WQ #17: April 26: ABSTRACT/WRITER’S CHOICE/DOUBLE DIP CHALLENGES
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.”
― Pablo Picasso
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to #WQ. Here’s your chance to showcase your abstract photos, poems, thoughts, and stories. However, if you don’t want to be abstract, you can create a post about whatever your heart desires. All you need is one awesome quote.
Still Life at the Wynn Hotel
“Form itself, even if completely abstract … has its own inner sound.”
― Wassily Kandinsky
This week Vince and I were guests of our CA neighbor, Carolyn, at the Tahiti Village in Las Vegas. We spent part of Day 1 getting Vince registered at the Wynn Hotel for a poker tournament.
I love to take pictures of window arrangements because they are so artistic and in this case abstract. Patti Moed chose Still Life as her topic for the Lens-Artist Challenge, and these pictures fit without me having to try to be creative. How perfect is that?
I like this still life best but I don’t understand it. I like that a quilt is coming out of a trumpet, combining several senses. A whoopee cushion might be playing the trumpet, and that’s random. Maybe you have some thoughts on this one.
This is Vince’s favorite of the four still life pictures. The reality of this display was modeled on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The miniature of the Tower is the background feature, but the feet of the tower have been enlarged to display sparkly shoes. Adding to the abstract design is the outside reflection of me and the people and shops behind me, and the mirrored image of the display on the right. I love how the purse seems to hang on the chandelier.
“Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it.”
― Talismanist Giebra
There’s some abstract earth here for Terri’s Sunday Stills.
Bellagio More Public Art
“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.”
-Albert Einstein
Vince and I love to visit the Bellagio Gardens found just as you enter the hotel. Talented artists change the displays each season. Most of these public art items are not abstract, but they are “still,” except for the carousel horses. They cooperated the best they could.
I loved the two ladies. Both women drove electric scooters and had the brightest hair. As soon as they were still and they came together, I snapped their picture. It’s my only created still life and it’s pretty abstract, don’t you think?!
Speaking of still, do you like the rose? No need to ask if it’s real. I wonder what nibbled on its petals. I hate to think. Ants do that naughty sort of business.
Bellagio Inspired Tanka Tuesday
“Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity… But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than widen our view.”
– Daniel H. Pink
Abstract random thoughts Greater creativity Hmm, let me ponder Meditate - Wide scattered thoughts Delicious flowers - hungry ©Marsha Ingrao 2023
Tanka are written in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure, or s-l-s-l-l. Tanka consists of 5 lines written in the first-person point of view from the perspective of the poet. The third line is considered your “pivot,” but let it happen anywhere, or exclude it. It is not mandatory. If you use a pivot, the meaning should apply to the first two lines, as well as the last two lines of your tanka. Tanka is untitled and does not rhyme.
A Wynn Wynn – Public Art with Wheels
It was random that we came across this display on our way to get Vince’s tickets to the tournament. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week highlights wheels. These were the most elegant wheels in a most elegant place – miniature beauties.
Last Week’s Featured Bloggers on Gardens
- FOLLOWING MY MUSE – WHAT IS A WEED?
- FRESH CUP OF COFFEE – EVEN WHEN YOUR GARDEN DOES NOT GROW – GARDENS REFLECT BEAUTY!
- KEEP IT ALIVE – GARDENS “NURTURE THE NURTURER”
- LADY LEE – LOTS OF FLOWERS
- LOVING LIFE – THINK ABOUT THE MOSQUITO!
- PICTURES IMPERFECT – TULIPS AND FAIRIES
- SECOND WIND LEISURE – RIPARIAN HIKE
- SECOND WIND LEISURE – POPPIES, DAISIES, AND HOODOOS
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- FRESH CUP OF COFFEE – ABSTRACT MUSEUM ART
- KEEP IT ALIVE – VIEW YOUR FIRST POOP EMOJI HERE
- LADY LEE – ENGAGING WITH ROBERT FROST AND TWO SUITORS
- LOVING LIFE – TREATISE ON ABSTRACT
- PICTURES IMPERFECT – BEWILDERING!
- SECOND WIND LEISURE – 3400-MILE ROAD TRIP
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WQ #17 Inspired by
- Lens Artist Photo Challenge #246 – Still Life
- FOTD
- Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – wheels
- Cell Pic Sunday – The Mighty Mac
- Sunday Stills – Adorable Earth
- Tanka Tuesday – Write a tanka
- Natalie’s Weekend Coffee Share & PPAC – coming Friday
Upcoming and Ongoing on Always Write
Lots of love to all of you and best wishes for a wonderful week.
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- WQ #18: May 3: GROWING
- WQ #19: May 10: MOTHER’S DAY/ROYAL PURPLE
- WQ #20: May 17: HERITAGE/INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
- WQ #21: May 24: HONORABLE
- WQ #22: May 31: MIDPOINT/WRITER’S CHOICE/DOUBLE DIP CHALLENGES
- #DICKENSCHALLENGE started February 7th. Join Yvette Prior, Trent McDonald, and me in reading ONE – not THREE Dickens’ novellas by June 9th. Donna from Retirement Reflections posted an excellent review on her challenge, What’s On Your Bookshelf this month.
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