violet is the colour of pride - day four of the seven deadly sins challenge by summerfield

violet is the colour of pride - day four of the seven deadly sins challenge

"pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.” - Baruch Spinoza

there's no doubt, with the prevailing "me" attitude of people today, we live in a very proud world and we are all guilty of a little pride each day.

mr. spinoza had eloquently said what pride is, so i'll hold off any commentary on the grounds i might be incriminated.

tomorrow, it's "lust". brace yourself, folks!

(colour reference derived from www.deadlysins.com/sins/index.htm) (HDR-ish processed in picnik to enhance the colour violet of the flowers.)
Good match of colour to challenge. Great quote.
July 8th, 2011  
wonderful -- and such great color!! And again, your interpretation is insightful and delightful!!
July 8th, 2011  
@pamfromcalgary @cscecil - thank you, ladies. so glad you like it. this one is really difficult to portray as i do not understand how violet can match pride. i drew blank the whole day today and was even reluctant to post this. i didn't feel it had enough oooomph!
July 8th, 2011  
or perhaps the 'sloth' yesterday still dominates me, as i don't even feel literary to write any commentary. whatever! :-)
July 8th, 2011  
you are doing a great job with this theme. The quote does say it all
July 8th, 2011  
@bkbinthecity - thank you, bkb!
July 8th, 2011  
nice 0ne
July 8th, 2011  
@steeler - thanks, howard.
July 8th, 2011  
Lovely shades Ms Summer! And great words once again.
July 8th, 2011  
@danig - thanks, DG. "lust" tomorrow (or later on). thinking of stopping any good looking man on the streets tomorrow and ask them to pose naked for me, to match your sin-ging boys photo. hahahaha. NOT!
July 8th, 2011  
ha ha good idea! you might get arrested for soliciting! lol
July 8th, 2011  
really loving this 7deadly theme. I'm starting mine on Monday. Great shot on this purple flowers.
July 8th, 2011  
Great processing.
July 8th, 2011  
@altadc - thanks, alta. can't wait to see your take on the theme. @jannkc - thank you, jann.
July 8th, 2011  
@danig - hahaha! if i get arrested, i might have something to write about as these days, the writing muse is slothing again!
July 8th, 2011  
i love the processing and the quote. the flowers looks as though they have sugar on them, like candy. i believe you are doing a fantastic job with this very difficult challenge; so subjective. highly anticipate tomorrow's post. . .that is, if you have not been arrested.
July 8th, 2011  
@catsmeowb - thanks, camille. just know if i didn't post, i'm spending some time in a holding cell. tee-hee!
July 8th, 2011  
Love the processing!
July 8th, 2011  
@mlvera - thank you, mhel.
July 9th, 2011  
oooh oooh oooh oooh - can't WAIT for tomorrow to come! lol
July 9th, 2011  
@sticksandstones - sorry, kiddo. couldn't get anyone to pose for me. hahaha!
July 9th, 2011  
lovely processing @summerfield; I quite like this definition of pride from Kahlil Gibran: "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
July 9th, 2011  
@patticake - thanks, patti. picnik does some wonders sometimes.

you know, it was a toss up between that and the spinoza quote because i like kahlil gibran and i am more familiar with quotes. but in today's world, i find more and more people are taking or wanting more as they think they deserve more. and that goes with the "belief in one's self", which is the negative meaning of pride.
July 9th, 2011  
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