complementarity EuroBubblesToSouthAgainstGravity

Wonderful shot, Jorg...lovely colors and composition...and a feel of abstraction...my best

WHO KNOWS THE FUTURE OF THE EURO-SOUTH? The two balls left and right,

the EURO and the compass a were real ones. The mid ball was generated

by the computer.

Nikon D300, AF-S 50 1.8 G

Beautiful colors and lines. Best wishes, Olaf

progetto molto interessante,complimenti !

grazie per la condivisione,saluti paul

It looks fantastic! :)

Hi Jörg,

Very nice original work...........Best Regards, KA

Jorg,

  Wonderful creative image with beautiful colors & lighting.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Wonderful original work.Very nicely composed to make it an evocative one!Thanks for sharing.

My best regards.

Kallol

very topical image and great idea to combine compass (symbol of direction), euro and bubble (seen so many burst...). I can imagine, that it would also work with more subtle colours. Composition works very well: repition of circles (partly distorted - esp. the 2 € coin!) provides a pattern or rhythm, central bubble connects all other key elements - so besides obvious immediate message there's also some room for interpretation and thought.

Best regards, Wolfgang

An exceptional image. Congrats!

I don't know about the future of the Euro - South, but I know about the future of the south of Europe, I'm there after all, I should know, ha! But I don't tell!

Extraordinary original and beautiful engaged art picture Joerg! Congratulations, seven from me!

Best regards!

PDE

Hola Jörg.

Un trabajo fantástico, excelente creatividad. Te felicito muy sinceramente.

Un cordial saludo, Joaquín.

me gusta mucho el juego de colores y formas, com siempre: evocativo y provocando la reflexión. ERES MI HEROE.

 No sé que pasará con la euro-sur, pero: ¿quien será el siguiente?

nice idea.... well done

A piece of great cleverness!

Now then: ... Portugal also needs extra loans....Italy in the danger zone, France heading towards the danger zone... Prepare for the bubble burst|||| Longing to see your follow up

A thought-provoking idea and excellent execution. A creative composition depicting an important contemporary issue. Best regards.

Well timed concept. Wait and see...:)

Really beautiful and original work, Joerg!

I love it!!

Not seen such kind work for longtime! It excellent!

Grigoriy

Clever and well presented, Unique work Joerg. It is a long while now, since I have been back to Germany, but I sometimes try to follow the news here in my country (Iran) on Deutsche Welle, ZDF, and RTL2 Schweiz (Switzerland) . I think in one way, when you do not have full Political union in Europe and only Currency union these problems are bound to happen. Yet which country in Europe is prepared to give up her soverighnty (wrong spelling I am sure to lazy to set spell checker :)- independence-, for being united considering the deep, rich and old culture of Europe, plus the divisions, the wars etc. Another point, when I was paid my salary in Deutsch Marks in the year 1993 as I worked at various companies in Germany for each 1 DM I got I had more spending power than for each 1 Euro I later earned after currency conversion. I leave it at that. I think European Banks including the ones in Great Britain do not give the proper interest rate on money put in saving accounts in their own countries. Therefore, not only attracting money from investors in their own countries but also from other countries outside the European Union. Therfore, weakening their own currency. For example, in the year 1977 in the Banks in Great Britain you could hold High interest saving accounts in valuable Pound Sterling at the rate of 19% fixed for 90 days. So if a country like say oil rich Iran or the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invested 40 billion pounds each time for one account for 90 days then you see what I mean. Wealth for that country plus positive investment in that country. Which is a lot when you compare it to what you get today about 2% only on a long interest 6 to 1 year account at say HSBC Bank. These are just my thoughts among many that your image brings to mind. Thanks for sharing your work, regards and Gruesse 

Interesting work, with the bubbles that can easily disappear ands stay with you and with the Viewer...;-))

Thanks for your  invitation, but I have not enough time to " invest  " there, so ,  PN is a good place to continue ...;-))Thanks again.

It is a bit unusual to have an image that has meaning beyond just a celebration of the technical ability of the photographer, which is the only thing this site caters to (see this week's POW, which is like the FOURTH image of Marc Adamus' to win POW). Much as I admire his craft, there is something vapid about his images that make them largely unworthy of comment, IMO. But, images like this that address political or social issues almost always attract my attention, for what good is Dostoevsky or Shakespeare or Voltaire if not for the fact they commented on the issues of their time.

But, back to the issue of the "Euro". I was just in a small village in Scotland this year, and the Scotch are not even "British", but remain Scotsman through and through. So many people I met have not even been as far south as London. It is difficult to imagine people like that, who are under the yoke of British imperialism, agreeing to not just British imperialism, but a "Euro" one as well. In Scotland, they still use the Scottish pound to buy things. Don't know the situation "South" of the Euro, but I do have first hand experience "North" of the Euro that tells me that people would rather be left alone, and that any attempt to impose anything from the outside is met with resistance. This is true in Scotland, and is equally true in Nigeria, where I was born.

These problems with the Euro are totally understandable, rather predictable, and not altogether unforeseen by the architects of the "Euro". One has to question not their foresight or common sense, but their motive. When one takes a closer look at it, the "Euro" is nothing more than an artificial construction by players far removed from the situation, who are using the "European Union" as nothing more than a geopolitical hammer to be used to bludgeon people far removed from the forces that plan these things. It is a hegemonic rival to the United Nations, and its value, at least in the short term, is to give credibility and, they hope, legitimacy, to a lot of ideas that cannot in good conscience be justified, like the incessant sanctions against Syria and Iran that are crippling those two nations.

Whether or not the average European really ever figures this out, cares enough about it, is a different issue, as more and more of them begin to realize what the albatross is and what it means to their day-to-day lives, and what little value the "European Union" really gives to them. As usual, time will tell.