the windmills of your mind by summerfield

the windmills of your mind

round like a circle in a spiral
like a wheel within a wheel
never ending no beginning
on an ever spinning wheel
like a snowball down a mountain
or a carnival balloon
like a carousel that's turning
running rings around the moon

like a clock whose hands are sweeping
past the minutes of its face
and the world is like an apple
whirling silently in space
like the circles that you find
in the windmills of your mind

like a tunnel that you follow
through a tunnel of its own
down a hallow to a cavern
where the sun has never shone
like a door that keeps revolving
in a half-forgotten dream
or the ripples from a pebble
someone tosses in a stream

like a clock whose hands are sweeping
past the minutes of its face
and the world is like an apple
whirling silently in space
like the circles that you find
in the windmills of your mind

keys a-jingle in your pocket
words that jangle in your head
why did summer go so quickly
was it something that you said
lovers walk along the shore and
leave their footprints in the sand
is the sound of distant drumming
just the fingers of your hand
pictures hanging in a hallway
and the fragments of a song
half-remembered names and faces
but to whom do they belong
when you knew that it was over
you were suddenly aware that
the autumn leaves were turning
to the colour of his hair

like a circle in a spiral
like a wheel within a wheel
never ending no beginning
on an ever spinning wheel
as the images unwind
like the circles that you find
in the windmills of your mind.
- legrand, bergman and bergman
theme from the movie "the thomas crown affair"

-o0o-

my get pushed challenge this week, set by the young brianna @lilminimonka, is "to capture a photo inspired by a favourite song. You can use a line from it, the title, etc. as inspiration!"

i'd have wanted shots of a clock's innards but can't find any. nor of windmills, i know i have one somewhere. the shells gave me some inspiration, but not after i buggered everyone to find me a building with a spiral staircase, which of course didn't pan out. then looking at last night's post, i realized the one shell had the spiral marks and there was another cute shell that i used. then i threw in the old photos of the earth and the little clock faces. of course, this would've worked a lot better if i knew how to use photoshop or knew someone who could photoshop craps like this for me.

anywho, i need to speak to our visitors who just came back from a day of gallivanting around toronto and while i'm doing that, you can listen to sting with this wonderful ditty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TtdW--jhAQ

thank you for your kind visits and comments; know that they are truly appreciated.
@lilminimonka - brianna, here you go.
July 24th, 2014  
Wow, love this! You certainly did this challenge justice and with flying colours at that! Love your interpretation, this picture could've been used for the songs album cover, it suits that perfectly! Wonderful! :)
July 24th, 2014  
Great shot to go with equally great lyrics!
July 24th, 2014  
this is awesome and I love this song - listening to it now - if you don't use photoshop well - how do you do this? it is excellent
July 24th, 2014  
Listening to Sting now! I like his version of the song. The photo is so cleverly done, it looks brilliant! You always do great shots for the challenges!
July 24th, 2014  
I love this! very creative!!
July 24th, 2014  
Awesome! So creative indeed!
July 24th, 2014  
You know what? I think it's much better that it's not as literal as the lyrics. Without seeing the words underneath, the song immediately popped into my head when I first saw the shot. Bravo! And as far as I'm concerned Photoshop is overrated for this kind of work. Whatever you used, it did the job perfectly.
July 25th, 2014  
Wonderfully intriguing dark shot... Needs to be seen on black... It just drags you in ( and I love that song and now I'm going to have to watch the Thomas crown affair tonight!)
July 26th, 2014  
Nice interpretation of a brilliant song
July 26th, 2014  
Great song. Very intriguing image. Is that your face and planet earth and the moon?
March 18th, 2015  
Oh, I just played Sting's version from you link. I don't like it. I never heard this version before, but I do like it better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ5QEXzPpE0
March 18th, 2015  
@bill_fe - are you kidding me? eva mendes can't sing a note!
March 18th, 2015  
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