my virtual hobby … on things that impress me
Love writing about flowers. Just love flowers. Feels as if each flower is conveying a message in its own language.
“Some flowers spoke with strong and powerful voices… Others murmured in tones scarcely audible…” (George Sand)
Love the whispers of that language.
Six Days Seven Nights – if it weren’t for Harrison Ford’s great play I would have hardly survived this a bit ’sugar-coated’ romantic comedy. A worth reminder was that if one doesn’t have with oneself what one needs, one won’t find it here or there, or anywhere…
Some 6 days 7 nights I am back to my original blog’s design. My Halloween (black & orange) mood lasted somehow longer, but it is in the clear white background that I delight in more light. Find – sort of a key word here.
Thanks to the idea of a visitor, wishes on the occasion of Synaxis of the holy Angels accepted here, as well.
They come from different parts of the world
Figures of elephants in some cultures are believed to bring good luck.
Vanya Ivanova is a graduate in Economics but her real passion is collecting elephants. I was bewildered to see over a hundred elephant souvenirs all around her place and each one with its own story she recalls with delight.
Best of luck with this post to all surfers by!
Was it in a poem somewhere or had someone formulated it along the lines that eyes lose their strength from the closeness of the viewed object. A step back … a little distance away … or a view from a slightly different angle and the viewed object changes. A step back changes the view. Makes it clearer. But if the step back is too big, doesn’t it blur it?
Image: London Eye (sxc.hu)
A temple.
Or a reflection of a temple.
‘I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.’ Salvador Dali
Contemplating an invisible mirror …
Some make it, some break it…
Image: sxc.hu
Breaking a glass or for that matter anything that is fragile, makes one see things differently. The pieces refract the light differently than the whole and reveal aspects that could not have been seen otherwise. ‘Whole’ … ‘broken pieces’… A flash of memory… They say broken things bring luck. On above-the-literal level in view of the above, it makes perfect sense.
Some break it, some make it …
Over the last few days I happened to watch two movies with one thing in common- the unforgettable Sophia Loren – ‘The Sign of Venus’ (Il segno di Venere) and ‘Ciocara‘. With ‘Ciocara’ I had a different image of Cesira in mind from Alberto Moravia’s book. In ‘The Sign of Venus’ Franca Valeri’s Cesira was also deeply moving. The plots in both movies were centered around the fate of Two Women, however in completely different contexts. No happy-end in either. Just, as sometimes in life.
