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BOTH interrupted. Yesterday's sunset at the Fox River interrupted by clouds. My son Henry's senior year of high school interrupted by a worldwide health crisis.
Of course there will be other days with spectacular sunsets as there are brighter things ahead for Henry. He has taken it in stride and has a good attitude about it. Reflective, I guess, of the mindset of he and his peers, born into a world where things happen close to home (Henry was born just a few days before 9-11). The sad fact is that Henry’s world is much less care-free than the world I knew at his age.
He has let his whiskers grow during this time schooling remotely from home – a badge he wears from the experience.
Henry recently committed to the University of Minnesota at Duluth for Fall 2020 (good Lord willin') where he will enter as a Biochemistry major in the honors program with plans to declare a second major (English) as he is able to in his first year.
Go get ‘em, kid. Tune out the noise, overcome interruptions and make a splash.
I finished this and rephotographed it on Oct. 23:
www.flickr.com/photos/drift-illustrations/43708924440/in/...
Just a quick sketch tonight, after getting our youngest to sleep. I had thought I'd do an homage to Escher’s three worlds--leaves floating on the water, trees reflected, and of course a carp beneath the surface. But I worked quickly and put in the artist's hand working a partial drawing, also I have a chickadee flying over the drawing, wings flapping to disrupt the surface and throwing his own little reflection into the work. It's a fun concept but I didn't really execute it well. It would take a good stretch of time to redo it larger scale and more carefully--time I probably don't have right now :-) so Ill just post the sketch.
(charcoal drawing on paper; 28 x 26 cm)
Even though nature may “insist” for us to choose between HAPPINESS and MEANING, it does not mean that it’s “impossible” for us to have both.
I think that I cannot “always” have both HAPPINESS and MEANING at the same time but as long as I can find MEANING in my life, I know I’ll find HAPPINESS there too “at certain times” no matter how brief or long it lasts.
I know I am happy whenever I make a piece of art simply because I enjoy doing it…but what does that mean? It means I have to endure a life full of uncertainties and "false hopes".
Despite all this, if I must choose, I’ll choose MEANING as I’m certain that I cannot totally “just” be happy. I believe, just like any other feelings ( e.g. sadness, grief, etc.), HAPPINESS too shall pass…it always does. MEANING, on the other hand, is definite as it gives us purpose…the reason to live “no matter what”. I would rather know that there is a meaning for ALL the things I’ve been through in life than to be a happy person by ignoring my past that I cannot “just” forget.
However, though I choose MEANING, I don’t live in the present “entirely” for the benefit of my future because for all I know I may die today. I honestly do not desire a longer life. I just want to “live” the life I’m given by learning from my past and doing the best I can with what I have until the day I stop breathing (period).
This is a "dark background" version of the 13'th portrait piece (Winona Ryder inspired) of my SHADOWS series where face features are created and accentuated by deleting parts of a shaded area. Actual lines are only used around the "eye area".
The SHADOWS series is a collection of portraits intending to show emotions OTHER than those typical portrayal of complete happiness and joy as I hope to convey those I believe are “meaningful” part of someone’s life.
Sunset interrupted
Indian Shores Beach, Florida
14 October 2021
Pentax K-70
We were sitting on the beach enjoying the sunset. I was shooting a time lapse and that thing you always know is possible, and always fear, happens. Moments before sunset, one of the beach walkers stops and stares at this amazing act of nature unfolding before their eyes….and completely blocks your view of it! 😂.
The key to this story is the Timelapse. I can’t move the camera, and you can’t really yell at someone to move on the beach…so you get what you get!
The Grand Foyer of the Opera Garnier in Paris. The opera house was built under Napoleon III by the then unknown architect Charles Garnier. The completion took fifteen years due to many interruptions, including the fall of Napoleon III and the Commune in 1870. The building was inaugurated in 1875.
The Grand Foyer, resembling a mirror gallery of a royal palace, was designed to allow people to have a walk during intervals. It was decorated by Paul Baudry and depicts themes from the history of music. The lyre is a much used decorative element.
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*note: i'm reading harry potter and the goblet of fire again, so that's why it's not put together with the others atm.
