Prompt: Faceless
I had a rather dreary tale of anonymity and pain planned for today’s post, but in my travels for a suitable image I came across the work of British artist Amy Judd.
I love such deceptively simple yet expressive work, that digs deeply into the artist’s psyche as well as into the psyche of human myth and culture.
The images are both beautiful and chilling. What do you think?
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More info and images by Amy Judd.
Photo Challenge: Solitude
I’m fortunate to be able to be completely entranced by subtle changes in my world. This misty morning was intensely silent and reinforced my concept of solitude, which is: Solitude is not loneliness, it is the exquisite appreciation of aloneness and quiet connection.
Prompt: Conundrum
Conundrum: now this is a word that bounces off the tongue and impresses; and represents such an intriguing concept: riddle, a puzzle, a confusing or confounding question. This is a word I will work into my conversation today. “Excuse me, barkeep, what is the difference between a blonde ale and a lager?” No, that’s not a conundrum. “Barkeep, where does all the creamy foam on the top of a fine glass of bitter disappear to as you drink it?” Well, not really, but closer. I’ll keep researching the problem as it relates to Dallas, the young barkeep. Until then, may I present several of my favourite, tangentially-related cartoons:
Stay warm!
~~FP
Prompt: Silence
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On first viewing, I thought this unusual short film, made by UCLA students in 1958, was a contemporary film student submission, done in the style of the 50s and with a theme that resonates today: How automation and technology fill our lives with “noise” and how we often sacrifice self-awareness and intimacy for convenience and high tech.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract
Photo by Fluffy Pool
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
― Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard’s Egg
Fun with Filters: This was originally a plain photograph of grasses and their shadows on the sidewalk. It’s easy to go overboard with filters, and for this challenge I really did! –but it was challenging fun, and like most symmetrical pictures this one has a Rorschach Test quality to it. I see earth, bugs, leaves fighting for sunlight. What do you see?
Photo Prompt: Dinnertime
Photo by Fluffy Pool
This is a photo of a simmering stew I made in the slow cooker and photographed for my recipe blog. I didn’t use this picture, because it wasn’t very helpful, but I kind of liked the lusciousness of the food in the cooker, the abstract quality of the photo, and the reflections in the glass lid, one of which is the iPhone that I used to take the picture.
Weekly Photo Prompt: One Love
Photo by Pool and Franklin
One God, many faces.
One family, many races.
One truth, many paths.
One heart, many complexions.
One light, many reflections.
One world, many imperfections.
ONE.
We are all one,
But many.
― Suzy Kassem: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Photo by Fluffy Pool.
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
~John Muir
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Harmony
“The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords having a pleasing effect; the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole.”
Daily Writing Prompt: Connection
Photo by Fluffy Pool.
Weekly Photo Challenge: State of Mind. This week, let your inner world and the outside one converge in a photo.
Ever wonder what it is like driving through the Rocky Mountain passes in winter? Here is a very short sample of our drive back to the interior of British Columbia from Vancouver, after Christmas:
Road conditions were actually good, since there was no ice and decent visibility on this trip.
The highest point of the Crowsnest Highway between Hope and Princeton is Allison Pass (el. 1,342 m or 4,403 ft), which is in the middle of Manning Provincial Park.
Weekly Photo Challenge Prompt: Seasons
Share an image evocative of the weather or represent the current “season of your life” in metaphor.
Fluffy Pool 