vz-nostalgia: Only The Lonely? Nah. More like Leonard Cohen's moment. Or Gabriel Marquez'. Or Glenn Gould's.
There is a vast difference between solitude and loneliness, Ray. Solitude is the Elysium of poets.
Are those hosta leaves, pristine before they become lace like?
Got to have a dream, lonely or not.
vz-nostalgia: Your knowledge of all things botany is quite impressive, Ms. Pixie. A hosta indeed.
Regarding having a dream... I see you and MLK are on teh same page.
I know the colour is wrong, but I thought Lawrence of Arabia - my dreams were always far fetched;o)
vz-nostalgia: I doubt Peter O'Tool would approve your analogy, Mike. There is very little satisfaction in being compared to a fly.
Seriously, it didn't occur to me to look at those lines as sand dunes. Otherwise, I'd play with the yellowish hues.
You know, when I look at this tiny insect and see the iridescent colours and those amazing compound eyes I think how many man made objects are so exquisite in their design?
vz-nostalgia: iPod? Just kidding. How many materials can compare with the strength, light weight and the flexibility of a spider web? We have a long way to go, Bill.
Beautiful colours in this creature VZ...Would love to see a closer shot of it. Nice one.
vz-nostalgia: A closer shot of the fly, though full of the intricacies of a fly body, will be a totally different photograph with a totally different mood to it, Ron. It will be more towards traditional macro photography to which, I must admit, I'm kind of indifferent.
superb shot Victor, dreams hmmmmm looks like our plonker Gorden Brown has being sucked into the "The new world order"
vz-nostalgia: plonker? hahaha I had to look up in the dictionary for that word, tim.
yep, a new world order is shaping up, and we just stand here in silence and watch how they shuffle our money.
two worlds meet..the light as air little jewel of an insect and the green planes of the hosta leaves...no loneliness to be found here, only a soft place to land... full of promise, full of dreams as seen through eyes we can only dream to view the world through. Such a delicate, touching, and precious photo.
vz-nostalgia: two worlds in harmony... no loneliness, but solitude... the dreams of promise... where is this land, Ms. Suzanne? Show me the way.
Philine
Germany
4 Apr 2009, 08:35
Yes, you are right- dreams are an important part of our life , but they alone don't satisfy and don't make really happy! Yes, Friday looks like a ady of Dreams (Astrid's pic and music...)! While looking at your beautiful pic- full of shades of green, known as the colour of Hope, I think of Grimm's fairy tale about "one who went out into the big, wide world" to ...! I wish your little Sir good luck and that he will find a delicious food and a lovely girl friend...!
vz-nostalgia: I wonder, why did you decide that this is a little Sir, Ms. Philine, and not a little Madam?
...sigh.... dreams....dreams.....and do I feel lonely ? NO my dear Viktor, I have my dreams, I have my friends and I have my SC friends.
Everyday is a new gift to me, I know, it sounds strange, however we have to walk the path of life, if we like it or not....oops I am wandering off...
Have a nice weekend.
PS. I did see Philine's comment, dreams only are not enough, some dreams come true though and a life without dreams is no life, this is MY humble thought.......
vz-nostalgia: Well, Ms. Astrid, for some, dreams are not enough, for others, that's all they have.
I love this. The iridescent body, cool green of the plant, and simplicity of the overall image makes it a wonderful shot
vz-nostalgia: Yes, Ms. Jennie. Simplicity would be the most important word in here. There is a fine line between being simple and being simplistic. We got to be careful not to cross it.
vz-nostalgia: :
...what happens to a dream?
The dream explodes.
Explodes into a hundred little lonely droplets.
A hundred little lonely dreamlets.
want one as a memento?..
vz-nostalgia: are you saying that everyone who has the wings cannot dream in solitude, Ms. Reis?
Back to your big question "who answered?". Could you remind me what was the question about? I'm drawing blank here.
Arguing with you? Who me? You must be kidding. I learned my lesson long ago. It doesn't do you any good to argue with a woman. You only node your head and say: "Sure, dear. I'll do it in a minute", and keep doing what you're doing.
The question was: "Have you ever been lonely?"
My question was: Who answered this question?
(Oh boy, it can get more complicated than this )
Now I resent that part about arguing with a woman...we don't just node our heads...we also put a marvellous and comprehensive smile in our faces...
vz-nostalgia: The answer is, she answered (with a marvelous and comprehensive(!) smile). Of course, it could be more complicated than this, if we want it to be.
...regarding arguing with women, be easy on me, Ms. Lina, I was barely talking about myself, when I said "you only node your head...."