Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “S”? For example I’ve written about SOLITUDE (read below) and self portraits, about suicide or sugar, Sweden or South Africa, sports or sofas, swords or submarines, sex and sadism, sailships and snow, sky and skype, spirituals or street photography, Swift and Shaw, Spinoza and Schopenhauer, Stargard or Sydney, San Francisco or Santorini, Sisyphus or Sahara etc. – I’m sure you’ll find an own story or a short reflection tagged with “S”! Feel free to add in the comments the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “S”!!!
SOLITUDE
Solitude is a typical topic of photography and art, psychology and philosophy. Maybe it is a part of wishful thinking in overcrowded cities? A nearly surreal attitude to criticize modern societies? But there will be no way back! Lost paradises…
title=”House on the Drina River / Kućica na steni / Stenčica – photo by Iris (Irene Becker), click on the picture to enter her galleries on Flickr
related:
“S” Photo Archive + “S” Challenge + “S” Galleries + ABC visualized: S! + Solitude
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websites: 1 - my daily wordpress blog "flickrcomments" , 2 - photo pool at frizztext, 3 - flickr group BLOG IT!, 4 - photography news, 5 - twitter etc.
Incredible. That is one way to get “away” from it all. Gorgeous view.
Beautiful image of solitude, ft.
Oh Frizz, that photo is simply gorgeous. That is exactly how I picture ‘solitude’ to be. Very soothing photograph.
Our contribution this week in GatheringBooks showcases our Featured Photographer’s (Blanche Berzamin-Acabado) “Sunset” photos. Here’s the link:
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/photo-journal-a-z-photo-challenge-s-is-for-sunset/
WOW! What a stunning picture!
Beautiful snapshot of solitude. And speaking of solitude, here’s a poem I wrote in tribute to the author of the song Solitude, none other than Duke Ellington. Savoy Faire is a not so very oblique reference to the famous Harlem nightclub and to the Harlem Renaissance/Jazz era.http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/savoy-fare/
Here is my entry: http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/story-challenge-letter-s/
blackout in NYC – snow would not be good …
‘hahaha’ this little tiny island is smaller than the island where I was born…
gorgeous photo!
“i’ll prolly be killed for this but here’s the story”:
http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/story-challenge-letter-s/
it always takes some courage to write …
haha thanks i hope my friend (in that photo)doesn’t see this.prolly still too soon ^^
It’s a great shot as always.
I wanted to meet you in the ZEITCAFE in Cologne
– but then my wife needed our car for a sudden drive to Berlin –
I hope you are not angry and we nevertheless continue to have a good contact via internet!
Genial!!!!
Here is my contribution….Well….Sigh´s contribution!!!
http://ilargia64.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/photo-story-challenge-letter-s/
Enjoy it!!!
your dog portraits made me smile – thank you for that!
De nada!!! ..It is good to smile…Doctors say when one smiles, one moves a lot of muscles…I think one feels better and warmer…
I love that photo, and a bit of solitude now and again.
I’ve written a few ‘S’ posts, here they are:
This one’s about a scarecrow festival in Coimbra, Portugal http://juliedawnfox.com/2011/10/20/scarecrows-in-the-city/
This is about the town of Santa Comba Dão in Portugal
http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/03/13/the-princess-of-the-daos-facelift/
And this is part of my Personal A to Z Challenge, S is for Safety
http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/05/03/s-is-for-safe-at-last/
Hello! Here’s my entry
http://aysabaw.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/story-challenge-letter-s/
sailing must be wonderful …
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frizztext/1291875835/
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SUNSHINE makes us SLEEPY –
http://scrapydo.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/story-challenge-letter-s-sunshine-sleep/
- me too: my armchair has little wheels, so I can follow the sun, sitting near the window …
Wow that is a photo with a story. I’m offering an armchair exploring adventure with old discovered photos: http://canoecommunications.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/images-of-southwest-in-sepia-tone/
nice retro mood!
Excellent photo– now that definitely is a way to get some solitude. In my most recent post, I also discuss a bit of Solitude and other “S” topics such as Switzerland and Salève.
https://francescannotwrite.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/a-letter-for-you/
Frances – you can write
Save Stretching Savoring Success
http://truthaboveallreligions.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/story-challenge-letter-s-save-success/
Save Stretching Savoring Success – but oh, the poor penguin!
