ELFWOOD

"Elfwood" [in a 2012 folder, or earlier] is another in my series of re-posts as I procrastinate about getting my new computer system fully set up for dealing with pix. Well, to be kinder to myself, life's a bit more demanding than usual right now. Yeah, the operative word there is "life," however I am a bit more limited than I have been. (And can only hope it's temporary, and not another "new normal.") But back to this pic: the colors totally seduce me (as I said in my first posting of this photo). I also like how changing from the natural greens and dark shadows brought out the lovely shapes of the leaves.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

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FRACTIOUS

"Fractious" [in a 2012 folder, or earlier] is another of my personal favorites. It's especially lovely (IMHO) in a large print with wide white borders, that I made of it and will some day hang on a wall in my rooms. This pic was shared here back in 2012. I'm continuing to re-post pix as I still haven't had the mental pizzazz needed to get everything set up for editing and downloading pix again. Hey, I'm an old lady. Gimmee a break! Just turned 75 on the 4th! :-D (Sigh, as I look at this pic now I think I'd like to try lightening those shadows in the upper left corner and see how they look -- once I'm editing pix again on this new computer.)

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** Patricia’s dreams & poetry blog; and if you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

EVEN THE BROKEN HELP HOLD UP THE SKY

What follows is a re-post -- in total with some tweaks for sense and grammar -- of a post from 2011. Not only is this above pic of mine one of my personal favorites, I'd forgotten about that lovely Modigliani painting I share below. And to be even more honest, at some level I think I really need to hear the message in the title to my own pic, given how broken I've been feeling:

The tree trunk in "Even the Broken Help Hold Up the Sky" above, always makes me think of a dancer with her arms above her head, doing a little shimmy. Here's "Cariatide," the painting of Modigliani's that this photo reminds me of:


Even its name -- Cariatide -- references something I feel about my photo, how that slim tree seems, at least to my eye, to be holding up everything above it into infinity. Caryatids, female figures in ancient architecture, acted as columns or supports.

And what about those fabulous shadow stripes in my pic. Those put me in mind of an escalator, which could be going in either direction. Traversing the space that the Caryatid keeps open.

Lastly, there's a very old dream in which I'd seen a broken Telamon -- a male support figure in architecture. The dream poem I wrote about it back then includes this line: even the broken help hold up the sky.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****