Tuesday Photo Challenge – Peace Non-Violence is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python.357 Magnum revolver with a knotted barrel and the muzzle pointing upwards. Carl R. made this sculpture after singer, songwriter and peace activist John Lennon was murdered. There are currently 16 copies of the sculpture around […]Read Post ›
Tina’s challenge for the week sounds like this: ”Double trouble, double-time, two’s company, take two …. the world is filled with references to twosomes. This week, let’s double our pleasure and focus on things that come in twos.” In fact…my first thought was of shoes – they always come it twos! These art clogs stand […]Read Post ›
This Autumn my daily forest walk ended. Not the walk itself, but everything around me – was not anymore. So, while drying my tears, I decided to find some of all the lovely images from here over the years – and photograph from the same spots today. Not easily done, but I finally gave it […]Read Post ›
“We are dealing with something that has never occurred on this planet” My husband and son just returned from Chernobyl last week – very taken with the 2 day tour and all the haunting sights. We all watched this series together this week. If you have not seen it yet – please do. Among my […]Read Post ›
Dear Frank, so glad you came back despite the delay! – Here comes a ship instead of a plane. I doubt it could have brought you home though… Iceland, Reykjavik – The Sun Voyager. The artist is Jón Gunnar Árnason, Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the Sun. A dream […]Read Post ›
New Zealand is not a small country, but a large village – Peter Jackson There is real purity in New Zealand…It’s actually not an easy thing to find in our world anymore – Elijah Wood Today is a very special day for us here at Lens-Artists – the one year anniversary of our Challenge. While […]Read Post ›
The most beautiful time in my country, Sweden, is now – around Midsummer. The flowers and colours are abundant and it is a busy time for everything growing and for the animals raising their young. Tomorrow is Midsummer’s Eve – in olden days a magical night. But also the night after which the bright light […]Read Post ›
“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” – Henry David Thoreau Tina encourages us this week to go Wild! And, this time of the year I spend as much time as possible outdoors, in the wild, so my decision was easy – to go for my own neighborhood and use the most common meanings […]Read Post ›
For this week’s challenge, Patti has chosen History. At first I wanted to write about Riga, the capital of Latvia, whose history begins as early as the 2nd century. But inspired by a visit there, I have chosen a piece of puppetry history instead – an art form very much alive in Latvia. According to […]Read Post ›
