“if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners”
― mahatma gandhi
(on and around birminghamstraat, molenbeek)
(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with olympus om10 in aperture priority mode with two year old roll of ilford delta 3200 film inside, black and white nostalgia*
“if they think at all–that these things are too obvious to think about, just as I used to do (or not do)”
― haruki murakami, the wind-up bird chronicle
park metro station, brüssel
(inspired by mara eastern’s just thursday blog hop)
“yes,” said eeyore,
“one of those would be just the thing
thank you, pooh”
― a.a. milne, the house at pooh corner
afloat, i let my mind drift
the ground below me, afloat
afloat, i needed not a lift
but oh my, how could my chair be
afloat
(henegouwenkaai, molenbeek)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – afloat)
afloat on belgradestreets
afloat with andytownend
“gray hair is god’s graffiti”
― bill cosby
only a
stone’s throw away, from
this colour,
there lie
things to turn your
hair
white, not
gray
(rue du champ de l’eglise, laeken)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – wall)
“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)
“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)
“your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry”
― friedrich nietzsche
silent scream
time to end
the silent screaming
time to
cry
and live (and love)
(naamsepoort, metro, brüssel)
*shot with iPhone 5, edited with aperture 3, desaturated leaving red in place using photoshop cc, silently screaming*
“If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.”
― Malcolm X
grinding gears and screaming shovels
angry faces
leave no traces
(graffiti, doel)
*shot with Nikon D700, processed with Aperture3, Silver Efex Pro 2, silhouette filter*
“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*
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