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Words & Image…. Image & Words

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Often I read a beautiful quote, and imagine an image in my mind.

Other times I see an image and then go looking for words to accompany it. 

I hung these lovely little sweetheart roses in the back of the closet several months ago. I had totally forgotten them. I went looking for something today, and there they were, waiting patiently. 

The timing was perfect. I had just read this beautiful quote…..

“Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again.”

The words spoke to me, taking me back to a time of deep sadness and broken hearts. These words allowed me to pause, and give thanks that we made it through. We survived!

The subject and words came together in perfect harmony. As if they both found me!

Don’t you love when that happens?

Today, what words have moved you to take a photo, or what photo has moved you to find just the right words? Or perhaps, like me, they found you! Please share with us today.

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Comments

  10. Yes, I love the marriage or words and images. Here are a few images on mine that prompted me to go looking for just the right words (or they simply came to me).

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6074873653
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5772079596
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5763476053
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5886236759
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/5884119517

    Funny, I just realized they all pretty much involve the sky and the color blue! 🙂

  15. Yes many shots I take are quite often a trigger of a memory or place or even a moment in time. This is a lovely post. Thanks for sharing with us.

  18. Hi!! Recently happened to me. I'm in a situation where I was lost. As if trapped in a cage and did not know where to go. One day, in a children's party, took a picture that represented exactly what was going on. The photo of a beautiful cage. Do you want more? Sometimes we are so lost in our thoughts we can not find the door through the bars. Take a look:
    http://www.alinesena.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/open.jpg
    Please excuse my bad English, I am Brazilian! 🙂

  22. i absolutely understand how it happens … how certain images lend to words i have heard or read and they simply need to go together … love your roses and quotes and how they came to be … : )

    you inspire me so, dear friend …
    your images . your creativity . your work simply gets more and more brilliant …
    love you!
    xxo
    pg

    i have admired these peonies in every stage … even as they pass, i love them still.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/prairiegirlstudio/6083639006/in/photostream/lightbox/

  28. I wrote this as I was recovering from surgery – the roses were on my mantle and I left them there to slowly dry. The photos are not anything special – just taken with a point and shoot from my bed – they are only to illustrate the story of the dried roses that I gazed at as they stood next to the old stopped clock. Here's the link:

    http://paulatohlinecalhoun1951.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/long-ago-roses-for-valentines-day/

    Just found your site – as I am a rank amateur photographer -just having received a DSLR – I am searching for sites to encourage and teach me. I am in love with photography! Thanks. Hope you enjoy the poem, which is so in sync with your photo today!

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