A field of seeds-connecting the dots

I find it interesting when there is connections.  Putting ideas together, connecting words with an images, putting two materials together.  Recently, I took a photo and got a idea for the title of the photo.  I decided to call it "Field of Seeds" and here it is:

I am thinking of trimming the top part, to concentrate the photo on the dandelions.  I know the connection between the photo and the title is a no brainer.  I just had the envy to do it.  I was walking by and I had my point and shoot camera.  I found it would be a nice photo to make, being there at the right time.  I think that dandelion who had turned into those tiny balls of seeds are worth the photo.  They are quite a view when they are gouped together like that.  I took that photo just beside the two ugly trees I talk.  It is the first I took:

Here is a more recent one:

 The ugly trees trunks are now hidden.  The first top photo had been taken beside this place.  It can be seen on the two below photo, at the left side, where there is the telephone pole.

To miss someone when he is gone

I can declare that many people that I liked in my youth are going eat dandelion by the roots.  I discovered Bud Spencer in the 80ties with Banana Joe (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817881/?ref_=rvi_nm).  Death is natural.  If there are no death, there is no life.  Both need each other to be defined. It is just sad for his family.  Death is the hardest for families.  They have lost a love one.

I haven't thought of this person in a long time.  His death remind me about many scenes of his movies, well the ones I had seen.  It remind me that a person is often missed at his death.  Death also bring unity and good comments, generally.  The bad is less common in those case except if the concerned person had been really bad and really totally evil.

On the other hand, there are a few people that I thought were dead but weren't.  No film no see.  Or being in retirement put people out of sight.  Well, when there is no news on some celebrities, they are out of the loop and people don't think about those celebrities.  So, this is why death news can be surprising.  I didn't knew he was still alive.  What truly bother me most is the buzz and the hype after the death.  Some people get their pocket filled with money on fans.  This kind of behavior is deep implanted, in the past, it was done.   I think it was common with artists and painters.  I guess it is from there that the myth of the poor artist began.  I hope this phenonenom will be limited for Bud Spencer.

An nice surprise

I had a period of my life where I was into poetry.  I had put some on a website, writing.com to be exact.  Since then, I have shifted to writing stories.  I guess that poetry is an phase that people goes through before going to more lenghty texts.  I kind of forgot that phase of my literaly life.  Until yesterday.  I had received a few commentaries on some poems.  It had been a while since last time it happened.  I have not invested much time on that site.  Maybe I should.

It feel nice when getting comment when it is not expected.  On the other hand, I wonder.  For sure, I won't expect further unexpected commentaries.  Until now, they are few and far apart.  I also don't post new writing material often.  So, it doesn't help.  It been a while that I have posted commentaries.  There was a period where I was writing a bit more often.  It was not big texts.  I kind of miss that auto discipline.  I was able to sit down and write.  It wasn't always easy but I was able to do it.

I am tempted to return into that self discipline.  The motivation: to let the creative juice flowing.  When an area of creativity do well, the rest follow.  Well, it is how it is work for me.  This time, I think to learn from the past.  I am thinking of take some promps to jumpstart my writing.  A few subjects too.  I want to be sure to be able to go straight to what matter most: writing.  I don't want to waste time finding a topic or searching for inspiration on other website or in books.  I think it will be a good start.  For the rest, I will see how well I will do.  It will be a time to make adjustment.  I may encounter other problems this time around...

What my beef?

I did it again.  I didn't think and I was gone so fast that I forgot about a piece of equipment for my point and shot camera.  I didn't expected that my battery was so low until I needed it.  I was lucky, I had my other more cumbersome camera.  So, I could take a few more photos.  Once back, I recharged the battery for the smaller camera and now, I am good to go for a while.

Now, I do have my lesson.  I won't forget about the batteries for my cameras.  I just feel a bit dumb for having forgot about it.  From now on, I will less prone fo forget about it but it still annoy me.  It was to be expected.  I wonder why the charger wasn't with the rest of the smaller camera as it was for the bigger one.

For that kind of event, I am more of the type of happy-go-lucky.  I try to think about everything and end up going out in a hurry without having a second look.  The second look is a must when going out but I am often in a hurry, so I had sometimes ended up forgot about an item.  It is something that I should sort out and eliminate from my life.  I do have some little tricks like preparing myself in advance.  I better get more proeficient at it.

