tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post2815304462108209445..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: to cross the bridgeDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-6781024630256277192012-03-28T19:46:12.418+01:002012-03-28T19:46:12.418+01:00Oh Dave, you simply HAVE to go back and cross that...Oh Dave, you simply HAVE to go back and cross that bridge.<br />I desperately need to know what lies beyond that deliciously gaudy glow!Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77383433891772436752012-03-28T18:28:17.984+01:002012-03-28T18:28:17.984+01:00Excellent as usual... and with very deep symbols t...Excellent as usual... and with very deep symbols that are to be seen with the illustration.<br /><br />ThePeSlaL. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13472418776001152222012-03-28T11:43:05.540+01:002012-03-28T11:43:05.540+01:00Muhammad
Yup, good ole mono!
Thanks.
Ella
Hi Ell...<b>Muhammad</b><br />Yup, good ole mono!<br />Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Ella </b><br />Hi Ella. Welcome to the blog and thank you so much for your thoughtful response.<br /><br /><b>Carl </b><br />Thanks for these thoughts. <br /><br /><b>Brian </b><br />Weall do, sooner or later, I fear. We all do!<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />Mmmm, if you're a risk taker, maybe!<br /><br /><b>Kerry </b><br />Hi, good to have your visit. I'm sure you're right - for the brave at heart.<br /><br /><b>Kat </b><br />I'm very addicted to B & W, esp in photography and art. Doesn't mean I don't delight in colour!<br /><br /><b>Rachna </b><br />Thanks for this.<br /><br /><b>Mama Zen </b><br />Ah, but when I was younger....!<br /><br /><b>jabblog </b><br />Exactly! Either way, it's the road not taken.<br /><br /><b>Kass </b><br />and the drab of safety.<br /><br /><b>Jenny </b><br />I'll have to have a think about this one, but many thanks for the thought! Appreciate it.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Even as a tot I was fascinated by bridges. Quite early on they began to mean all sorts of things to me - long before I learned what a metaphor was.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke </b><br />True.<br /><br /><b>zongrik </b><br />I think they like to show off a bit!<br /><br /><b>Tom </b><br />Not sure about thee, but I am!<br /><br /><b>Cloudia </b><br />Showoffery!<br /><br /><b>haricot </b><br />I thought it was the orange light that wasn't safe!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-87696700205978812252012-03-28T09:38:25.218+01:002012-03-28T09:38:25.218+01:00I'd like to cross the bridge even if it is swi...I'd like to cross the bridge even if it is swing and seems not to be safe, being lead by the orange light.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24202026222680977722012-03-28T05:16:25.619+01:002012-03-28T05:16:25.619+01:00your gambits delight!
"cajolery
of spectral...your gambits delight!<br /><br /><br />"cajolery<br />of spectral gaudiness? "<br /><br /><br /><br />Warm Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> >< } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35120415000293029662012-03-28T00:25:35.592+01:002012-03-28T00:25:35.592+01:00ah, we must be getting oldah, we must be getting oldTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948978798395906663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-92157074693308867782012-03-27T22:11:45.129+01:002012-03-27T22:11:45.129+01:00wow. spectral gaudiness...i didn't know ghosts...wow. spectral gaudiness...i didn't know ghosts were measured for their sense of taste!! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66742624653167547702012-03-27T21:43:01.285+01:002012-03-27T21:43:01.285+01:00Familiarity is so comforting to the extent that it...Familiarity is so comforting to the extent that it can bore you to death without you knowing it :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91418598087011776432012-03-27T19:28:04.339+01:002012-03-27T19:28:04.339+01:00And it's also a hymn to the monochrome that co...And it's also a hymn to the monochrome that could mean to priviledge the interior world of colours abandoning the mirage, across any bridge, of any exterior one.<br /><br />And I agree with Carl, the bridge is a perfect setting, it also reminds me of the myhtic "hedge" of Leopardi in its Infinite.<br />It reminds me of many things...the theme of Why Crossing? and its lure...is in itself infinite.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-4034545514175281232012-03-27T19:12:50.899+01:002012-03-27T19:12:50.899+01:00Great question, in the tradition of the "rub&...Great question, in the tradition of the "rub" that "must give us pause"!Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-27831793337049762682012-03-27T18:54:45.455+01:002012-03-27T18:54:45.455+01:00Wonderful picture and wholly appropriate poem - as...Wonderful picture and wholly appropriate poem - as usual. I find that picture a bit haunting. <br /><br />Someone suggested that a recent title of one of my blog posts would make a good title for a blog. I thought it could make a good prompt for you. (You may not agree, of course, and if so I will entirely understand!)<br />It is "Picking blackcurrants out of the sandwich" and you'll see the post on my blog.<br />If the phrase doesn't inspire you it is fine - it's a bit cheeky of me to ask, I know. My only excuse is that I loved the poem you did about my post on the abandoned statue at the Commenwealth Institute last year.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-19968119407042030632012-03-27T18:39:17.714+01:002012-03-27T18:39:17.714+01:00Oh the safety of drab.
Well done.Oh the safety of drab.<br /><br />Well done.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-61530967504337490652012-03-27T18:23:55.741+01:002012-03-27T18:23:55.741+01:00. . . but what you might have missed . . .. . . but what you might have missed . . .jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-53473005976161023642012-03-27T18:11:30.668+01:002012-03-27T18:11:30.668+01:00Can't say that I blame you!
Great take on the...Can't say that I blame you!<br /><br />Great take on the picture.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-27382945161771962002012-03-27T17:54:17.661+01:002012-03-27T17:54:17.661+01:00I like the images this poem throws up.I like the images this poem throws up.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41631600518559872602012-03-27T17:21:07.436+01:002012-03-27T17:21:07.436+01:00I like the word, "cajolery". Me, I'd...I like the word, "cajolery". Me, I'd go towards the colour, I believe. Still, I can understand that immovability when one is content with the familiar. <br />(Of course, this is just the poetic voice, so I'm not attributing any attitudes here.)Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-6234916735072571262012-03-27T16:37:58.825+01:002012-03-27T16:37:58.825+01:00It does look like a portal to a new reality!It does look like a portal to a new reality!Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69880110210488979922012-03-27T16:11:49.453+01:002012-03-27T16:11:49.453+01:00I wonder if there is a time and place for both?? ...I wonder if there is a time and place for both?? Thought provoking.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26112605505407794352012-03-27T14:50:22.019+01:002012-03-27T14:50:22.019+01:00many do make that sacrifice...enamored with the gl...many do make that sacrifice...enamored with the glits and glamour...i did once...wont do it again...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-46355660892001298612012-03-27T12:47:58.525+01:002012-03-27T12:47:58.525+01:00Safety is a powerful thing. When to risk and when...Safety is a powerful thing. When to risk and when not. What great themes. Wonderful poem The bridge a perfect setting.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45286474006679959502012-03-27T12:37:20.226+01:002012-03-27T12:37:20.226+01:00I like your view! I love how you combined prompts ...I like your view! I love how you combined prompts and realized your world was yours~ Clever to ponder...<br />I have to read it againEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45577366281601435842012-03-27T08:51:10.582+01:002012-03-27T08:51:10.582+01:00ahan...so you left the glitter for the comfort of ...ahan...so you left the glitter for the comfort of the monochrome... good pic and a great poem as always :)Misterio Vidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396947981573285341noreply@blogger.com