Meri's Play Place

Two important messages. They might be related. Wow.

Compassion. Kindness. Seeking to understand. All these flow from love.

"If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos."  -Robert Brault

This week's theme for 52 Photos Project is water drops. Plenty of those falling  out of the sky  right now.  They beat a soft snare drum sound  all night on the skylight in my bathroom. Somehow, those water drops  seem most suited for soaking into the garden than capturing with my camera. I'll bless them, of course, but leave them to do their job. Which is to create shots like this one. "Ballerinas" ©2011 Meri Arnett-Kremian I got up early one morning  when the sun had broken through the clouds, remnants of the previous night's showers, and went out camera in hand to meditate through the view finder. Looking up looking down there was magic all around me.

The theme this week in 52 Photos Project is "crop." As in taking a photo straight out of the camera (or, in this case, with the saturation  bumped a little to approximate what I remember of the absolute saturation of color, the variety of blue to aquamarine, the hazy blue of the distant sky, Surfer © 2013 Meri Arnett-Kremian and  cropping it to enhance the composition by focusing in on a particular part of the original. Surfer © 2013 Meri Arnett-Kremian Here, my goal was to focus in on the surfer, showing a world in which the ocean, its magnificent power,  and the thrill of riding a wave successfully are the only things on his mind. In the moment. Present.

Back from Hawaii to the chill and gloom. But I did find a little color to capture with my lens while I was there. It always amazes me how quickly sunsets happen. As you can see, we were there during "swells," which meant no swimming on many beaches, but provided lots of opportunities for experienced surfers. I'm a goner for color and decay, so this grabbed my attention. What's going on in your world?

Peeling paint . . . a rusted ladder. . . vestiges of a once robust fishing fleet. 52 Photos Project

52 Photos Project Color. . . . Do you have a favorite? A preferred palette? What draws you in  and makes your heart sing?

Let me transport you to a magical place where color seeps into your heart. . .  and warms your soul. © 2010 Meri Arnett-Kremian Mosaic Monday Mexico Monday