Weekly Photo Challenge: Distorted
by frizztext
Weekly Photo Challenge: DISTORTED - at first I had to think about several yoga positions, then destroyed objects after an explosion, then I went off the grid again and had the choice for this week: US-flag with distorted eagle - a reflection metaphor after 9/11: some landmarks of history make our minds distorted ...
photo for the “weekly photo challenge” community of dailypost / wordpress – picture was shot by FrizzText, click on the image to enter his flickr photo collection…
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feel free to add in the comments the link to your own interpretation of this week’s topic DISTORTED
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links to the Weekly Photo Challenges 2012:
compare http://dailypost.wordpress.com/category/photo-challenges/
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JANUARY
1 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/weekly-photo-challenge-launch/ 74 faves
2 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/weekly-photo-challenge-peaceful/ 81 faves
3 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/weekly-photo-challenge-simple/ 68 faves
4 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/weekly-photo-challenge-hope/ 87 faves
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FEBRUARY
5 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/weekly-photo-challenge-ready/ 80 faves
6 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/weekly-photo-challenge-regret/ 91 faves
7 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/weekly-photo-challenge-down/ 102 faves
8 – http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/weekly-photo-challenge-indulge/ 92 faves
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MARCH
9 – DISTORTED / here …
link to the Weekly Photo Challenges 2011:
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/weekly-photo-challenges 2011
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Nice concept! [and very well done!]
Very interesting way of combining various aspects of the concept of distorted…creative
Incredibly creative composition with the flag and the “distorted eagle” remnant after 9/11, Frizz. My heartiest congratulations. Are we still distorted from 09/11? Apparently so, if you listen to any of the debates this election season!
read blogfrizz.wordpress.com/huntington-en/ (English) or blogfrizz.wordpress.com/huntington-de/ (German)
I hope this assemblage will give a sign for September eleven discussions: that something went wrong in the USA…
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[once Paul McCartney sang: "take your broken wings and learn to fly"]
P.S.:
about the photography:
I found this broken wooden surfer’s fragment on a beach
and put it on a bench’s pillow =
a tribute to Jasper Johns’ flag series…
comment by dkplantzos:
“excellent comment on nationalism;
poignant and subtle at the same time…”
Excellent take on the theme. It might be said that a distorted US flag is also a reflection of our current state of affairs (politics). But then again, that probably goes for every election year…
Great Job!! Semper Fi!!
Hello all, and happy Friday Photo Challenge. Here’s my take on the Distorted theme:
http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Beautiful photo, very moving indeed. Nice choice for the entry!
http://theothercourtney.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Absolutely awesome. Great work!
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Interesting. Thanks for the share
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An interesting take on this week’s theme
A unique perspective.
Here is mine: http://creativityaroused.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
I like your red shoes on the wall:
Distorted episode? Distorted thinking?
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distorted by the remembrance of a love affair
compare my photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frizztext/5237010179/
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Very interesting concept of distorted, as some of the most distorted minds create acts of history.
Genghis Khan, evil Hitler, Stalin, actually Assad in Syria … – a field for psychiatry …
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I like this interpretation! Good shot!
Interesting choice… What happened to the rest of that eagle?
it was a surf-board – rest maybe lost in the ocean …
P.S.:
“Lying distorts reality…”
thank you for this quotation in your post
http://eof737.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/#comment-17410
– every day, listening to the statements of some politicians, I have this experience …
Pity… By the way, I never see you visiting my blog anymore… Did I say something?
dear Eliz, because I daily had hundreds of e-mails I changed the notification rules sent by wordpress to me; now I receive no e-mail if someone hits a “like” star or makes a post; I only get a message and can react, if he/she comments some of my daily posts …
So how do you stay in touch with bloggers in general? Not everyone likes or even comments every day…. Interesting that you no longer get our posts. I get 100s of posts daily and it is a challenge. I am thinking about finding a way to handle it. I do want to like/comment back but we shall see. TY!
