H-K057
The old ones, covered with rust, groaned:
” . . . return to the wheel, O breath of mine!
go and with your heavy step dance round the
planets throughout the cavernous night.
My children have no thoughts!
My beautiful children have empty heads.
Life is easy but they live no longer . . . “
and the old ones died between the mountain’s teeth,
their faces veined its marble,
under the flint slept those who were buried
deeper than the depths of their bones.
(poem by René Daumal, texture by playingwithbrushes)
H-K057 belongs to the following groups:
All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL, Curious Vintage Fictions, Images & Ideas, in-between, Just Brown, Layered with Texture, Object Studies & Concepts, Outsiders, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Shameless Self-Promotion, Still Life Fine Art and Food Photography, Still Life Photography, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please** and Theatrical and Staged Photography Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints
Rob Toombs
Beautiful.. Enough said.. ;)
hsien-ku replied
thanks Rob!!
DragonFlyer
Wonderful sense of serenity… yet the words seem to be leading me to more of a sense of ‘ending’...?
Many many depths again my friend :)))
K xx
hsien-ku replied
thankyou K! :)
I wanted to make something sleep-serene (not awake-serene). the sleeper holds up her books of words and, in place of living flowers, she has arranged a dried, seedless skeleton in an oil-less lamp. she has mistaken a map for a country, poor dear :)
Cathi Norman
Wow! Brilliant work!!
hsien-ku replied
you’re lovely Cathi! thanks so much!
nadine henley
love it, h-k, as always, wih a deep appreciation of your sense of grace
hsien-ku replied
thankyou very much nadine!! x
ooyayootay
Magnificent shot!
hsien-ku replied
much appreciated ooyayootay!
LisaR
Wow sensational!!! Curious about the border is it a layer of an old photograph? Wonderful effect…instant fav!
hsien-ku replied
Hi LisaR! thanks!
the texture (including border) is from a flickr photographer named playingwithbrushes. I believe it’s a scanned old photograph.
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding,
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much Scott
Tracey Mac
Totally LOVE this…...................the framing is superb….........!!!
hsien-ku replied
thanks Tracey! very nice of you to leave such a nice comment.
John Kowalski
Woderful piece of work, beautiful tones, well done!!!!
hsien-ku replied
many thanks John!
Von McKnelly
If I had all day I still couldn’t write enough words to describe this wonderful artwork.
The hand “rocks”!
hsien-ku replied
thanks Von – much appreciated!
Druidstorm
“They came from the sea and held out their arms. We took their love and then buried their dreams!” Thank you for sharing this marvel of ancient thought friend!!!...)o(
hsien-ku replied
big kiss to you Druidstorm!
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shakey123
Amazing lighting! Really deep / dark colours!!
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much shakey123!
Amy E. McCormick
Truly lovely work! – Amy
hsien-ku replied
Thanks very much Amy!
Sharon Mau
Your quote is profound!! This is a sensational image Hsien-ku. I love the beautiful books, your choice of dried flower stem appearing as a tree emerging from the beautiful vessel.. the deep vignette effect is wonderful. Overall it is well balanced and deeply spiritual. It is a beautiful work of photographic art and a creative still life.
Congratulations on your feature in Still Life ~ Photography and Paintings
hsien-ku replied
thankyou Sharon – that means a lot to me. This was one of my first ‘set-up’ still-life photos, something that I’d like to do more of. It was very kind of you to feature this in your group too – I really appreciate the encouragement!
thericho
Wow that looks so amazing. love the dark mystical colours.
hsien-ku replied
thanks very much thericho!
Angel Warda
fabulous! your work is amazing!!!! so inspiring!!!!
hsien-ku replied
thankyou angel – what a lovely thing to say!
Veikko Suikkanen
Really magnificent Work!
poupoune
Wonderful!
Santamaria
beautiful, so wonderful
Charuhas Images
fabulous