Claims of the Day

In no particular order. . . (If you want to read the claims, just right click and open each in a new tab. Figured this way would conserve space. We don't want another REALLY long post. . .)

1: InsideOut (claim)

2: That One Guy's Blog (claim) (Perhaps my favorite one)

3: The Blanket Fort (claim)

4: Noodles (claim)

5: The Ozone Lair (claim)

 Out of these five claims, I have to admit that I immediately fell in love with the picture "that one guy" chose. As he put it, the painting had a "complex simplicity" that compelled the mind to wonder what was going on underneath the surface of the painting itself

Watching the World Run By. . .

Mood: calming, surreal, therapeutic, laid-back 

Colors: natural, realistic, contrasting (bench vs. nature)

Angle/Layout: simplistic, provocative, thoughtful

Interpretation: appreciation, respect, 

Space: clear, 

Claim: "In this photograph, the contrasting colors of the bench and the grass, along with the thoughtful camera angle, communicate a sense of appreciation and respect for the nature that we seldom acknowledge."

Equinox

(An original poem by Ty Thomas)


Three years past, and nobody could know
the thoughts that would keep us up at night
high on the memories.

Afternoon walks with no goal in mind,
hand in hand we journey towards home.

Evenings with brownie batter galore
and sprinkles that litter the air.

Nights of reading each other's eyes, and
losing our selves in the blissfulness.

Regrets will pass, and sorrow will fade
Remember what brought us together
Not the money or the status, but
the hands of fate on the equinox.

Voices of the Minorities

So let's just get right to the point, shall we?

Found some pretty awesome poets, and figured I'd share a few of my favorites with you. . .

"Dust" by Dorianne Lux

"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver

"The Word" by Tony Hoagland

Personally, I gravitate towards poetry that has an expressionistic tone, the kind of poetry that leaves you thinking long after you have read it. Isn't that the point of all poetry, to make you think? I really liked these three poems for those precise reasons. "Dust" essentially sums up that little feeling that any artists gets when they feel inspiration, and that hits me right at home, since I'm aspiring to be an author, and just like the person in the poem, I often fail to see said inspiration. I would try to analyze this little thought more, but now is not the time to go all philosophical. There will be plenty of room for that later.

This Week in Reading #4

The Gunslinger by Stephen King (FINISHED)

This week: 180 pages
Last week: 314 pages
Total: 852 pages

 Favorite Sentences and/or Passages (in no particular order):

1: "Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn onto his plate.

Brown nodded. "I think this is it."

2: "May we meet again on the path, before we all meet in the clearing. . . "

3: "Go then, there are other worlds than these."


Again, I really enjoyed the use of short, sweet sentences throughout this book. They conveyed emotion just as deep as their lavishly detailed counterparts. 


And that is all for tonight. . . If you want to read more, check out the two poems I posted a while back, and the snippet of my latest story in my previous post. Thanks, and good night!


P.S. These font issues are really starting to make me go OCD. . .