Ragtag daily Prompt Thursday: Gulch
With fog

With waterfalls

Becky’s Square Photo Challenge: Past Squares
Don’t Think I have delved into the #PerspectiveSquare yet, so why not.
Looking at Blue Ginger Flowers with a Blue-banded Bee scrunched in for a snack
My front fence
Looking down the road from my front gate
I know, don’t play with matches
Across a misty paddock
An Australian Pelican and his reflection
One to test your eyes
Becky’s Square Photo Challenge: Past Squares
The Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Quiet Places
The Ragtag Daily Prompt Wednesday: Mist
I love a
misty morning
everything’s still
a hush broken
Kookaburra
a hush broken
nothing’s still
misty morning
I love
A close up of the tree in the middle of the above photo
Heading up the Gibraltar Range from my place to the Raspberry Lookout
Getting to my quiet place to sit for a bit while…….
…….the mist sits in the valleys
Or just be at my place in my other quiet places
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pail or Pale
Caught snooping at the fishers pale, the Gull took off quick smart when the bloke headed back to get more bait.
There is always water available for anyone who drops by. Colour coordinated Red-necked Wallaby and her Joey
More colour coordination with a Satin Bowerbird having a drink.
A Pale-headed Rosella munching on a Grevillea.
Converting a sunset to pale
Across the field to the trees in the mist
Debbies Six Word Saturday
A pleasant song about the mist – the live version is quite good but a bit longer than this one
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Procrastinate
…..going to write this post on Friday
I sat and thought
what would be a good
idea
for this theme
I don’t have any
photos I would use
and words didn’t seem to come.
What was I to do
other than procrastinate
think of something
eventually
Maybe add a photo
anyway
The Lens-Artists Challenge #125: You Pick It
This is an interesting challenge due to Tina’s opening inviting us into the challenge with “This week it’s all up to you – you get to choose your subject and to share whatever it is about it that you find interesting. Personally, I’ve chosen last week’s introduction to the concept of Wabi-Sabi, particularly as it relates to art and photography, as my topic.“
Wabi-Sabi has me intrigued as my initial though was to just bung up a couple of flowers and say I picked these.
But no, I had to go down a bit of a Wabi-Sabi rabbit hole of discovery. This definition was quite good “Although Wabi-sabi can be hard to define, we can translate its simplified meaning to “rustic simplicity” or “understated elegance” with a focus on a less-is-more mentality, while “taking pleasure in the imperfect”.”
When looking for Wabi-Sabi perhaps “Wabi-sabi is a cracked and glued together ceramic bowl (check the concept of kintsugi); a funnily shaped, home-grown tomato; a dinner created from leftovers; falling cherry blossom; a worn wooden hallway and an elbow patch on your favourite jumper. Therefore, it’s an appreciation of all that is simple, modest and imperfect. Yet, loved deeply.”
So where to from here. Want to find out? Let’s have a go at my interpretation of Wabi-Sabi through a photographers eyes
I added this one for a bit of Zen fun
From the website – https://japanahome.com/journal/wabi-sabi-how-to-embrace-this-ancient-japanese-philosophy-at-home-and-life/
Wabi- sabi and Zen
Wabi-Sabi’s roots lie in Zen Buddhism, which a Chinese twelfth century monk (Eisai) brought to Japan. Zen stresses austerity, communion with nature, and above all, reverence for everyday life as the real path to enlightenment. To reach enlightenment, Zen monks lived ascetic, often isolated lives, and sat for long periods of concentrated meditation.
In Zen philosophy, there are seven aesthetic principles in achieving Wabi-sabi:
Kanso — simplicity
Fukinsei — asymmetry or irregularity
Shibumi — beauty in the understated
Shizen — naturalness without pretension
Yugen — subtle grace
Datsuzoku — freeness
Seijaku — tranquility
Thanks Tina for taking me to Japan and back for a while
Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Early
A song to listen while reading. It is the early song from my early life
Awaken
my love
the sun has
tried to
break through.
The distance
shrouded
trees appear
await
bird song.
I am
the mist
ready
to envelop
your senses.
Awaken
my love
love
has broken
through.
The mist
has risen
my body
awaits
gentle touch.
Awaken
my love
’tis early.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Awaken
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