Every Tuesday, step by step, I’m walking with my readers from A to Z, last week we had L (visit tagged L), so this week we have M – I’m sure you’ll find a story or a short reflection tagged with “M”! Feel free to add in the comments the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “M”!!! Myself I’ll feature M for metaphor:
METAPHOR
It’s not easy to visualize for a website special terms like courage, curiosity, optimism, New Year, forward etc. – very often I use metaphorical pictures featuring a cat (a “cat state of mind”) …
photo uploaded by frizztext [shot by Pia], click on the picture, to enter the frizztext galleries on flickr – cat, walking with ignorance, like saying: “I demolish my bridges behind me. Then there is no choice but forward.” (Fridtjorf Nansen)
related:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/tagged-l/
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https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/weekly-photo-challenge-forward/
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“how decisions are made”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peajayhow/8587962971/in/explore-2013-03-25
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Hi Frizz! I like the concept of metaphor and the stark contrast of the black cat against the white – powerful!
Here’s my contribution this week: M is for Museum (from the Natural History Museum in Helsinki Finland)
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/photo-journal-a-z-photo-challenge-m-is-for-museum/
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“…museums are gratifying
the vulgar curiosity
that serves to distinguish
man from the lower animals…”
— Ambrose Bierce
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gorgeous shot! the black against white is beautiful and the footprints, how lovely ^^
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my M entry from the Philippines, Mamag, a mini mammal ^^ http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/tagged-m-mamag-a-mini-mammal/
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what a cute fellow,
I wonder how my cat
would react, meeting him …
compare:
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sent today to my group BLOG IT at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/blog-it
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title=”Funny lemur” – photo by Tambako the Jaguar, on Flickr
P.S.:
our cat is ring-tailed too –
maybe her ancestors met a LEMUR?
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haha the fella looks fierce!
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Always enjoy your cat photos and thoughts.
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M is for marvelous
This is a marvelous post.
LOL! 🙂
Love the kitty.
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Hi Frizz, for me, black and white go hand in hand, metaphorically, being in the absence of all color…like the footprints of one. Like the cat walking in the snow. Strong photo. I waited for this letter, “M,” it is special. My “M” is for my last name Mellone (means the melon fruit), which has enriched my life since I took it as my name when I married my husband Jim.
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Another good one, Frizz. Here is mine, Madama Butterfly http://wp.me/p23TG1-2pj
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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“Madam Butterfly is one of the world’s most popular operas,
yet one of the most misunderstood…”
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but your explanation is very good,
so I understood!
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Yes there really is a ‘cat state of mind’!
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that’s what I say!
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i just cant imagine a cat walking in the snow … so glad you showed me frizz!
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much too much messages every minute –
I just considered to cancel my twitter account …
– already quit: facebook, youtube, amazon
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The cat is lovely. by M.
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still amused, that your real name, as you told me, is “M………”
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Love the cat metaphors Frizz.:-) This one is particularly brilliant!
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M = MADHU
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M is up! http://thozewerethedaze.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/flickr-comments-tagged-m/
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hi Nana,
I like all those MARSH pavilions there!
greetings!
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Thanks so much for following me back! I’m looking forward to taking part in your photo pool.
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thought it was a metaphor for having cold feet! Love the monochrome contrasts and here is my M
http://eljaygee.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/tagged-m-for-moss/
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” ‘I’ve seen the future baby, it is murder’. So sings Leonard Cohen and you don’t have to be a pessimist to acknowledge that what lies ahead is not all bright …” – frizz-reply: hi Laura, you’ve made an interesting bridge from “future tense” to tagged M – I hope, no murder is waiting for you or something else, anything bad – as described in “bad MOON rising”:
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nice one. But I’m not sure I understand cats much..:)
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for sure they often do not understand themselves –
maybe a reason why they are permanently curios …
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Yes. That’s true. Maybe that’s why I enjoy watching them.
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Your photo is absolutely perfect 😀
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my daughter Pia shot the cat “Pauli” strolling around her house …
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Congratulations to your daughter!
