NEW FORMAT
Responding to readers' requests, starting today, we will
be writing about today's photo in the same issue. We will continue
to provide readers' comments in the following issue. See
today's COMMENTS section, below, for further explanation.
TODAY'S PHOTO -
Take a moment or two to be with it. What do YOU see? Feel? Breathe
it in. Is there a message you can take from it to empower the
rest of your day?
Still from the Tropical Flower and Garden Show, this is the
inside of a cut hibiscus. I love the feeling of it, the peacefulness,
flow of the lines and the colors - stark, yet soft.
A tidbit I learned from the show is that one can cut an hibiscus
flower, pin it on a long prong, without water, and it will live
for a day or two, simply as is.
LAST ISSUE'S IMAGE (ISSUE
#55 )-
roses and tulips, a section of one of the prize winning, for
the use of color, floral arrangements in the annual Palm Beach
Tropical Flower and Garden Show.
LAST ISSUE'S IMAGERY -
This was one of those pictures that simply popped out,
as I started searching for THE one to use yesterday. I was once
again struck by it's beauty and, ironically, the close up was
of orange roses and a tulip, the same flowers I focussed on
yesterday and the day before, in relation to the Sogetsu Ikebana
demonstration. How perfect!
When I look at this
picture I get the feeling I'm looking at a painting,
rather than a photograph. Although the purple tulip is bold
and demands attention, it is open and inviting and leads us
around the beautiful roses and greenery.
As I'm writing I'm remembering that at one time "painting"
to me was a "truer" art form than "photography."
As I've gotten to use my cameras over the past several years,
I've really become attuned the many levels of creative expression
that the camera does provide.
Where in your life do you creatively express yourself? It can
be something as "simple" as in conversational communication,
in how you see things, and/or in how you solve problems. Many
write, dance, paint, collage. As you go through the day, notice
where there are little things you do that are forms of creative
self-expression. Honor them and acknowledge yourself.
COMMENTS FROM THE LAST ISSUE -
Yesterday I received an e-mail from Bob Tatem:
"Sheila, Id like to offer a thought for you to
ponder.
Your beautiful photographs fill my entire screen when I open
your PTP email message. And I do sit back and take in its
beauty, consider for myself what the image means to me, attempt
to identify what it is, where it might have been taken, look
at it from various viewpoints (architecture, the color palette,
hidden images, mathematical perspectives), etc. Normally I
may look at the picture for 2-3 minutes. Now for my suggestion:
Rather than read a description of yesterdays picture,
I would rather be told about todays. In that way I get
an even greater appreciation for what I have been looking
at. A third commentary section can then relate what
your viewers thought about the previous days picture."
Dellie Rosen, and a few others, have been suggesting I do
this for some time. So, I am paying attention. My concern
has been that I don't my words to come between you and the
photo before you have a chance to experience it. See PICTURE
TO PONDER, Issue
1, for a more in-depth explanation.
Thank you all for your input. I am trusting that those of
you who have large monitors will continue to focus on the
photo for a moment or two before scrolling down to see what
it is.
Additional feeback is, of course, welcome.
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FORWARDING PICTURE TO PONDER -
If you enjoyed today's PTP, and would like to share it with
friends, feel free to send them the link for this issue -
http://www.eteletours.com/issue54.html.
In many instances, the photos are not picked up if you simply
forward the issue.
Inspirationally,
Sheila
sheila@eteletours.com
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