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Dear ,
As I was about to finally discard the dried up remains of red onion green sprouts featured here in July, I became captivated with the papery thin texture, the flexibility and the sounds of the pieces. I dearly wanted to convey these to you and could not determine how.
The following day I realized I might be able to capture some of the experience on video. I thus set up a series of videos. In the last one I start peeling a red onion I've been holding, also since July, for Onion Photo Story Number five. Once again, there are analogies to our lives.
Next I posted a couple of photos and one of the videos on the blog - Parchment Sounds of Onion Greens Inspire Video. The first photo in the blog posting is the group of dried greens, a few of which became the art for this issue of Picture to Ponder.
To make it more convenient for you, and me, I later put all the videos from the "shoot" earlier this week on one ONION - GARLIC VIDEO page. One of the videos shows dried, cut garlic pieces slipping out of their "cells."
Lastly, speaking of videos - In a totally different conversation, I had fun this same week videoing me opening a package of products I received from my Nature Art Gift shop. You can see me excitely showing the products I had purchased - two tile boxes I love, plus tiles and note cards.
I also distinguish between my photo/drawing art and straight photography, showing examples of each. Even if you don't watch the whole Nature Art Gifts video, I invite you to use the slider to see each of the products.
TODAY'S PHOTOS -
As I was doing the videos of the onion remnants I also took many still photographs. The top two featured photos today are of some of the remnant dried up green sprouts. In the middle photo, the black "dust" is remnants of mold that had formed inside some of the stems.
The latter are the "facts" AND I have selected these photos today for their artistic appeal. Although not planned, or arranged as such, these two photographs exude the beauty and simplicity of calligraphic drawings.
Each can stand alone on its own merit.
I invite you to spend a moment or two with each and breathe in their simplicity.
The bottom photo is the underside of several layers of the cut, dried top of the onion. Again, I'm sharing it here for its aesthetic value, as well as its totally different feeling from the first two.
SELF-REFLECTING QUERIES -
For those looking for self-reflecting queries, today's photographs and stories cover a broad range of topics.
I could pull queries out from reflections on saving old things... clutter?... transformations from one stage to another... life... death... discovery... how we each, individually, explore the latter, fulfill on it.
And, for today, I am leaving the self-reflecting queries to you. If any of the categories mentioned above spark something in you, I invite you to reflect on what's coming up. If you've had a "gut" response to any of the photos, or the videos, I then invite you to reflect on what you were experiencing.
Lastly, there is ALWAYS being in the moment and simply experiencing whatever is there.
Thank you for being in my life and allowing me to share these explorations with you.
As always, remember to have fun with this.
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