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Here is my entry for this week:
http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/tagged-m-mean-sea-level/
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messages from 1932 …
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I think a verbal discussion of metaphors is nearly impossible. By definition. The elegance of your photos proves my point. Hats off, though, for taking on the subject of metaphors head-on, Frizz.
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hi Steve,
http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/angels-lifechangers-and-laughter/#comment-2035
“livechanger” that’s a good term! thanks for expanding thoughts on this topic…
you helped me to remember some of my lifechangers (Joe Winter, NYC) – and – listening to your blues harp: I know, you’re becoming one more lifechanger for me – supporting my passion to play old fingerstyle blues guitar …
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I read a bit about Joe Winter. Definitely an inspiration. will read more. I’ve started a second lifechanger blog – about artists who changed my life, or shone a light. I figured I’d try to record an Ellington song at the end, but still can’t play it right.
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1, 2, 3:
teachers, friends, family members,
4
book-authors I’ve never met but read,
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musicians I’ve never met but heard,
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movie actors I’ve never met but seen…
P.S.:
4: Theodor W. Adorno
5: Doc Watson
6: Kirk Douglas
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Lots of inspiration. When I started the blog I mostly posted odes and tributes. No one looked at them, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed thanking these people. The Marx Bros.! are at the top of the list.
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Hi Frizz, your photo is lovely with the black cat against the snow. Here is my offering for the letter M http://angelinem.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/the-letter-m-madonna/
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hi Angeline,
Madonna del Garage;
her shrine is in your garage,
nestled right up against the water heater:
a wonderful tribute to your mother, R.I.P.!
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The mystery of a cats thoughts. They say so much with just one look or no look at all.
Great photo.
Isadora
here is a love stpry for the challenge Letter M – Songful Memory
http://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/songful-memory/
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when I was a child, I saw a cuckoo clock in the house of a very rich man. Never forgot this clock. On my 65th birthday my friends gave a cuckoo clock as a gift for me …
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Here’s my entry. It’s still Tuesday where I live!
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I’ve been impressed by the shoes, left outside …
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magical metaphor!
hi Frizz, here’s mine: http://alwaysbobswife.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/tagged-m-manila-memorial/
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“He did not promulgate a bloody revolution, but used his intellect and writing skills to feed the passion of other freedom fighters to stand for what they believed in to be…” – a good reason to build a memorial for him!
greetings by
my hero:SPINOZA
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Morning once again! Here is your M for the day – please have a look at
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“Mabel was a Moonstruck Maid
a Mediocre Mime
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She drank too much Madeira
and Mamboed all the time…”
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your humor made my morning!
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Glad to hear it!
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FC: a wonderful image, and i’ve reposted…thx for sharing. RT
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thank you for re-blogging!
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nice garden flowers – you can call it marden mlowers of course 🙂
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Hi Frizz, M is for “Mine (yours and ours).” http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/weekly-photo-challenge-mine-yours-and-ours/
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mine and your children treated as OUR kids – no matter of skin, race “or the size of their bank account” – yes, nice idea, I fought for too – but it’s a shame, in Germany parents try to separate their children from the poor multi-cultural society – using private Catholic schools avoiding public schools with poor or foreign kids …
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Mine is ready: http://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/share-her-fortune/
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hi Amy,
“Marion McNay house, now the McNay Art Museum,
is an elegant Spanish style mansion”:
thank you for your report!
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better late than never, and here it’s almost one in the morning! goodness, and i forgot the word, ‘manana!’ i think i’ll go slip it somewhere in the post|! z
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your Mola textiles
are wonderful,
our cat is jealous!
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a bit late on this one but here’s my entry.. http://starlight427.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/tagged-m-melons/
the photo of the cat walking on snow is beautiful and a wonderful sight during our summer days.
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refreshing MELON shake or drinks!
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Good metaphor – forging ahead, creating new paths, and not looking back.
Here is my posting for this challenge:
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“dramatic performance
like a choreographed dance…”
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I will add Murphy post to your tagged M. We are so sad to lose such a wonderful member of the family
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dear Ruth, you’ve composed a wonderful tribute to your MURPHY, the photo gallery as well as your words: “…He was patient, loving, loyal, humorous and adored by everyone. What a personality!”
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