Six valuable tips to live on the diagonal.

Lens Artist Patti Moed invites you to join Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #228 to explore diagonals as a way to add visual interest and depth to your photos, as well as a sense of action. Be sure to include a link to her post and the Lens-Artists tag so they can easily find your post in the Reader. If you’re new to the challenge and want to join them, click on this link.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

— William Rounseville Alger
Tip #1 As much as you want to play, put your saw cow to work eating the grass and weeds in your yard.

Bishops move diagonally. That’s why they often turn up where the kings don’t expect them to be.

— Terry Pratchett
Tip #2 Choose your path and stick to it!

“Think, for a moment, of the countless happy childhood hours you spent with this amazing device: Drawing perfect horizontals, drawing perfect verticals, drawing really spastic diagonals, trying to scrape away the silver powder from the window so you could look inside.

— Dave Barry
Tip #3 Remember all the lessons you learned from your toys when you design bridges.

“It’s harder still to say it through a meshed wire. It crisscrossed his face into little diagonals, gave me only little broken-up molecules of it at a time. It stenciled a cold, rigid frame around every kiss.”

— Cornell Woolrich
Tip #4 Don’t say goodbye when your loved one is on the wrong side of the fence.

I am still on my zigzag way, pursuing the diagonal between reason and heart.

– Author: Ruskin Bond
Tip #5 Don’t beat your own drum no matter how reasonable it seems.

“All art is relationships, all art. Design is relationships. Design in a relationship between form and content … Your glasses are round. Your collar is diagonal. These are relationships. Your mouth is an oval. Your nose is a triangle – this is what design is.”

– Author: Paul Rand
Tip #6 To avoid things going diagonally, check for termites before climbing a wooden structure on a steep incline.

Now, don’t you feel smarter and better equipped to face what life throws at you? Join me tomorrow for a new WQW, Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays about winter. Don’t forget to submit your design for next year’s WQ Wednesday Quotes widget.

31 responses to “Are Things Going Sideways for You?”

  1. I enjoyed your post, Marsha. Great quotes, great thoughts, and fun photos. I’m glad you joined us!

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    1. Thanks, Patti. I love to join when I can.

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  2. Nice collection of photos and quotes! I’m curious as to where that bridge is located… it’s beautiful!

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  3. Fun post, Marsha and a good reminder that life will throw everything at us. When it goes sideways, we photograph it, LOL! Great shots–great composition in these! The drum set is really compelling 😉

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    1. Hahaha Why is it so compelling? I think the cow horse is compelling. LOL

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      1. The contrast of blue drum and brown diagonals makes it compelling to me 😉

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        1. Okay, well that’s simple enough. Contrast makes compelling pictures. 🙂 I’m going to wear out this word by next year and have to pick a new one!

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  4. Great diagonals, great quotes Marsha.

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    1. Thanks so much, John.

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  5. A great and unique gathering of photos Marsha. I loved the wooden cow, the drum, and the tips that came with them.

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    1. Thanks, Donna! 🙂

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  6. The drum and manmade cow are my favorites for this week 😀 😀

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    1. Thanks, Cee. They are both fun. 🙂

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  7. These are all wonderful. The bass drum made me smile to think of a marching band going down the street. 🙂

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    1. Isn’t that a great drum? It was in the Museum of Musical Instruments in Scottsdale, AZ. What a fun place to visit.

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      1. I think I would have so much fun there. 😁

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        1. You would. We were there about three hours and that was not enough time, but everyone was pretty tired after that length of time. It’s a lot to take in.

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  8. Wow, you’ve certainly hunted up lots of diagonal quotes to accompany your shots this week! I love the one from Terry Pratchett 🙂 And your images match the theme so well!

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    1. Thanks, and I forgot all the pictures I took on purpose. LOL I was working a puzzle and you have no idea how many diagonal pieces there were.

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  9. A great gallery you got here, Marsha!

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  10. Superb response, Marsha! I love the quotes and the beating drum. The wire fence sent shivers.

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    1. And it wasn’t even cold that day. But to be honest, I thought of the Boy in Stiped Pajamas about the child at the fence during the Holocaust. Did you ever read that book. The little boy made a friend on the other side who brought him food.

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      1. I didn’t but I’ll look out for it 😪💗

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        1. It’s not new. I can’t remember who wrote the book.

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  11. I’ll check if the diagonal is safe from now on. Sometimes it’s the way to go 🙂

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    1. If you’re on a slide, it’s the only way down!

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  12. Thanks, Marsha – I do feel better equipped for the next diagonal line that is thrown my way! 😀

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    1. LOL I’m glad, Donna. It’s much better than having to grab a vertical rescue line!

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