show me your images with something to say

[mark]

I posted my first total stranger shot today for my get-pushed-12 challenge for @ abhijit. its something ive been meaning to do for a while, but always chickened out at the vital moment. i felt compelled to today, because i felt that the image would have a voice......something to say. here is the link to the message of the plight of the practitioners of falun gong in china its only 1 minute of your valuable time http://www.thepetitionsite.com/10/stop-the-persecution-of-falun-gong-adherents-in-china/ click on the image for a direct link without having to copy and paste. thanks

[Colleen]

Tony P. would tell you there is a BIG difference between panhandlers, true homelessness and travelers looking for short time work. Unfortunately, the general public doesn’t care to know the difference and chooses to ignore the situation. As we conversed last Sunday morning, he lamented that no one smiled anymore. He challenged me to look into the passing cars at the faces of the people. I can honestly tell you, I was so nervous about this whole adventure and talking to him was stepping way beyond my borders. But he was asking me to look at my neighbors, and what I saw surprised and saddened me. People refused to look, to see us, to feel anything. Tony pointed out a nice car with a large cross hanging from the rearview mirror.
“What do you suppose that means to him? Tony ponders, “Do you think he puts that up there to carry the cross for Jesus?” As he shakes his head, he remarks, “I think people have it wrong, Jesus carried the cross for us, now our job is to love one another.” Occasionally, if someone looked at him with disappointed eyes he flashed his “silly” signs. Most people just refused to see them, but he laughed.
Tony wasn’t looking for a handout, nor did he need a hand-up. He was a traveler taking a different path than most of us would take. He reminded me that each day, we have the opportunity to love our neighbors, not judge them. To really see one another and accept each individual for who they are, it was a powerful meeting and I am grateful to have met him.

[Colleen]

@brin Thank you for taking the photo and sharing your powerful and valuable information.
This is the sound of one voice
One people, one voice
A song for every one of us
This is the sound of one voice

[cheryl]

Apparently this little guy was stealing from his sister and disrespecting his parents. This was his punishment.. People teach children now a days to call child abuse when they get spanked. I commend the parents for the creativity in the punishment. And hope the boy learned his lesson.
Might not be the story you were thinking of but it really hit me... this is what we have become since we can get in trouble for punishing our children.

[m9f9l]

@cheribug Wow that turned my stomach. It's a good photo though.

[m9f9l]

@httpgeffed He looks like my Dad!! My Dad rode the rails from Washington to Kentucky and back during the great depression (I don't know what year) and relied on people along the way. But My Dad was way younger when he did that. You had to jump off the train before some stops because the rail men would shoot at legs under the train. But in some towns there were people that would feed you and hopefully you'd hook up with someone who knew about it.

[Sue]

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[Sue]

[Carol Estes]

@brin This is not earth shaking....but a sad commentary on Education in America.....

[Mike McCarty]

I like to think all my pictures have something to say, but this one strikes hope. It is rough out there.

[Lora G]

[Annie]

[Annie]

[Mel]

@httpgeffed thank you for sharing your powerful, poignant capture of Tony! I applaud your courage in stepping out of your comfort zone to get to know him. Indeed, too often we pass people by and overlook their humanity and their worth.

[Mel]

this photo sums up for me the isolation of the digital age:

[Penny Milner]

The Hopes and Dreams of an Artist Never Die-this is written on the piano

[Jake Sorensen]

[Kathy A]

[Cameron Knowlton]

Walk for Cancer

[samantha]

[Peter H]

This is less political than some of the other great images here, but timeless, I thought:

[Jim]

Perspective through tragedy. Earlier in the week I originally posted a photo of students signing each others' yearbooks with happy memories. Just four days later those same students had written sad notes of farewell to one of their classmates who died in a car accident on his way to work only 12 hours after his high school graduation.

I was hesitant to post this, but reading the heartfelt words posted on this memorial wall put things in perspective. And I'm hoping that the adults and many teenagers on 365 will remember to appreciate every person that touches their lives; and never take each other, or a minute of time for granted

[Colleen]

@mellow Thanks! Your digital age is powerful and frightening...what will it look like 10 years from now?

[mark]

@httpgeffed @cheribug @m9f9l @roth @welcometocarolworld @mcrt @loragill @babedol23 @mellow @pennymilner @jsorensenart @kjarn @cameronknowlton @mantha @peadar @jcarrollphoto thank u all for ur contributions. lots of inspiration and emotion on display and all awesum in different ways, telling different stories. ill be checking all u guys out. heres a upbeat one

[Penny Milner]

@brin Love it!!!!!!

[Carol Estes]

@jcarrollphoto You show a lot of respect for their efforts sharing your picture.

[Sue]

[Sue]

[Jim]

@brin Love the "everything is okay" message. Thanks for sharing!

[mark]

@welcometocarolworld thank u very much carol. i appreciate it. wish i had had followers so i couldv reached more ppl. i could see her disappointed when i told her i wasnt a journalist. but i suppose we can all be citizen journalists in our own little way.

[mark]

@jcarrollphoto thanks jim, me too :)

[mark]

@roth hilarious! saw these as i was getting into bed last night. i was laughin out loud in the dark like a crazy person :)

[Kellie]

Mine don't have political or noble messages, but messages of emotions written in words and expressions.