Friday, June 11, 2010

A Picture to Explain Thousands of Words

Simon T. asked for a picture that represented our reading (or at least part of it) without being a picture of books and the more I thought about it, the more something like this seemed appropriate --

photo by Art Wolfe via Getty Images

There is a large portion of my reading that tends to be full of darkness and complication but there is also always a smattering of light and a glimmer of hope.

Here is Simon's post of other participants' pictures.  I am looking at the other entries now that I've chosen my own photo.  I didn't want to be influenced!  What would your picture be?

Relishing the sunlight,
K

10 comments:

  1. I can't see the picture in that square, Kristen! (maybe it's my computer settings?)

    I like the idea of trying to sum up all of that reading experience in just one image, though.

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  2. I love your choice and explanation. I'm going to have to remember to go visit some of the other entries ... I love this idea.

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  3. I'm loving seeing everyone's pictures! It's interesting to see the many different terms in which people think of their reading.

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  4. "full of darkness and complication but there is also always a smattering of light and a glimmer of hope." - sound like my type of books! I like your choice.

    Seems like we have similar taste in reading. While my picture isn't exactly the same as yours, but I think they represent very similar things!

    http://mentalfoodie.blogspot.com/2010/06/your-reading-taste.html

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  5. Tracy - It's a link to a photo so maybe it was down when you tried? It was really challenging to think of a visual idea!

    Thanks, Simon! This was a fun idea!

    Jenners - I know. It was cool to link the visual with the written word in an abstract way.

    Jenny - I love the number of manor houses. ;)

    Christa - I'm going to check yours out now!

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  6. kristen - all I still get is 'the website declined to show the webpage'! Must be me.

    Any picture to represent my taste in books would have to be an abstract entitled 2 Eclectic.

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  7. Hi there - I was trying to collate all the images into a single post, but now I can't see it either on this page or when I click on the little white box where the image used to be... is it me or is it you?!

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  8. Tracy - Try just going to this link ...
    http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/70009436.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=5047FA587DE1CADE675CBEBA15DE96F1E7290756E8337D943ADE58FEDA3301EC

    Simon - The link changed. I've just updated it!

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  9. Thanks Kristen! Yes, I can see it now! Definitely illuminating :)

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