I had the fear to lose you, Eliz,
but at least we meet on the weekly photo challenge;
a second method: as often as I can I watch
http://wordpress.com/#!/read/
I rarely click that … maybe I will… I’m thinking of taking a break from blogging or doing it less often as I have other demands on my time that must be addressed. Maybe, I’ll try your approach too. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks for your time.
dear Eliz,
I stopped my guitar playing and do not take any photos no more; for the rest of my life I enjoy to comment photography – and I’ll try to learn to cook at the end of my life; I’m 66 now – and three days before the lead singer Davy Jones of the Monkees died – his song: I’m a believer (I’m not…)
WoW! That is real purpose… At least you have a new and strong focus and cooking should not be too hard. Sad about Davy Jones. I loved their music too. I hope your daughter and wife Barbara are doing okay…
Go ahead. I’ll listen to it.
Is it true you stop playing the guitar and photographing? I love to see and listen to you play, and your photographs are stunning, and provocative and original. . . I just started to learn to play guitar in part because of you!
I was such a Monkeys fan. . .
“To those of us who can relate to the death of Davy Jones,
those who lived through the era of The Beatles, The Stones …”
O.K. – convinced, today I play for you:
a tribute to my oldest guitar – maybe a little bit DISTORTED / out of key …
I’d love to hear your daughter and her band singing “I’m a believer.” Too much butting in to ask?
You usually stun me one way or another and this photo is so beautifully provocative and reminiscent of Jasper Johns. I love the abstraction the starred eagle. I’ve had a very tumultuous relationship with this flag–your photo zings to the heart of it.
It is stunning and not to worry.. you didn’t butt in but joined the ongoing conversation…
You’re a sweetheart, Frizz! I’m touched and happy!! I’m glad you brought out your oldest guitar — a great tribute. I really enjoy hearing you play. Maybe you’ll have to keep playing music until you’ve played a song on each of your guitars, banjos. . .
A very moving contribution for this weeks challenge. I struggled with it. I hate it when things get distorted.
http://tristenhohn.com/2012/03/03/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
A very creative example for this week’s challenge! Many people would have just seen a broken piece of surfboard with stars and a blue background, and considered it trash. But you saw it as something more; as a piece of art with a patriotic story to tell.
Thanks for visiting my blog, and for the pingback!
I like the post of
Anette Hermann:
http://anettehermann.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
my comment there:
do you mean:
distortion of good dollar (and Euro) by
high costs for health care – producing the global financial crisis / inflation?
maybe the expensive military could be the reason too?
title=”A-7 Being Launched” by f0rbe5 – click on the image
to enter the photographer’s flickr gallery …
nice perspective on distorted theme
http://amarnaik.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
wondering why you would associate yoga with distortion
and clears your mind – not distort it !!!!
yoga is a wonderful stress reliever
so I made something wrong, distorting my body, trying to get my feet behind my head …
Small award from me
http://jullianeford.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/the-abc-award-and-one-lovely-blog-award/
Super creative! It really does look like the head of the eagle!
i thought of yoga poses too! haha! i think your take on the distorted is awesome.
I love this photo!
By the way I nominated you for the ABC award! http://evilnymphstuff.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/lets-re-learn-the-alphabet/
Excellent take!
Here’s mine: http://mothergrogan.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Love the bird, ingenious!
Very nice interpretation of two unrelated items to form a third one
http://seeloveremember.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Wonderful!! Love this.
Nice, Frizz. I like the eagle and the pillow. Great idea. Although I have to say yoga positions can be very distorted, too!
Here’s mine! Thanks for visiting!
http://jayjaysfavorites.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/weekly-photo-challenge-distorted/
Cool shot!
idea to comment “Lost in translation” at
http://refrigeratormagnate.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/lost-in-translation-no-2/#comment-9647
frizztext: distortion by translation – that’s what I’m producing daily – German is my natural language, so you read daily my special Frizzenglish; be glad, that you do not hear my pronunciation!
Interesting idea for this one. It turned out perfect! Distorted and slightly political, I love it!
9/11 changed a lot of lives. It opened our eyes to what is really happening out there. The first time I saw the twin towers turned into dust I was in disbelief, then fear and anguish for those who perish. Thanks for the moving image. I reminder that we should never forget. My prayers to the victims of 9/11….
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Powerful my dear, very powerful…(can’t say any more than that). Immie
Well interpreted
I love it!
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