So some of you might know that I love to match my photos with quotes. Some of the quotes I write, and some of the quotes I "borrow" from different sites. Someone asked me the other day if the photo came first and then the quote or vice-verse. I told them the photo comes first and then I find a quote that adds another layer to the photo . . . another element to ponder.
I thought it would be fun if we did a Quote-Tag of sorts. It's simple . . . post a photo from your collection or a new one. The person who views your photo first is responsible for coming up with a quote (or even writing one if up to the challenge) to enhance your photograph. That person then posts a photo of their own and the next person gives them a quote. Make sure to take the person in the photo so he/she knows you gifted them with a quote.
A good place to look for quotes is https://www.goodreads.com/quotes - you can put in some key words and it will pull up some wonderful literary quotes.
Let's tag all the photos as "quote-gift" so we can see them all in one place. I'm excited to see what happens and to see how long we can make this tag!
I'll start with the first photo and I can't wait to see what your "gift" is!
@luvmynynix
"i've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow, it's cloud illusions i recall, i really don't know clouds at all."
- joni mitchell, songwriter
“A song she heard
Of cold that gathers
Like winter's tongue
Among the shadows
It rose like blackness
In the sky
That on volcano's
Vomit rise
A Stone of ruin
From burn to chill
Like black moonrise
Her voice fell still...”
― Robert Fanney
@lbluejaye8 Thanks, Laurie! Thanks for the reminder, too--I almost forgot but, I usually check my posts a couple of times just to "make sure."
Oh, I found the quote on "goodreads." I read quite a few but, the one I picked gave me chills (just like the picture).
Love this idea for a challenge!
'If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.'
"In a sea of marbled green and blue,
a dinghy sways gently with the lapping waves.
Ripples of you play tag with my memories
of idyllic days spent with you." (Laurie Frazier)
@voiceprintz Beautiful! I love Tennyson! Thank you for your kind comments and excitement for the thread!! :) I love your photograph - it says so much! I will let the next person gift you with a quote so we can keep this going!
@cgarner Thank you for the beautiful quote to accompany my photo! :) Fav and follow on your photo. I've found a quote but will let someone else join in the fun.
@lbluejaye8 I'm glad, Laurie, you enjoyed the quote to pair with your photo. Thanks for stopping by my 365. I appreciate the FAVs and follow! Likewise, now following you.
@cgarner This is a beautiful portrait. It reminds me of this Bible verse - 1 Corinthians 11:15 "but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering."
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Here's my take on your lovely shot. (I hope I'm understanding your instructions correctly!
Although I reach to the sun above
Although my vine may die
Although the wind will grab my leaves
I shall not cease to try
For in the reach my purpose be
For in the earth my life
For in the wind a whisper be
To truly see is art
And here's a recent post of mine:
@olivetreeann
I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect.
~Michelle Williams
Here is a pic from my project...
"i've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow, it's cloud illusions i recall, i really don't know clouds at all."
- joni mitchell, songwriter
here's mine:
“A song she heard
Of cold that gathers
Like winter's tongue
Among the shadows
It rose like blackness
In the sky
That on volcano's
Vomit rise
A Stone of ruin
From burn to chill
Like black moonrise
Her voice fell still...”
― Robert Fanney
Oh, I found the quote on "goodreads." I read quite a few but, the one I picked gave me chills (just like the picture).
Love this idea for a challenge!
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
- Walter Scott
This quote is from the site www.brainyquote.com
@lbluejaye8 I love words and quotes and often pair my images with a quote. What a great idea for a thread.
'If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.'
Matthew Fox
And my pic
“When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere”
― John Donoghue
And my pic - this is a really fun idea.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. ~ Aristotle
There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Vincent Van Gogh
Oh ladybug, I wish you joy
As you complete your garden chores.
I'd like to put aside my work
And join you in the out-of-doors!
~Author Unknown
Here is my most recent shot...
"Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thank you for this wonderful thread, I am definitely gonna try and put more quotes with my pictures, it really gives them so much more
I also like "May your feet always take you where your heart longs to go."
:-)
Here's mine!
Here's a random shot from my project:
a kiss of gratitude for the gift
of its shadow.
excerpt from the poem "Petals" by Blind Dog
"In a sea of marbled green and blue,
a dinghy sways gently with the lapping waves.
Ripples of you play tag with my memories
of idyllic days spent with you." (Laurie Frazier)
My gift to you - by Alfred Tennyson:
“Once in a golden hour,
I cast to earth a seed,
And up there grew a flower,
That others called a weed.”
I, too, like this thread! Great idea, Laurie!
@voiceprintz
"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
Here's mine
“But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.”
― Anne Brontë
And here is one of my pics
@khirsch Lovely shot. Here is the quote I picked:
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
― E.E. Cummings
― Kurt Vonnegut
Unicorns know naught of shame, or need, or doubt, or debt;But mortals, as you may have noticed, take what they can get.
Peter S. Beagle
If you think this works for your beautiful photo, then I will post a picture from my album..
Wonderful, thank you