The Cool House: Imagery

Friday, September 26, 2008

Imagery


As the financial meltdown continues, with news that Playboy is now a junk stock with no future, I stepped out to the beach to take some shots. It's pretty stormy out there, too. These are the words that kept leaping to mind: Bail, bailout, maelstrom, sinking, ship.....


Then, to the side of the road I spotted one perfect, beautiful flower on a scrap of wasteground, thriving in spite of the wind, the peeing dogs and the occasional truck. There's always hope....

2 comments:

Jen said...

Flowers make me feel better....

Charlie said...

You are so right on! It is all very sad but nothing lasts forever. I remember similiar happennings (granted not as bad) in the 80's.