30 Days of Composition: Patterns

Io sono verticale

Ma preferirei essere orizzontale.

Non sono un albero con radici nel suolo

succhiante minerali e amore materno

così da poter brillare di foglie a ogni marzo,

né sono la beltà di un’aiuola

ultradipinta che susciti grida di meraviglia,

senza sapere che presto dovrò perdere i miei petali.

Confronto a me, un albero è immortale

e la cima di un fiore, non alta, ma più clamorosa:

dell’uno la lunga vita, dell’altra mi manca l’audacia.

Stasera, all’infinitesimo lume delle stelle,

alberi e fiori hanno sparso i loro freddi profumi.

Ci passo in mezzo ma nessuno di loro ne fa caso.

A volte io penso che mentre dormo

forse assomiglio a loro nel modo piu’ perfetto –

con i miei pensieri andati in nebbia.

Stare sdraiata è per me piu’ naturale.

Allora il cielo ed io siamo in aperto colloquio,

e sarò utile il giorno che resto sdraiata per sempre:

finalmente gli alberi mi toccheranno, i fiori avranno tempo per me.

Sylvia Plath - "Io sono verticale"

The Alabama Balloon Jubilee definitely provided some interesting and great photo opportunities. I caught this one as one of the balloons was being inflated.

170/365/2023, 4553 days in a row

Salt pan patterns in Salinas, Peru, way high up in the Andes. The salt cultivation predates even Inca times and are still used today.

Aarhus, Denmark – June 2025.

The evening pattern these days seems to be a glimpse of sunlight after a day of fog. Is it just a teaser of a sign of hope? Is it symbolic of anything?

This is Peakcock flower in the park

soft

Modèles de glace

Eismuster

Artistic pattern under an arch in the Medersa courtyard.

Morocco

173/365/2022, 4191 days in a row

I always love working with patterns and texture in nature and this fern gave me a great opportunity to do so. The light was soft because it had just rained and it was a fantastic moment to capture some fine details. I didn't hesitate.

City in Lines, Shapes, Patterns

Charlecote Park

The Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California

Odd that I was up two nights running to first photograph this and then post it!!

Here I go being literal again:

ANSH scavenger7 time

Pattern for wrapping paper for stores Barnes & Noble.

This is a photo of patterns in exposed bedrock at Clam Harbour Beach.

Sunflower floret

And some rhythm.

Projecting “warm up” test patterns onto the Liberty Memorial before the Armistice Day tribute.

Shot handheld at ISO 10,000.

Mike D.

Abstract on a textured pattern.

No story here. I went to the get my eyeglasses fixed before my impending trip and poked around a recently completed complex of sports fields to which I had previously never visited.

... transcendence ...

@ Hudson Yards, NYC

Sunlight through venetian blinds falling on a blue airbed

Lotsa dots. Another page in my sketchbook. This one is acrylic & marker.

The top of a large mushroom, with the color inverted, made into a brush in GIMP, and patterned a lot, with various adjustments to color and scale.

Oops, I thought this was Sunday!

#2949 - 2016 Day 27: ... which may or may not be a bad thing ...

Free applique pattern - great way to use up fabric scraps - inspired by apples in my garden. Really quick and easy - it's all machine applique. Blogged here where you can download the free pattern:

bustleandsew.blogspot.com/2011/08/appley-dappley-applique...