I love Design. In 2016 I wrote about one of our most famous designers, Camilla Thulin. Much of clothes for the stage, but also ”ordinary” fashion. Snows theme is Design!
Just to look at her sketches is pure joy.
Shoes…
Kaftans – favourites with Camilla
Our challenge this week, hosted by Amy, is about the Chinese theory of the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Welcome to join in!
This Theory asserts that the world changes according to the five elements’ generating or overcoming relationships. Generating and overcoming are the complementary processes — the yin and yang — of Five Element Theory.
Generating processes promote development, while overcoming processes control development. By promoting and restraining, systems are harmonized and balance is maintained.
Wood fuels fire
Fire forms earth
Earth contains metal
Metal carries water
For Friendly Friday –
The soft sunlight on the clouds, seen from an aeroplane. And then, the inside of Casa Battlo´, with natural illumination and other.
This photo challenge is alternately hosted each Friday by the bloggers:
Something to Ponder About and The Snow Melts Somewhere
Dear Frank, of My most breathtaking vista, I have no photographs. Machu Pichu was a childhood dream, and I went to Peru in the 1980’s to see it. No camera. When we finally reached the top of the mountain, the Urubamba river down below and the surrounding rainforest oozing thin dew drops along the mountain side…I could hardly breathe. For me, Nothing beats that vista.
So, I will have to give you another one. The Great Wall, the first time I saw it and walked it. Early morning light. Not a sound. That special feeling maybe fades a bit every time you visit, but it is still an impressive sight the fifth time you visit.
Many years later, we traveled on the highest elevated railway in the world – built on permafrost – from Beijing to Lhasa. The plateau on which Lhasa and Tibet is situated, offers stunning vistas every time you look out the window. They have to use extra oxygen in the train because of the height, but feeling ”high” on this journey had nothing to do with the extra oxygen…
These photos are all taken with a simple point and shoot – but highly treasured by me.
We have buried so much of the delicate magic of life – D.H. Lawrence
On my walks in the forest, I love everything fresh, fragile and delicate that spring brings to nature – the feeling of looking at the world for the first time. Rebirth. Renewal. The importance of a living planet Earth for our children and grandchildren to be a part of, echoes with every step.
This week, the challenge must be Delicate. To me, Spring itself reveals something of the very essence of the word – Delicate. I hope you will enjoy walking with me, meeting some spring flowers from my ramblings!
Naturally, Delicate is used in several meanings, not only concerning flowers…:
Pleasantly soft or light – like the scent of a rose…; having a thin, attractive shape – delicate hands for example…; fragile or easily damaged – like fine china…; pleasant but not easily noticed – like a delicate floral pattern on the walls…
And being ”a delicate matter” is of course another, more difficult, possibility…
So, what is Delicate to you? We are looking forward to seeing your interpretations – Let us bring back some of ”the delicate magic of life”!
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background
– Jenna Morasca
The delicacy of flowers takes different shapes – they might be tall and stately…
…or as tiny as these moss flowers, not higher than your thumb nail…
Some live in the shade on the forest floor, and some thrive in the bright sunshine…
Sometimes delicacy stands out most beautifully when placed in rough company – oh, the joy of forest apple blossoms!
As humans we are indeed, in many ways, just like flowers. So, I would like to end with a reflection from Henry David Thoreau – together with a hope that we will be more delicate in how we treat Mother Earth as well:
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
Thank you again, Patti, for a marvelous Street Art Challenge!
Hosted by Snow and Amanda from Something to Ponder About, on alternating weeks! Why don’t you join in the fun!
For Frank this week – Nights in Copenhagen and Madrid. Miss them…The header from Madrid is one of my absolute favorite night shots. Maybe because of the lovely memories with my students there, the Flamenco dancers in Villa Rosa, and the glass of fruity red wine while watching the electric flamenco.
Patti’s challenge this week is all about Street Art – something I believe people in general have a special relation to. She shows us some remarkable examples of fine Street Art and asks us to send some more…so, here we go. Greetings from Poland, Sweden and Ireland.
In the header – This happy party I found in a small alley in Lodz, Poland.
Light Move Festival – Lodz
Poster – Canadian artists from famous Cirque du Soleil visiting Sweden
Mural – Blending in nicely in Lodz
Installation – Poland
Graffiti: Peace Wall – Ireland
Welcome to join in!
Next week…
…I will be your host! Ann-Christine, Challenge #46. Wishing you an inspirational week and hope to see you then!
This photo challenge is alternately hosted each Friday by the bloggers:
Something to Ponder About and The Snow Melts Somewhere
Amanda’s prompt for this Friday is: Alleys
I have chosen some colourful favorites from Poland, Spain and Morocko.
We dined in here somewhere…
Just walked through, enjoying the softly coloured, calm atmosphere…
I remember this very hot day and the sweltering walk between these clay walls – No sane people out in this heat…
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Wheel
For this week’s challenge from Frank, a beauty from Bhutan turning the prayer wheel.
Leya 
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