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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Abstract Photo 2410 Crystal Landscape 81 What is life? A frenzy



Purple eagle's head against dusky sky,
crystal beak drooling,
your keen eye reflects a calm scene:
the soldier's lover in fluffy long dress,
hatted figure standing alone, still at the shore.
Slanting desert beach,
crooked thoughts apparently clean.

Big bird,
spread your wings,
soar to silver heights,
take her away in your frenzy dreams.

Lying below,
in cloak and feathered hood,

his body in torn uniform 
plays with a fallen rainbow,
gone, 
he is completely gone...
                                                                 Dulcina's Garden




What is life? A frenzy.
What is life? An illusion,
A shadow, a fiction,
And the greatest profit is small;
For all of life is a dream,
And dreams, are nothing but dreams.


¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción,
y el mayor bien es pequeño:
que toda la vida es sueño,
y los sueños, sueños son.







 LIFE IS A DREAM - DAY III - SCENE XIX  ---  LA VIDA ES SUEÑO - JORNADA III - ESCENA XIX
                                                                                                         Pedro Calderón de la Barca

71 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Wow, like a strange creature rising from the ice!

Cloudy said...

Wunderbar in Stil und Farbe! Kommt auf meine Liste der Favotiten...

Servus und fröhlichen Tag
CL

Luis Gomez said...

Bellisimas!

ladyfi said...

Oh, what a lovely lilac colour! So gorgeous.

MAR said...

A través del cristal, se pueden ver las nubes y los rayos del sol.
Es preciosa.
Me encanta, la vida es sueño
Bss

Judy said...

Love the colours, and the flowing lines!

Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan blogger said...

Interesting thoughts Leovi. Life can seem that way at times..

geanina said...

gorgeous! beautiful colors!

Green Speck said...

Wow .... what are these?

Esmeralda said...

Apoteósica , sin palabras Leovi !!!
sabes de mi debilidad por esta serie.
Una maravilla de imagen. No me salen los calificativos.

'que toda la vida es sueño,
y los sueños, sueños son'.

Una gran abraçada amb petó
Artista de los colores

HansHB said...

As always, - beautiful!

alissa apel said...

Very pretty!

It looks like ice or rock candy to me.

http://theapels.blogspot.com/2012/09/something-old-string-holder.html

Marianne said...

You are brilliant as always, Leovi!
I love your pictures! :)

Nette Cecilia said...

Beautiful ,nette

Juncal said...


Una belleza en cristal y con el frenesí de Calderón.

"Nace el ave y con las galas que la dan belleza suma, a penas es flor de pluma o ramillete con alas. ... Y yo, siendo más ¿tengo menos libertad ?"

Las alas se están batiendo al borde del risco. Un salto, Leovi, y salen del sueño que las tiene cautivas.
El sol las incita y el color se hace mullido acogiendo el vuelo.

Besos.



Genie said...

To answer your question...yes, at time my life is a frenzy. Think I am old enough for it to start slowing down. You picked the perfect title/caption for this beautiful piece. As always, such a beautiful blend of color. genie

Anaximandro said...

Emerger, crecer y caer: el ciclo de la vida.
Un abrazo.

Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...

Great shots. Frenzy is a fun word.

Clytie said...

I love the colors! And the sparkly sun reflections!!!

Buttons said...

Beautiful words beautiful art. B

orvokki said...

Veryveryvery wonderful!! I love the color.
Hugs

Gary said...

In your work, at least life has vivid colour and great form!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Sylvia K said...

Gorgeous colors and the perfect title, Leovi! Terrific as always! Have a lovely weekend!

Emm in London said...

Gorgeous photo! Life is indeed a frenzy but sometimes we just have to calm down...

Leovi said...

Delicioso comentario Juncal, me encanta. Besos.

Maria Emilia Moreira said...

Cada vez que venho ver o teu blogue fico mais e mais encantada! Que criatividade irresistível!
Abraços.
M. Emília

Bonnie said...

Exquisite - like amythest jewels flooded with light. Thanks for sharing your work with Photo Art Friday, Leovi.

Dulcina said...

I love your beautiful purple frenzy and the verses, of course.
This time I could see a thin tall woman - wearing a hat - at the shore contemplating the tide. She "is" in the middle of the image, inside that kind of eye...and a body is lying at the bottom on something that resembles a rainbow.
Inspiration created this today:

Purple eagle's head
against dusk sky,
your keen eye reflects
your frenzy mind,
the soldier's lover
awaiting alone,
still at the shore.
Slanting desert beach,
crooked thoughts
apparently clean.
Big bird,
spread your wings,
take her away in your dreams.
Lying below,
in cloak and feathered hood,
his body plays with the rainbow,
gone...