Excellent photo to illustrate “solitude”. I want to be there, the landscape looks amazing, a perfect place to admire in solitude.
hi Marianne,
I’m interested to hear from your BA thesis in Ethnology! Philosophy – religion – rituals – a wide field for social sciences, psychology and theology …
Hi Frizz. This week “S” is for “Stylish”.
http://buntscheck.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/stylish/
Yowza! What a day – please have a look at
http://acrossthebored.com/2012/11/06/story-challenge-letter-s/
hi there,
standing at the edge of the world,
thanks for your
“Stones, Seaweed, Sand, Sea and Sky!”
Hi everybody! Here’s my take on this week’s S Challenge: http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/a-z-challenge-the-letter-s-santas-son/
Santa Claus already there in November, couldn’t wait till December?
Hi Frizz … I’m making like the retail advertisers here in the United States who blow right by Thanksgiving and get into their Christmas sales shills right after Halloween.
Hi Frizz,
This image is unbelievable! Perfect for ‘S’! I have a link to a post from the archives titled, The ‘S’ Word, which seemed appropriate!
http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/67/
O.K. no S or F or H 4 letter words …
was taking some shots of this yesterday and just happened to fit the letter
http://eljaygee.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/story-challenge-letter-s/
hi Laura,
thanks for your “Soft-pointed stem segments, the Schlumbergera truncata”
Lovely words, “..wishful thinking in overcrowded cities” is so true. Awesome image to go with the theme. Here’s my entry for ‘S’,
Succulents survive.. http://deetoursbydeepali.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/succulents-survive/
surprised by your wine cork planters!
he he caught my eye too. one good idea
Love your photo for this challenge. Here is mine.
http://wp.me/p23TG1-1Cp
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
hi Francine,
your street musicians are wonderful in the large sized version!
oooh, solitude is one of my favourites …here is my S story http://imagesoftheheart.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/story-challenge-s-is-for-stone-circle/
thank you for introducing your photo of an interesting Stone Circle!
“…One of its most striking features is its vantage point overlooking the valley. It is known locally as the “Judge and Jury” as it consists of thirteen stones with a central bolder burial. It is the centrepiece of a complex astronomical calendar, which includes both solar and lunar cycles…”
Aah, would be great to live in a place like that….for a while
I would miss the hustle and bustle and energy of the city!
Here’s my entry Frizz: http://theurgetowander.com/2012/11/08/the-bohemian-barrio-of-san-telmo/
my daughter, an architect, lived some weeks in Buenos Aires and was very excited by the energy of the city (and by the creative lifestyle of the friends who had invited her) – but after a while she left Buenos Aires and wandered to the south till she reached Ushuaia in the very South: to watch some penguins, dolphins and waterfalls …
I invite you on a trip to St. Petersburg, Russia for my letter S entry. http://imissmetoo.me/2012/11/08/story-challenge-letter-s-st-petersburg-a-photographic-tour/
I noticed with respect “The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood” – but I enjoyed the cat dragging the toilet paper out of the toilet and wrapping herself up in it …
That is surreal! A perfect getaway (for a short while!).
here’s my entry: http://perceptionsofareluctanthomemaker.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/the-one-who-attained-salvation/
I’m a little bit amused by the surreal & colossal 57 foot statue!
compare SCULPTURE details:
Here´s my entree about “Sacred Instruction” http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/sacred-instruction/
hi Marianne,
I’m interested to hear from your BA thesis in Ethnology! Philosophy – religion – rituals – a wide field for social sciences, psychology and theology …
http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/skirt-a-letter-s-word/
about SKIRTS…
compare about 100 years of changing fashion:
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/100-years-fashion/
with a nice video!
Beautiful photo! Quite isolated and peaceful. Hopefully there aren’t many large storms there.
Here is my entry:
http://creativityaroused.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/s-challenge-survival/
congrats, Fergie, for your falcon portrait – and for your precise elaborated describing of the SURVIVAL strategies of the little bird crowd!
How beautiful…. such a lonely house!
http://dsm78.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/story-challenge-letter-s/
thank you for: “… I just happened to look up…”
Beautiful scenery and house! Would love to have a place like that to just get away
A few hours after the “deadline”, but I figure I’ll still share with you my “Salty” photo essay… Thanks for the inspiration Frizztext:
http://lorenesudamerica.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/s-challenge-salineras-de-maras/
SALT:
my favorite photo in your report:
“…on the way to Tarabamba”
Hi Frizz, Sorry about being later. Here is my entry: http://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/the-season-of-giants/
Hope it’s appropriate for the challenge.
my letter “S” is honored by your contribution
“The School of Athens frescoes in the Vatican”
= the master piece of Raphael!