Playing with paper pulp
Under
Redwood trees was the
Penultimate, but not the
Only
Special
Experience
Fulfilling my life.
Until I lose
Life, I hope to be
Living
It
Fully. Life is as
Exciting as we make it!
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.” – Kurt Vonnegut
The prompt today was “Purpose.” https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/purpose/
This is a wonderfully written report of a special teacher of special needs kids. Don’t miss reading it.
I’ve had this piece in my Drafts folder for a week now, and have rewritten it at least as many times. It started factual and sappy,and I’m hoping it settles on enlightening, funny & sincere with only a hint of sap. What caused so much drama in my life that it took me a WEEK to blog about? It was the milestone of my youngest kiddo Aria graduating Preschool. Now pick your butt off the floor and stop laughing! I’m NOT (exactly) mourning the end of preschool. Rather, I’m trying trying to properly honor one of the most underestimated occupations out there: School Teachers. Specifically “special education” preschool teachers and Paraprofessionals. Let me ‘splain.
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I have problems approaching anything in a left-brained manner and my locational dyslexia makes mirror images a problem, but there is something about flipping an image that is intriguing to me. I don’t really know why I prefer one view to the other, but I always do, and I know Cee can explain why. As for cropping–that’s my baby!––all hands on instead of preplanning. So, I’m going to take a few images to crop and flip and let’s see what happens.
I immediately saw an image within an image in this larger shot. See if you can see it:
Before I show the cropped version, here is this version flipped:
Here is the crop, both original and flipped:
Can you see why I chose this detail to crop? Do you see the bird, and perhaps a chick on the branch below her? Okay if you don’t see the chick, as it is a bit more abstract.
Both Yolanda and I prefer the right-facing bird. I think Cee would say it is because the eye goes to the sun-shaped light spot and then moves down to the bird and circles around to the right before curling to the left, to take in the entire scene. With the left-facing bird, the eye goes to the “sun” , down the bird and off the tail to the edge of the photo, leaving out the entire left side. I may or may not be right about this. All I know is that I like the first one better.
Now I’m off in search of more to flop and chop!!!
……………………………………………………….About Not Giving Rage’s Yell
About what
Niggling minor matter are you
Going to
Rage until
You convince yourself that you want to be
Anyone else but yourself?
Notice, please, that your
Gait is even. You have two strong legs.
Resting in your arms, a child.
You are so blessed.
A look around you might reveal
Neighbors with broken legs or wings or
Gaping minds.
Remember, please, all
You have been given.
A miracle that you were even born.
Nothing in the world
Gives a larger gift than
Receiving life itself.
You are most fortunate.
Yelling never
Opens any doors to
Understanding.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/angry/
Note: Here is a perfect example of an alternative to anger in responding to a situation with which you might not agree :
situation: http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/if-you-see-something-say-something-my-note-to-three-teen-girls-at-starbucks
Traffic in Mexico definitely has a wider definition!
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