Three Things: The Cloud Edition, III
These lovely, long days put me in the mood for cloud-gazing. The lay-on-my-back-in-the-grass-on-a-hillside sort of gazing. But as I currently have no hillside upon which to perch (and I suspect you may not either), I’ve gathered some cloud views from the strange land of Flickr to share with you this week. Enjoy. (And write.)
Frank Scallo, Jr., Clouds, 2010. Photograph. Via flickr.
Snowlike96, Clouds while sunset 2, 2014. Photograph. Via flickr.
Zeb Andrews, The clouds we sleep under, 2012. Photograph. Via flickr.
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When you have a five-year-old underfoot, toys tend to appear in the strangest places, and sometimes in the strangest arrangements. One can’t help but wonder what was happening the moment before interruption. This week, I scoured Flickr for some forgotten toys. Let’s write our own toy stories, shall we?
Planned Obsolecence, forgotten, 2012. Via flickr.
Martin Brigden, possession, 2014. Via flickr.
Manda, forgotten, 2007. Via flickr.
Foxes are a playful lot, and if folk tales are to be believed, crafty, too. I’ve already posted an edition featuring my all-time favorite animal; this week is dedicated to its smaller, slyer cousin. Let’s write a foxy piece, shall we?
mina_milk, jump, 2011. Watercolor. Via flickr.
Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree Oji, No. 118, 1857, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Woodblock print.
Hollie Chastain, Punched Tin Dreaming. Mixed media collage. www.holliechastain.com
And, yes, this is what happens when fox meets wolf. (Apologies for the poor quality. Apparently Fox — as in 20th Century Fox, not Mr. Fox — is a stickler for posting clips online. Crafty bastards.)
Three Things: Mystery Camera Edition
Scenario: you are walking along (somewhere: you decide) when you discover a beaten-up film camera lying on the ground. There are a few clues as to its owner (or maybe not: you decide), but best of all, there is an exposed roll of film inside. Intrigued, you have the roll developed and discover that the entire roll is blank, except for three little frames near the end.
These are those three frames. Now what?
Cole Rise, distant hills, 2011. Photograph. Via flickr.
Andrew Tomchyshyn, Untitled (things may get weird), 2009. Photograph. Via flickr.
Yuli Sato, Untitled (accidental), 2009. Photograph. Via flickr.
