It started pretty simple. I got home from a party with my camera in my trunk and decided to try to shoot something. It was late and the streets were empty. I brought it in, processed it a little, and thought "yeah, that's not bad for a night's work."

But then I looked at the new list for Musically Challenged and that's where thing's started to get interesting. Fuckin' love this song.

Musically Challenged

"Bad" by U2

If you should ask then maybe they'd

Tell you what I would say

True colors fly in blue and black

Blue silken sky and burning flag

Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

"Bloodshot eyes?" Well, it's Saturday, so chances are some of you woke up with bloodshot eyes today. I know mine are after staying up till 5AM editing this thing.

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Of course I had to do the one Rush song on my list!!

And it's quite ironic as I sit here looking outside, some silly clouds have decided to roll in, cooling things off a bit, but we are still heading to the lake...guess the title is kinda fitting for today then ;-)

I shot this one during my lunch break at work yesterday, the river is so close thought I would take advantage of it.

Musically Challenged

Rush - Something For Nothing

TGIF!!

we are hoping Rhianna will be musically inclined like her daddy. so far she only shows signs of being artistically gifted, like her mommy :-) her father can play just about any instrument from ear. he never took lesson, it just comes naturally to him. he bought Rhianna her pink guitar for her 1st birthday, and then it turns out she's lefty, so he is going to have to restring it for her so she can learn lefty. she enjoys playing for fun, but she's not ready really to follow his instruction. he also is trying to teach her the keyboard, but again, she just hits the keys and doesn't follow his instruction. but put a paint brush in that girl's hand and she's all eyes and ears! lol

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The club is closed, we're up the block

Your hands on me

Pressing hard against your jeans

Your tongue in my mouth

Trying to keep the words from coming out

You didn't care to know

Who else may have been you before

Lover I Don't Have To Love

So our emulation challenge this week in My Face is My Canvas can be classified as "fantasy." The inspiration picture felt like it embodied fire, and I was feeling more airy today. So I went softer. Haven't done some serious face art in a while, so I had fun with this today.

Now that I'm done processing my pictures, I can focus on what's really important: tonight's season premiere of Lost!!! Dying in anticipation! I can't believe we're already starting the final season. I want to cry. I can still remember watching the very first episode on the first day it aired, alone in my condo, and freaking the fark out! Tonight's episode is guaranteed to blow my mind. And I love me some good, mind-blowing television. :) The best part? I get to watch the premiere a full three hours before Daynna!! I might have to torture her with texts throughout the entire premiere...

**Explored**

365 Days (self portraits): Day 308

My Face is My Canvas: Emulation #20

Musically Challenged: Andrew Bird - Lull

just before sunset.

For the musically inclined, don't miss the Bob Dylan album of the same name released in 1969. There is a lot to love about this record, a duet with Johnny Cash, a great collection of Dylan's well written songs, and backing musicians known as the Nashville Cats.

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For the Musically Challenged group.

Music and Lyrics

I want a Sunday kind of love.

A love to last past Saturday night.

And I'd like to know it's more than love at first sight.

And I want a Sunday kind of love.

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"Some nights I thirst for real blood

For real knives

For real cries

And then the flash of steel from real guns

In real life

Really fills my mind

And I really miss what really did exist

When I held your throat so tight

And I miss the bus as it swerved from us

Almost came crashing to its side

Sometimes the blood from real cuts

Feels real nice

When it's really mine

And if you want it to be real

Come over for one night

And we can really, really climb

And those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright

As we watch that dark lake rise

And if you really want to see what really matters most to me

Just take a real short drive

It's just a drive into the dark stretch

Long stretch of night

Will really stretch this shaking mind

And this room, unlit, unheated

And the ceiling striped

And the dark black blinds

I want to know this time if you’re really finally mine

I need to know that you're not lying so I want to see you tried

And I don't want to hear you say it shouldn’t really be this way

'Cause I like this way just fine

'Cause there’s nothing quite like the blinding light

That curtains cast aside

And no attempt is made to explain away

The things that really, really, really, really, really are behind

You can't hide"

This was my first thought when I saw the "musically inspired" category for this year's speeder bike contest. Figured the anachronism would be funny. Quite happy with the final product IRL, less happy with how photogenic it wasn't.