To discover Mythology. in image

I am waiting for the next installement of The Olympians (http://olympiansrule.com/).  It will be on Artemis.  Zeus, Héra, Athena, Aphrodite, Hades, Posseidon, Ares and Apollo had been covered so far.  It cover Greek mythology very well.  Now, if I could find something similar for the Nordic and Japanese mythos, I would be happy!  I find Japanese mythology a bit misterious.  I haven't grasp the subtlety yet.

I think that retelling those myths contribute to our culture.  There are fantasy element (Pegasus), an attempt at science (even if they had missed the mark by far on some of their explanations like for hermaphrodite/intersex) and inspiration for some modern concept (Apphrodisiac, Erotic, the Labyrinth of the Minotor, I don't agree totally on Oedipus complex because of the original version of the story but Freud had choosen that story...)

I like when people makes things look easy.  With the Olympians, I enjoy reading those graphic stories.  I am no more an beginner when it comes to Greek Mythology but I learned a few new elements.  A few years ago, I did an introduction on Greek Mythology and I took the cards from the Olympus Tarot (https://www.amazon.ca/Olympus-Tarot-Lo-Scarabeo-2002-03-08/dp/B01F81RZEE/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466436928&sr=1-4&keywords=olympus+tarot and http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/olympus/review.shtml).  I have used them as a support, to let the audience grasp the relationship of the various deities.  I had put the cards like a genealogy tree (well, the best I could).  It was fun doing that. I would like to give that introduction again, just for the fun of it.

Do I take too much creative projects on me?

I am in a period where I question a few things.  One of them is: Do I take too much creative projects on me?  I have a lot of ideas for stories, I am working on many of those ideas and stories.  I am doing jewelry making when I have some times and ideas.  I makes soap with soap base (no merit with soap bases).  I have started embroidery.  I want to return to painting and I have made a return to woodburning.  I had done a few projects where I painted in a few woodburning projects.  I have a lot of material for various projects.  So, I don't have reason to be bored.  I also have new ideas coming in a various pace.

So, is it me that have too much on my plate or I don't invest time and effort to all my ideas.  It is a reccurrent thing with me.  It is a balance with other obligations.  I would like to have some kind of vacation to get a few of those projects done.  I have to find my foothing again.  It seems to be a period where I gain balance and a good pace.  I end up loosing that pace and there is a period of chaotic mess.  That cycle goes round.

I may be much too much obsessed with my creative life.  I have a lot in my system that I want get into a concrete form.  I seems too slow, not fast enough.  Translating ideas into reality can be an hard period.  It is not a case of laziness.  It is just a case of having my mind going faster than putting it on paper.  I will have a brainstorming on how to get rid of this problem.  Another way to help me would be to stop buying material and start doing,

Summer Polar Bear

Polar Bear can be the real deal or it can be the people who goes to the beach in winter to take a dip into the water.  I would be game enough to try the second option.  Call me crazy but can I have the liberty to go wild?  It does not endanger anyone else.  I am free to try it, to see if I would like it.  No try, no gain.  If I don't try it, I won't know if I like it or not.  It is on my bucket list and my bucket list is not that long.  I am a bit of an adventurous.  So, doing some dip in cold water would be my kind of thing.  I agree it is not everyone cup of tea.

I can't try it right now, except if I go to the southern hemisphere.  I live up and north, so I will have to wait a few months before be able to do it.  In addition, I don't know if there is a group near me.  It is the kind of info that I wish were more available or of common knowledge.  For sure, those who are doing this are very brave.

Another thing that would be great: summer polar bear.  It could be a training group for the real deal of the winter.  I am sure it is not accessible for everyones without some experience under his/her belt.  Hence comes the training.  Of course, I think it is not reccomended to go into the cold in an hot summer day.  If there was no limitation, I would go for a pool full of ice and short stay in the water.  What would be the next best thing: a interior pool full of ice.  The area of the interior pool should be under control and cooler than outside.  So, the transition from hot to cool and vice versa would be done gradually.

Well, can I dream of cold in a hot summer day?  I am not a summer person.