Sunflower Rising

Sunflowers are the flowers of giants - they demand attention.  I took these photos at a farm the other day.  I was on my way home and was caught by the light and shadows reflected off the bright yellow petals and the dark green leaves.


Ah, Sunflower
by William Blake
(1757-1827)

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Ah, sunflower, weary of time,
     Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
     Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
     And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
     Where my Sunflower wishes to go! 

May It Be

Where the Sun Rises First

Daily Something #16: A Chance Encounter

On a recent trip to Nashville, I had the opportunity to meet the Henningsens, a family of musicians who are becoming quite known to the world of song writing and singing.  In fact, they have written several hits sung by The Band Perry.

Here is the link to their profile and The Band Perry's new music video.

The Henningsens

All Your Life

Expression in a Stalk

loop

This is a a picture of a flower in my back yard.  Its stalk was green in the summer and its flower yellow.  I like the expression it portrays and for some reason, how it reminds me of the woods. Maybe it's the brown in the stalk.  It also reminds me of a dancer and the movement of ideas. There's a song by Nickel Creek called Out of the Woods.  It's a love song, but when I listen to it, I like to think it's for all those creative desires in my heart waiting to be exposed and explored.

Here's the song for those of you who want to listen:  Out of the Woods   

Swirl

December

When we think about our senses, many of us tend to separate one from the other, but I find it rather fascinating how, in reality, one sense can heighten or trigger a response in another.  For some reason, when I saw last night's sky, I was reminded of one of my favorite pianist and one of the arrangements from his album called December.  The piece is called Variations on the Canon by Pachelbel.     

Here it is for those of you who want to listen:

George Winston

Light in the Dark

streetlights

This photograph was inspired by Joshua Radin's new song called "Streetlight."  It was taken outside my house late last night.  There is a line in the song that says, "Let the wind blow us to wherever it is we are supposed to go."  Sometimes we are still because we feel we can't move, and then there  comes a breeze that moves just enough to get us going again.  I manipulated the colors in this photograph to portray a sense of movement in the darkness of night.

*Joshua Radin's "Streetlight" video is in the "Things That Move" section of my blog if you want to see it.