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In a quiet, pleasant meadow,

Beneath a summer sky,

Where green old trees their branches waved,

And winds went singing by;

Where a little brook went rippling

So musically low,

And passing clouds cast shadows

On the waving grass below; ---Louise May Alcott

rescan and edit. she formed a new band called Castle Rat.. new direction musically. This was from a photo shoot for her first album

I know it doesn't seem that way

But maybe it's the perfect day

Even though the bills are piling

And maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

Give the day a chance to start

- Ron Sexsmith (w/ Chris Martin), Gold in Them Hills

Overslept today. Wound up staying home and doing some work on photos instead of heading in to write at the coffee shop. I guess I'm taking off until Thursday since I'll be out of town for the next two days doing a vareity of other stuff. But that's ok. It will give me more time to think about how I want to handle the new scenes I've got swirling in my head.

I've been doing a lot of really quickie shots lately, this one included. I've just been kind of tired and unmotivated where my 365 is concerned. I'll muscle through, though. I remember these lulls from Year One. They come and go. That's what makes a 365 challenging, after all.

At any rate, I've gotten pretty good, lately, at muscling through the rough patches.

Prints of this photo are for sale in my etsy shop.

Musically Challenged: Gold in Them Hills - Ron Sexsmith

TOTW: Musically Inspired

Shout

Shout

Let it aloud

These are the things I can do without

Come on

Im talking to you

Come on

In violent times

You shouldnt have to sell your soul

In black and white

They really really ought to know

Those one track minds

That took you for a working boy

Kiss them goodbye

You shouldnt have to jump for joy

You shouldnt have to jump for joy

They gave you life

And in return you gave them hell

As cold as ice

I hope we live to tell the tale

I hope we live to tell the tale

we have a lot of musically talented people on our floor

so we have a lot of jam sessions

and I take a lot of pictures :)

Bill Medley + Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) the Time of My Life

Now I've had the time of my life

No I never felt like this before

Yes I swear it's the truth

And I owe it all to you

'Cause I've had the time of my life

And I owe it all to you

I've been waiting for so long

Now I've finally found someone

To stand by me

We saw the writing on the wall

As we felt this magical

Fantasy

Now with passion in our eyes

There's no way we could disguise it

Secretly

So we take each other's hand

'Cause we seem to understand

The urgency

Just remember

You're the one thing

I can't get enough of

So I'll tell you something

This could be love because

I've had the time of my life

No I never felt this way before

Yes I swear it's the truth

And I owe it all to you

Hey, baby

With my body and soul

I want you more than you'll ever know

So we'll just let it go

Don't be afraid to lose control, no

Yes I know what's on your mind

When you say, "Stay with me tonight"

Just remember

You're the one thing

I can't get enough of

So I'll tell you something

This could be love because

I've had the time of my life

No I never felt this way before

Yes I swear it's the truth

And I owe it all to you

But I've had the time of my life

And I've searched though every open door

Till I found the truth

And I owe it all to you

Featured here is a small tree I photographed and never used until today. Musically inspired by the sound of the cello.

The musically talented squirrel in a bar was A.I. generated. I admit to adding the others. Occasionally we need to get away from the insanity of our present political situation and be a little whimsical.

i'm begging, darling please, layla...

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for Musically Challenged - brand new list of songs selected by the infamous Eric Clapton.

for July ABC Soup: black stilettos

i look for rainbows everywhere...

The Bike Song

Feeling like I need a break from all this working/running/stressing/planning stuff. I took Sam out for a nice ride today and enjoyed the views and wind against my face, bikes are part magic you know.

There are only TWO more weeks left to order a print (or two!) in support of my fundraising for my upcoming Otesha trip, I'm just over the halfway point but need to have all the money in by June 4th, so if you're interested PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit my website and have a look!

www.joelbikes.ca

TRP: Musically Inspired

"Beneath the sheets of paper - lies my truth"

For Musically Challenged - My interpretation of Samson by Regina Spektor. I'm another huge fan of hers. Her voice is enchanting and lyrics unique.

*Front Page*!! Wow Thanks!

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth

I have to go, I have to go

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed

And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us

And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads

But they're just old light, they're just old light

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed

Told me that my hair was red

Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed

Oh I cut his hair myself one night

A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light

And he told me that I'd done alright

And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light

And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed

Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down

Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one

And history books forgot about us

And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first

Thank you,

Musically Inspired Artworks (Second Life) for awarding me your group cover!