See you!

Pat said...

Beautiful!

Mama Zen said...

Very cool!

Sarco Lange said...

El mar, la noche, el día, la suspicacia de un barco de plástico que viene alumbrando el día.

Abrz.

Brian Miller said...

fascinating...i too see an animal...or two....a unicorn...and maybe a dragon....really cool piece...

Meoww said...

Beautiful formations...I still love the intriguing looks of the black and white!

Betty Manousos said...

hola amigo,

the shape and the colour is fantastic leovi!
a gem-like image.

abrazos!

ZielonaMila said...

I am pleased that we can admire such images. I am greeting

Netty said...

wow this gorgeous piece has so much vibrant energy, love it. Happy PPF, Annette x

LindyLouMac in Italy said...

What a moving post this is with those words and the colours are gorgeous.

Rajesh said...

This is brilliant.

Flara said...

wow, it looks like jewellery, cool:)

Sweet said...

Que maravilha de imagem, Leovi! Que creatividade!!!
Fico sempre encantada com as tuas criações, que parecem saídas de um conto de fadas. :)
Abrazo

Indrani said...

Beautiful pink and white.

Gardening in a Sandbox said...

Purple is a regal and yet mournful color. Goes with your sad poem. Lovely. Valerie

joelsuma said...

this purple one is beautiful.
Greets joelsuma

Nancy Claeys said...

Love the color purple! This is beautiful. xo

Anjali said...

Pink - the most gorgeous color. Awesome capture. Beautiful!
Greetings.

Mrsupole said...

Hi Leovi,

It is like a big giant sea monster lurching out of the purple sea getting ready to dive back under the water after swallowing the body of it's prey with only one hand left for it to feast upon. It has giant scales made of steel and knows that it is the greatest predator of all the oceans of the world not realizing that he is the last of his kind.

Thanks again for sharing another of your great pictures with us for this weeks Theme Thursday, it was definitely a delightful pic.

God bless.

'Tsuki said...

The picture is beautiful, but I just love the poem you choose to complete it... Nice, so nice !

Currie Silver said...

wow!!!

joy said...

Awesome shots as always. You are unique. And interesting poems. Made me think a little bit:) From CC

momphotographer said...

I love purple. My favorite color but in this case I just LOVE the black and white version!

HansHB said...

...perfect in B&W too!

LV said...

A beautiful world in lavender.

et lite ØYEBLIKK said...

Wonderful work as always, Leovi! And I liked your words!
Have a nice weekend:)

Gloria said...

Love it!:)

Robert Nicolaescu said...

Wonderful colors!

lorik said...

And it seems life has many facets! I like the way you have been placing your forms in a landscape lately giving a sense of distance.

Cafe au lait said...

Love the color.

My entry.

Levonne said...

Gorgeous color in that first shot Leovi! You are such a commited photographer to your path!

NatureFootstep said...

This tiem I think the BW image is the better one. :)

carlarey said...

I would love to watch you work. This is magnificent. I can see a woman standing in the waves.

NEJ said...

Lovely colors of Purple!

Visiting from Color Connection- hope you can stop by..

http://www.never-ending-journey.com/2012/09/caught-being-respectful.html

Dimple said...

Lovely. The poem really defines the image, I think.

Dragonstar said...

The colour version is absolutely beautiful!

NEJ said...

Soft touch of Pink!

Visiting from PS- hope you can stop by..

http://www.never-ending-journey.com/2012/09/cotton-candy-maker.html

Beverly said...

Happy Pink Saturday. I am so glad you joined us, and I appreciate you always making Pink Saturday special.

This is absolutely exquisite!

Rocky Mountain Woman said...

I think this is my favorite so far! I love the purple, love the poetry...

gorgeous!

Heather said...

Very cool shot both in color and black & white

Lmkazmierczak said...

Instantly hit me as 'regal'♫♪

debra said...

I love the colors in this one and the poetry is beautiful

Sue said...

Like a crown. Regal.

=)

Jenny said...

I think my brain is wired wrong because this felt soothing to me!

Like water.

Or poetry.

Just wonderful.

A+