miffy o

Eyes smoulder in fury;

Her mouth sucks in air,

Wood chars,

Flowers singe,

Smearing earth with ash.

Year after year,

Faith survives.

Holika Dahan 2010

Thanks you for helping me out on this image Tibi. I agree the picture looks unbalanced. I wasn't sure were the crop line should be and what format ratio was in order to exclude an imposing Russian '60s utilitarian concrete construct, which looms in to view at the distal end of the wall. I think I will re work the image and see if I can do a little unobtrusive pp to give the picture more room to breathe at the top boundary.

Warmest regards Miffy O

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened".

Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

The dome over Tamerlane's Tomb at dusk

In the epic poem by Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane ignores the young love he has for a peasant in order to achieve power.

On his deathbed, he regrets this decision to create a kingdom [in exchange] for a broken-heart ...

Wonderful - I really like how you used the light to capture the throngs of camels et al going on in to infinity.

Thank you for sharing.

Miffy O'

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

“Turn give me a glance - And lay thy bright long eyes upon me."

Fragment of graffiti on the mirror-wall, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

I know this feeling. You have capture the intangible essence exquisitely.

Thank you for sharing.

Miffy O.

All pilgrims to the Deshnoke temple, great or small, are under the

protection of Karni Mata.

Thank you for viewing.

Miffy O.

This series reminds me of Sir John Everett Millais Oil on canvas drowning Ophelia from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

Picking flowers she slips and falls into a stream. Mad with grief after her father’s murder by Hamlet, her lover, she allows herself to die. The flowers she holds are symbolic , daisies innocence.

Regards Miffy O

Unusual post processing. I like the uniqueness and composition but find the frame a little distracting.

Regards

Miffy O

An excursion through solid geometry designed to probe the heavens.

Thank you for viewing. Miffy O.

Rajasthan red and gold at dusk.

Thank you for viewing.

Miffy O.

23' x 33' x 48" Weathering steel - Menashe Kadishman.

Thank you for viewing. Miffy O

Vaulted arch constructed of local Grinshill stone, inset with iron

work. Designed by George Steuart 1783 for a hall that was once

considered the grandest in the country. Thank you for viewing. Miffy O

Blue moon,

now I'm no longer alone,

without a dream in my heart,

without a love of my own.

The curvaceous Selfridges store in Birmingham, England, is covered

with a dramatic "skin" made up of 15,000 spun aluminium disks.

Pure essence of love.

Thank you for sharing.

Miffy O