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Without solitude of some sort there is and can be no maturity. Unless one becomes empty and alone, he cannot give himself in love because he does not possess the deep self which is the only gift worthy of love. And this deep self, we immediately add, cannot be possessed. My deep self is not “something” which I acquire, or to which I “attain” after a long struggle. It is not mine, and cannot become mine. It is no “thing”—no object. It is “I.” The shallow “I” of individualism can be possessed, developed, cultivated, pandered to, satisfied: it is the center of all our strivings for gain and for satisfaction, whether material or spiritual. But the deep “I” of the spirit, of solitude, and of love cannot be “had,” possessed, developed, perfected. It can only be, and act according to deep inner laws which are not of man’s contriving, but which come from God.
- Thomas Merton, “Notes for a Philosophy of Solitude”
"I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity."
Hazel Lee
(btw, in case you were wondering, it's potpourri in my hands, dead flowers) :)
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o’ersways their power,
How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
O! how shall summer’s honey breath hold out,
Against the wrackful siege of battering days,
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays?
O fearful meditation! where, alack,
Shall Time’s best jewel from Time’s chest lie hid?
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back?
Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid?
O! none, unless this miracle have might,
That in black ink my love may still shine bright.
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 65
ok i seriously seriously hate this photo... i effin hate when i have a photo in my mind and it turns out completely different to what i imagined it! :( i guess it happens...
that's sorta how i come up with my photos, either i dream them or i randomly have like a mental picture and that's how my ideas are created, mainly ran by emotions and personal experiences...
but tell me... how do you come up with your photos? i mean what drives you? i don't even how you elaborate the freaking question.
i literally just took this 5 minutes ago and i've had a headache all day :( really bad... i do feel... fragile.
anyways have an amazing weekend everyone!
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Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration... in the very teeth of winter.
Louise Wilder
textures thanks to Nasos 3 and Clive Sax.
Alla mia povera fragilità
guardi senza sprecar parole.
Tu sei di pietra, ma io canto.
Tu sei un monumento, ma io volo.
Io so che il più tenero maggio
all'occhio dell'Eternità è nulla.
Ma io sono un uccello e non incolparmi
se una facile legge m'è imposta.
-- Marina Ivanovna Cvetaeva
Happy new year, friends!
I was in Chile for new year, hope you are all ok!
I'll try to catch up with you .. slowly :-)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D5000
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 55 mm
ISO Speed200
""I take this opportunity to thank you for your virtual
presence in my photostrem during 2008 and wish
you and your family a fabulous Christmas and
Happy New Year!" - JUAN PABLO-
“Notre intelligence, c'est une bougie en plein vent.”
Jules Renard
Thank you very much for your comments and for your faves.
(Please do not use without my written permission.)
Merci ThereseDion/Fragile, 2004, 54”w x 33”h, diptych, combine/mixed media painting on found object (crate panels from Galerie Terese Dion)
I found these two wonderful crate panels outside (in the garbage, of course) of a very well know gallery here in Montreal, Galerie Therese Dion. I snatched them right up... I fell in love with them. And so here they are as a backdrop to a piece I created in 2004.
Mme Therese Dion has recently passed away, so I cherish these as a legacy.
ODC Our Daily Challenge: black and white nature macro
apologizing: I am one handed for some time and not very skilled in shooting
New 365 project 2023: 10.09.