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When Joy is Captured

September 29, 2011
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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When Joy is captured...

It never stays captured for long.
But it's beautiful to see it flying away.

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leafy said...
on Feb. 16 2013 at 10:13 pm
leafy, City, Other
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My initial thoughts didn't even think about Narnia (shockingly enough), but when I saw your comment, Stargirl, I can definitely see that now. I actually like how the top of the photo looks almost like daytime, while the bottom half looks much darker, almost like dusk
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 21 2012 at 1:09 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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You're back!!! :) How come you're not using your account? Oh that it could fly away and refuse to stay. For what use is joy when it is not free? It would fly away from me and I'd watch it go, as it flew away I would follow it wherever it went. Peace and love to you
The Silent Raven said...
on Jan. 21 2012 at 12:58 pm
I hope some kind of joy is fluttering between your two palms, my dear friend, perhaps even the kind which has no inclination to fly away. Peace and love to you. :)
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 3 2011 at 1:51 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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Caught just as the sun starts to set, you almost don't want to blink for fear that it will fade before you open your eyes to see again.  Beautiful :D
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 18 2011 at 5:00 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Fleeting. An excellent word for this, if I may say so modestly (it was what I was trying to accomplish in the beginning). I rather think that fairies are embodiments of joy, much as birds are the embodiment of hope. But Joy could just as easily be a society of fairies who serve the human heart!

What is Oregon like? I've already been to Narnia, so I know what you mean by that. ;) Thinking about it, now, I'd say that I didn't capture joy; joy captured me, and then (through the photograph) maybe the viewer.

Lovely pictures, aren't they? Such pretty colors against the gentle blue sky.

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 17 2011 at 5:10 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I rather think it is fitting that this photograph resides along hot air balloons of many colors, sizes, and heights. 
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 17 2011 at 5:08 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Wistful and fleeting; that is the shade of pink that describes the world of the fairies, which I rather think you witnessed in this photo. Are fairies joy, or is joy fairies?

It reminds me of Oregon, strangely enough. Narnia, too... I think you truly captured joy, to be interpreted through the viewer's own memories and perceptions, and then released to float aimlessly along once more.