weeks I have been lucky enough to converge with some wonderful people here during WordPress Photo 101.
I’ve learned a lot, laughed a lot. Yes, even cried a little.
So, for this week’s WordPress Weekly Challenge, I’d like to introduce some new friends.
See Eastern Europe through the eyes of a self confessed negativist existentialist (who actually is anything but negative) with a thing about cats and railways and who almost convinced us that converge was a swear word Mara Eastern’s Personal Blog – a life in pictures and words
Take a look at the Netherlands, and Brazil, with my almost neighbour lucile de godoy – bridging lacunas
Explore Justine’s eclectic world, into which I insisted on introducing aliens, at Eclectic odds n sods – Parenting, Pet Tales, Humour & Photography
And meet Mitch with whom I discussed Thunderbirds, atomic powered jets and drew comparisons with Ansel Adams at Exploratorius – Photo Hack & Curious Wanderer
And yes, selecting which few to show here was a very very tough choice, there were so many sharing their photos, their words, their time.
I raise a glass and a smile to everyone with whom I have converged these last weeks and say a big thank you for the words, smiles and friendship we have shared.
And a huge thank you to the team at WordPress who made it all happen.
I hope we will all converge again soon.
To live, laugh, cry and love a little.
(Berlin Wall, Mini-Europe, Brussel)
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