
rhythm… Sony f/8 1/1,000 79 mm

rhythm… Sony f/8 1/1,000 79 mm
Both field and mountain
All taken by the snow
Till nothing yet remains.
~Iōsō (J Clements, The Moon in the Pines)

Sony NEX-SN f/8 1/800 80mm
Fields we saw
blooming with
so many different flowers,
frost-withered now
to a single hue.
~SaigyO (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)

Wyoming Sony NEX-5N f/13 1/800 91mm
They ask me where’s the sense
on jasper mountains?
I laugh and don’t reply,
in heart’s own quiet:
Peach petals float their streams
away in secret
To other skies and earths
than those of mortals
~Li Po*
Resilient: multiple exposure images of the ever-changing landscape along Hwy. 287 between Laramie, Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado in combination with Li Po’s poem, In the Mountains: A reply to the Vulgar” reflect the resilience of time and words.
*cited:
Li Po and Tu Fu
A Cooper

Discarded
This section of railroad tracks is from a small rural community in eastern Wyoming…as we wandered through this part of America, it was not uncommon to see abandoned buildings which seem to be symbolic of discarded hopes and dreams.
This image “Discarded” is submitted in response to CEO’s B@W Photo Challenge: Any Tracks or Trains
On my coming back,
how many pathways are there
through the spring grasses?
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Every life is a point of view directed upon the universe. Strictly speaking, what one life sees no other can. Every individual, . . . is an organ, for which there can be no substitute, constructed for the apprehension of truth . . . Without the development, the perpetual change and the inexhaustible series of adventures which constitute life, the universe, or absolutely valid truth, would remain unknown . . . Reality happens to be like a landscape, possessed of an infinite number of perspectives, all equally veracious and authentic. The sole false perspective is that which claims to be the only one there is. ~José Ortega y Gasset
visit WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge to view additional images submitted for this week’s theme: horizon.
“I’ve waited for you
for a long time” – for your song,
my mountain cuckoo ~Issa*
This week, show us a photo of whatever you’d like, but make sure it’s saturated. It can be black and white, a single color, a few hues, or a complete rainbow riot; just make sure it’s rich and powerful. Let’s turn the comments into an instant mood-booster!
Visit WordPress’ weekly photo challenge to view additional images created specifically for the concept of saturated
*cited in:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: Sam Hamill
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