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Explore: 445 on Thursday, June 6, 2013
Gravity
The planets in their galaxy,
brightly dotted stars I see.
In a pattern one by one,
revolving fast around the sun.
While the earth is spinning,
I stay firmly on the ground.
Gravity keeps me in place,
as I spin around in space.
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
No matter what I say or do
I still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
I never wanted anything so much
Than to drown in your love and not feel your rain
Set me free, leave me be
I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am and I stand so tall
I'm just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
You loved me 'cause I'm fragile
When I thought that I was strong
But you touch me for a little while
And all my fragile strength is gone
Set me free, leave me be
I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am and I stand so tall
I'm just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
I live here on my knees
As I try to make you see
That you're everything I think I need
Here on the ground
But you're neither friend nor foe
Though I can't seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know
Is that you're keeping me down
You're keeping me down
You're on to me, on to me and all over
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
~Sara Bareilles
A girl I went to junior high with had the most embarrassing mother. Let's call her Mrs. T, just for the heck of it.
Mrs. T staunchly refused to act her age. She wore her daughter's clothes, which were way too tight for her, and did her hair and make-up in what she thought was the "happening" teenage style of the day. This was the 70s so... there she was... prancing around in her bleached blonde curling-iron flippy-do... a sausage of it around her face; lots of brown pancake make-up, simluating tan (this was long before the days of fake'n'bake)... bright blue eyeshadow... sparkly pink lipstick... and, as if that wasn't all enough... (and this is how I know about her)... she came to all our school events, like noon-hour sock hops. Can you believe it? And (are you ready for it?) danced with any teenage boy who'd have her.
When we got a junior boys' hockey team in town, Mrs. T volunteered to put up a few lads. Most lived elsewhere and they all had "billet" arrangements with local folks, so that was pretty ordinary. Except... can you guess? It may have just been rumours, but all those boys said they got a lot more than room and board at Mrs. T's... and there she was, prancing her too-tight pink-tan-and-blue done-upness at all the junior hockey games.
What the hell does that have to do with the picture?
Well, I feel a little bit like Mrs. T today.
No, no... I haven't defiled any young boys. And no, you'll never catch me in blue eyeshadow.
But. I think it may be time for me to act my age. Like gravity, I think it's inevitable.
I tried to get an upsidey-downsey shot today. It's been about 30 years since I last did flips and... well... I wish I hadn't tried today. I have the trampoline for a while yet, but I'm not sure I'll be bouncing any more. I feel like two or three of my vertebrae have... I dunno... changed places or something.
So... here you go. Possibly the last in the series. As usual, not quite what I was shooting for but... what the hell. It's the best I could do today (what with the juggled vertebrae and all).
At least I'm not wearing 12 year olds' jeans or going to sock hops. Things could be worse.
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
-Sarah Bareilles
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I don't think I am ever completely satisfied with any of my shots.
The boulder stays put, the water falls: same force, different effects.
At Stairs Gulch, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, USA.
RAW file edited in View NX-I, additional adjustments (fill light, clarity, white balance adjustment and curves levels) added in Corel Paintshop Pro.
I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live
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Sunrise over the northern side of Little Bay, Sydney. What initially looked like a pretty bland sky suddenly generated some lovely light as the sun peaked, and an incoming tide provided some nice water flow over the shelf.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 16-35mm, Lee 1.2 GND filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.
A Nuthatch, (Sitta europaea) foraging for grubs in tree bark at Lednice Castle grounds and ponds, South Western Moravia, Czech Republic. Gravity seemed almost irrelevant to this little bird as it scampered around a tree and branches in pretty much any orientation without missing its footing even once. With outsized feet/claws, they are very much a perfect example of evolutionary adaption to their habitat.
SIC Manzolino Tivoli, spring 2014
A strange spider is waiting in his web for a prey to come... the web is barely visible... the air is still..
Kellie, Joshua, and Heidi are busy spinning on the Zero Gravity ride in downtown Provo during the 4th of July celebration. Jackson and I watched from the ground hoping to not be sick.
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Something has changed within me.
Something is not the same. I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game. Too late for second-guessing. Too late to go back to sleep.
It’s time to trust my instincts,
Close my eyes, and leap.
I’m through accepting limits “cause someone says they’re so. Some things I cannot change
But ‘till I try, I’ll never know
It’s time to try defying gravity.
I think I’ll try defying gravity. And you can’t pull me down.
~from Wicked - Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Explore #341
June 8, 2010
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“Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.”
― Charles Nodier, Smarra & Trilby
Even rain drops get to fight stretch marks. Although their endings are a bit different than some. If you look closely, you can see the white handrail into the back of the house.
centre of gravity.
abstract macro ground art.
macro photograph of the ground on a demolished industrial site. yorkshire chemicals, kirkstall road, west leeds, leeds.
Twe12ve May round is open - this motnehs theme is all about the elements....come down and check it out
Another shot from an OffShoot outing to the Petit Volant circus and performing arts centre in Sandyford, Dublin earlier this year.
"I believe there’s nothing like flying. Dancing and playing in the air provide a unique feeling of freedom, peace and accomplishment. I also believe that circus is for everyone, regardless of age, gender or size. It’s a place for collective joy, where the limits are our imagination."
Mari Rampazzo, Petit Volant owner