**note: four of those books aren't harry potter or vampire books. my bad.
from left to right: vampirates, teach me, freak, wild roses, deathnote (3);
muggles and magic, tales of beedle the bard, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the half-blood prince, harry potter and the deathly hallows;
uninvited, royal blood, the coffin club, kissing coffins, vampire diaries one: the awakening, vampire diaries two: the struggle, the historian, genevieve, vampire interrupted, revelations, masquerades, blue bloods, the body thief, memnoch the devil.
Zut ! S'agit-il d'une interruption en plein labeur ou une de ces mivtopauses typiques du travail ?
Les paris sont ouverts. x)
I'd never seen these before - and they are certainly distinctive!
Thanks to Pl@ntNet for the identification.
discontinued. frozen. and interrupted . in no particular order .
[Super-Altissa / Rollei RPX 100 / February 2015]
The complications of village life. There are challenges you would find in a city too. Here, you see a disturbance. Make sure that you see what you see.
For the Manipulations-R-Us group ...
www.flickr.com/groups/manipulations-r-us/
CasallArt's original ... www.flickr.com/photos/dcasallart/383758159/
Anhinga was annoyed that her afternoon nap was interrupted by a noisy grackle who dropped his worm into river and was very vocal about it.
Second night of workshop at Lake Tarawera was interrupted by a severe electrical storm. Multiple exposures before the rain arrived gave me this shot. Sat in the car for half an hour then clear skies and a rising Milky Way. Lots of photos but I need some advice on processing.
NR18 leads NR35 and AN4 over the Bargo River bridge as 7BM4 to Melbourne.
Meanwhile, an Xplorer railcar as SP34 heads north for Sydney Central from Canberra.
Tahmoor, NSW
6/1/19
The Human Family
We took a walk along the River Hamble at Swanwick: Ray, my camera and me, 2.8 miles total there and back. It was high tide with photogenic clouds, bright sun, shimmering light on the water and several photo opportunities. We stopped for coffee and cake at the marina. Not long after setting off again, I saw a man briefly get partway down the riverbank and then come back up again.
Drawing close it became evident he was a fisherman and I asked if he had caught anything or, if not, what he was hoping to catch. He replied that he had caught three bass and thrown them all back. I guess I looked a bit surprised.
He explained that it is OK to keep a fish if it is a minimum weight/length and the three which he had caught did meet these requirements. However his way of fishing is always to throw the fish back into the water, unless it has been damaged irreparably in the catching and thus would not survive. I commented about the bait on the end of his line, a small fish, and he showed us that it was in fact a small rubber fish.
At some point I introduced myself and Ray, learnt the fisherman's name - Keith - and wondered if he would agree to have his photo taken. No problem and Keith, in turn, wondered about the best place to stand. We settled on a few each side of the river path.
I remembered this time to set my new camera just to try it on scene selection:portrait, not a setting I would normally use, and took a few shots. I checked it was fine to post the photo online with an accompanying story.
Keith told us more about the 'gear' he uses for fishing, special glasses he was wearing with polarized lenses to minimize glare and spot the fish through the water and the £700 rod which he was using. For a moment I was astonished at this seemingly astronomical price but quickly remembered Ray's astonishment when I disclosed the cost of the camera I was proposing to buy. Passions and hobbies!
I thanked Keith, offered him photos and apologised for interrupting his fishing. He said no worries and left to walk further up the path to continue fishing, getting down the bank to stand in the river in his waders. I'll now be sending him photos plus the link to my post. I thought the camera made a great job of all the shots and it was hard to choose which one to use.
This is my #122 submission to the Human Family Group. To view more street portraits and stories visit:
He's such a gorgeous cat, I feel mean posting this picture of him where he doesn't look so graceful, but it made me laugh!
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Another wall seen while walking in my neighborhood, this one on the University of Arizona campus.
An interesting quote from Edgar Allen Poe on artists:
"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist." -Edgar Allan Poe
I agree with the first part and can't agree with the last phrase. Too holy. I think whether one is an artist is in the eyes, ears or mind of the beholder too.
Wednesday's 12.49 Leeds - Carlisle breaks the afternoon peace & tranquility at Garsdale station as it rolls in to neither pick up nor set down any pax.
Dave and I were awaiting news on the two southbound freight workings which had been activated, the Kingmoor - Basford Hall trunk working (annoyingly a light engine movement) and the logs, both of which had failed to report long after their departure times from the border city..
We were thinking of asking the signalman for the craic but a notice on the door instructs the public not to interfere with the undertaking of "safety critical work" so we didn't bother.