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I felt like this shot might've had a bit to much glasses in Jeremy's eyes. However, I've kind of looked at this shot a bit more, and I figured that you can really still see his eyes. So yeah. In other news, I've really started to be on a weird page musically. Jeremy has led to some of it, but other portions I reached on my own. I've really been feeling the kind of soul blues rock. Led Zepplin, Derek and the Dominoes, even current groups like the Black Keys. I'm just absolutely loving it right now. That is all

Submitted to Musically Challenged: Hunger Strike--Temple of the Dog

music-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNjJR9jUGo

Lyrics-

www.lyricsfreak.com/t/temple+of+the+dog/hunger+strike_201...

Musically Challenged

Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street

Happy Monday :-)

Male House Sparrow on a wire.

And for my musically minded friends, Bird on the wire by Leonard Cohen and subsequently record by Joe Bonamassa.

hi. my name is daynna. and i am a color whore.

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loosely inspired by this image, by the ever-cool *m5, which i have been smitten with since January.

Many of the crew of the Angelique were musically-talented and regaled us with evening folksongs, ballads, and maritime music.

I am so grateful! Thank you so much Musically Inspired Artworks (Second Life) for selecting my photo as your group cover.

You can see the original picture here

Created for the Hypothetical Awards The 4th Annual, Musically-Themed Challenge…Imaginary Album Cover Design!

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(Imaginary bands and albums)

Several of us went along to the Take Note choir performance at the Fringe, to support our chum who sings in it. The theme for this performance, in Saint Mark's on Castle Terrace (passed by it many times, first time inside), was around the world musically, in sixty minutes

So I'm hanging on with all of my power.

I'm hanging on as tight as a noose.

- Matthew Barber, Easily Bruised

Sometimes I need to make it impossible to let it slip out of my hand. It's there today. And I wrote it in permanent marker.

Musically Challenged: Matthew Barber - Easily Bruised

TOTW: Musically Inspired

For musically challenged:

'She is like a cat in the dark

And then she is the darkness'

Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac

Yellow for Scavenger Hunt

there's a fire starting in my heart

reaching a fever pitch

and it's bringing me out the dark

- Adele, Rolling in the Deep

Have you ever had one of those days where there's so much creative energy swirling inside of you that you almost feel like you lose control over it and it takes on a life of its own? I had that feeling today. I wrote a scene in my book that I've had in my head since the day I started writing this story. I'll need to make some revisions later, sure, but to finally get that scene written? Holy. I felt like it was writing itself and I was just riding along on a swell of emotion. Pretty amazing energy. Days like this make me feel so good about what I'm doing right now.

Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

Musically Challenged: Adele - Rolling in the Deep

musically inspired by this symphony.....

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My entry for the LSB contest.

2021 LSB Entries - Musically Inspired - jazz

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Ghost in this House is one of my favorite songs, so I was very happy when I saw it on the Musically Challenged song list this week!

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and it starts sometime around midnight, or at least that's when you lose yourself for a minute or two, as you stand under the bar lights and the band plays some song about forgetting yourself for a while...

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oops! I forgot that this excellent shot was my inspiration! thank you, tara.

Rosa 'James Galway'

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This vigorous, upright rose climber has certainly struck the right note with us. Named after the internationally acclaimed British flautist, now aged 78, to celebrate his 60th birthday. The man with the golden flute delighted Chelsea Flower Show visitors one year

by performing when the rose was released.

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The strikingly beautiful flowers are a lovely mid pink at the centre, gradually shading to light pink towards the edges. Each flower is very full, with the numerous petals beautifully arranged to create a neat, slightly domed shape. There is a light-medium Old Rose fragrance.

Happy, musically inclined, mid-week Wednesday ... 😊

So goodbye yellow brick road

Where the dogs of society howl

You can't plant me in your penthouse

I'm going back to my plough

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

LSB Contest 2021 Musically Inspired. A big thanks to Eero Okkonen for the inspiration!

I love Pinkie. She's hilarious and cute and musically inclined.

Yesterday was a very musically orientated day. I had Symphony orchestra in the morning, then a concert with CCO in the evening in Stone =]

Hence, I gathered my sheet music, my violin, my music ribbon and my Stafford Performing Arts Centre tie for a photoshoot =]

I think I ruined it slightly with the borders though >_<