TODAY'S PHOTO -
a Deer Chaser (Shishi Odoshi) in the Morikami Gardens in Delray
Beach, FL
I love, love, love this photo. It lights me up with a smile
and totally energizes me. Part of it I think are the contrasts
and the shadows on the bamboo and, of course, the water is healing.
One of the things that caught my eye and had me start taking
this and other photos of the fountain was your response to the
water droplets from the immature blue heron's beak in Issue
92 of Picture to Ponder.
Water is said
to be vital in Japanese gardens, with the deer chaser (Shishi
Odoshi) fountain being a feature in many. Water pours from the
top bamboo pole into the lower one which, when full, drops down,
emptying, and making a sound when it hits the rock below.
So that you can see the full effect, I've created a Deer
Chaser web page, with photos of a couple of different stages
of the filling and emptying. In addition to the information
linked in the last paragraph, I also found several other sources
of bamboo and deer chaser Japapese fountains through google.
When you look around your environments today, what images can
you find that enliven and excite
you?
READER COMMENTS ON THE LAST ISSUE - Issue
93
"Way cool. I love this photo
Sheila. There is something almost ugly about the top of this
Banana pod, and that is what makes the entire thing so stunning.
It is always easy to love your flower photos; this photo makes
you slow down and really look at what is before you. I like
beauty like this that you have to delve into. Maybe you guys
saw a prize fighter because that is another rough beauty that
is not for everyone." Rebecca Collins, ArtPaw.com
Most interesting, Becca; though I'm not so sure I see
beauty in a prize fighter. I think I probably more saw the society
lady that Mary saw, or perhaps it was the Phantom of the Opera
with fur.
"At first I saw a military man with (large) epaulets, but
then "he" morphed into a society lady with a fur capelet
and a hood. Going out to the theatre, perhaps.
Well, so much for my idea of bunches of bananas. They actually
grow upside down to what I was thinking, and I had no idea about
the pod. What a strange tree." Mary Gray
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Sheila
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