Poem of the Week

Landscape

By Carl Sandburg

See the trees lean to the wind’s way of leaning
See the dirt of the hills shape to the water’s
way of learning
See the lift of it all go the way the biggest
wind and the strongest water want it.

WPC: Twisted

Paintings at the Shandong Art Museum by a painter whose lines twist a lot.

1. Each week, WordPress will provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Wednesday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great posts. Add Media photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

Just a few wonderful posts:

• twisted  (daily post)
• twisted (city sonnet)
• twisted (creative mind)
• twisted  (daily post)
• twisted (city sonnet)
• twisted (creative mind)
• twisted (jinan daily photo)
• twisted (reconnected mind)
• twisted (misty roads)
• twisted (natsukashii kansai)
• twisted (here and abroad)
• twisted (simply photos)
• twisted (stenoodie)
• twisted (mittened hands)
• twisted (abandoned dreamings)
• liquid  (stenoodie)
• liquid (cee’s photography)
• liquid (la florarie 3)
• liquid (tranature)
• liquid (natsukashii kansai)
• liquid (narrow bamboo gate)
• liquid (jinan daily photo)
• liquid (on the road cooking)
• liquid (iconophile)
• liquid (the sunny narrative)
• liquid (travel with intent)
• liquid (this, that and the other)
• liquid (light words)
• liquid (rivrvlogr)
• liquid (beijing daily photo)
• liquid (here and abroad)
• liquid (no fixed plans)
• liquid (spirit in politics)

 

Sepia Saturday

Inspired by the prompt above, I went hunting for scenes with snow.

First I found some interesting stereoscope images at the Library of Congress site.

circa 1888

1862, true sepia

Here’s a scene of snow in Jerusalem

1898

Washington, 1939

Is this his igloo? Circa 1919

Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

National Chinese Art Museum

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced. 2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag. 3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great photos from each month’s most popular challenge. Other great photos:

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (daily post)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (jinan daily photo)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (third eye mom)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (broken light)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (mara eastern)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (beijing daily photo)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (natsukashii)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (journeyman)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (yi-ching lin photography)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (talking story with pictures)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (meet cute)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (no fixed plans)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (cee’s photography)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (canadian travel bugs)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (sagar upadhyay)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (ann squared)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art (travel monkey)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (flickr comments)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (jinan daily photo)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (cee’s photography)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (beijing daily photo)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (icezine)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (passionately bored)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (now at home)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (belgrade streets)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (rejoice beloved)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (life of a minister mom)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (lonely travelogue)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (search & find)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (third eye mom)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (draw a photo)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Move (steven kelly creative)

Ink Landscape

I love these ink paintings.

From the National China Museum of Art

Illinois Prairie