“to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality”
– john ruskin
(a)symmetry
why
wired
in
when
you
could, be
free?
(hector denisstraat, elsene)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, symmetry)
(and lucile’s The Clinic – Photo Rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter and silver efex pro 2, life in transition, building site*
“dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions”
― stephen king, desperation
scaled down people
scale(d) down
versions of
us
what do they
think,
when they
blink?
(street market, leopoldplein, elsene)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, scale and lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)
*shot with iphone5, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter applied, distorted take on challenge*
“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)
“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)
“i thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow”
― sylvia plath, the bell jar
over shadowed
overshadowed
by events
people
in the shadow
alone
but not low
(kerstmarkt, beurs, brüssel)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, shadowed)
“how we need that security
how we need another soul to cling to
another body to keep us warm
to rest and trust”
― sylvia plath
that warm feeling inside
he
closed
his eyes
and thought of
her
and so
(sleeping man, madou metro station, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, color efex pro 4, just before the door closed*
“i drew a line for you
oh what a thing to do”
– yellow, coldplay
loner
why
does nobody
want me
when it’s
play time
“i had no idea what that was, but I wanted to thrust my hand right inside her body and touch it, whatever it was”
― haruki murakami, south of the border, west of the sun
twinkle twinkle
twinkle twinkle
little star
how i wonder
just how far
(graffiti, doel)
wordpress weekly photo challenge – twinkle
*shot with Nikon D700, processed with Aperture 3 and Analog Efex Pro 2, wet plate filter*
“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
“…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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