Sending on ahead
My contemplated image of the form
Of remembered cherry flowers,
How many ranges have I vainly crossed
Taking for blossoms white clouds upon the peaks? ~Shunzei, Chūshū Eisô*
*Edited by: Miner, Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry, 110
Fujifilm X-T4 … f/4 . 1/800s . 32mm. 1250 ISO
Image submitted in response to Becky’s (The Life of B) walking squares.
Not for stilts
but as a cane
bamboo serves me now,
I who call to mind
the games of childhood ~Saigyo (BW, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Seventy-one!
How did
a dewdrop last? ~Kigen (YH, Japanese Death Poems)
How few our years of golden youth! How certain our gray years of age! ~Emperor Wu-ti
(The Jade Flute, Various; The Project Gutenberg Ebook)
Wind Kisses invites photographers to share images reflective of their relationship with over the hill.
Images that have currently survived this photographer’s ongoing critique of her creative efforts.
Morning’s moon at Snowy Range National Park … landscape
Coffee and me… still life
Reed Reflections at Shield Pond … minimalism
Playground slide at Spring Creek Park … abstract
Hop on over to (Travel with Me) and join this week’s photo challenge: picking favorites
This month Paula (Lost in Translation) offers a photo challenge that invites photo interpretations of: sky-high, gorge, sociable, sanctuary, transcoloured.
Sky High: in the back ground is a glimpse of the Rocky Mountains — elevation 14,440′
Landscape imge: Metadata: Leica D-Lux 7 … f/2.8 .. 1/10,000s .. 34mm .. 200 ISO. Edited: Capture One
None calls upon me, or remembers me in my mountain village.
On the reeds by the thin hedge, the Autumn winds are sighing.
~The Sarashina Diary (cited: Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
P.A. Moed invites photographers to share images of what it is that inspires them.
I find myself wondering what is…inspiration?
Scott Barry Kaufman (Why Inspiration Matters?) writes that inspiration awakens us to new possibilities by allowing us to transcend our ordinary experiences and limitations. Inspiration propels a person from apathy to possibility, and transforms the way we perceive our own capabilities. Inspiration may sometimes be overlooked because of its elusive nature.
a simple egg?
a child?
a weed?
or an invitation by Mother Nature to be … still.
Postcards from my favorite places:
Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado
Walden, Colorado – Jackson County
Walden, Colorado – Jackson County
Cameron Peak, Colorado
Anvica’s Gallery is this week’s lens-artists host who has invited photographers to share images of favorite places. The images above were edited within Nik’s Analog Efex Pro 2 to create aged postcards of Colorado landscapes.
urban landscape image posted in response to Cee’s B&W landscape project.
My friend is lodging high in the Eastern Range,
Dearly loving the beauty of valleys and hills.
At Green Spring he lies in the empty woods;
And is still asleep when the sun shines on high.
A pine-tree wind dusts his sleeves and coat;
A pebbly stream cleans his heart and ears.
I envy you, who far from strife and talk
Are high-propped on a pillow of blue cloud. ~ Li Po*
A summer’s sprinkle
A spring snowstorm
It is a wonderful world…Amy (The World is a Book)
*(cited: Arthur Waley, The Poet Li Pl Gutenberg Project
a meditative journey 
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