Many layers of Metaphors

 All different places…all different times

There are soooo many messages that come flooding toward me from the images when I do a photo collage.  The where I was, the experience of experiencing them, the push that had me out and about at that moment and I could add a big etc. here. BUT sometimes creating a collage…just makes my eyes happy.  MMM (Marcia M’s Metaphors) the trickle down effect of filling me with joy when I make my eyes happy.

Recipe for Gold Medal Monsters

Jocotepec  Mexico 

I have never been much of a cook but,  I have one dish in which I excel.  There are few ingredients and when done correctly it can fill me for days to come.  The prep time is but minutes.   I take a pinch of worry, add dark and a sleepless night .  Be aware this dish begins to rise immediately when the ingredients are combined.  I have seen it get so large it escapes my brain and slithers ‘round the room.  Once it has grown to that size, I have it to chew on for days to come.  My secret to this dish is that I MUST add the pinch of worry…without that the dish falls flat and I just drift asleep missing another award.

Playing or Producing

 Apine, Alabama. Jan. 22

I love editing photos.  It is, of course, a given I first love taking them.  But with editing I can take the picture/memory out, turn it in my hands and refine the moment in my mind.  The most joy comes when I am just PLAYING with the image.  When I am EDITING and struggling to produce something that’s HEAVY, often frustrating and honestly the only reward seems to come if someone “approves” of it.  But when I am playing with a photo the reward is the yummy feeling inside as the image unfolds. This photo is my current metaphor/reminder…go play.

Lures all around

 Birmingham, Al

Hanging pitcher plants are some of natures best tricksters.  Decked out in wild designs they beckon insects.  Once under their spell those insects don’t have a chance….they’re trapped. I marvel at all the lures dangling in my world.

An invitation

 Birmingham Al…Christmas morning

It is Christmas morning and how lucky I am to be where I can feel this as a “Hello world you wanna play?” kind of morning!

Family Vacation

 New Orleans, LA

Seeing the statue I imagined some vacationer posing in front of it for a picture.  Then the scene shifted and I imagined the pigeons were posing for their own vacation shot. 

 This picture has two reminders for me.  First, keep a tight hold on my imagination…or not.  Second, that humans are not the only beings in the world with agendas and lives to lead…how do I know those pigeons aren’t posing for pictures.

Message Received

Birmingham Alabama 

Haiku by a reluctant grocery shopper

Wishing not to shop 

The universe left a sign

Made it all worthwhile