For those of you using PICTURE TO PONDER photos as jumping off points for creative writing, the different views of the same image, I would think, could keep you busy for a while. Simply focus in on different segments of the photos. You might want to create a "viewfinder," a piece of paper or card with a small opening cut out in the center, to move around the image. Closing in on one of the photos this way, how many different "subjects" do you see?

The three photos, as I'm sure you've observed, are all of the same headlamp of a Mini Cooper car. Believe it or not, cars have never been a "thing" with me. It's simply that something caught my attention in the ones I've featured these two issues. Perhaps it was the uniqueness, for me, both of Friday's Roadster and today's yellow Mini Cooper. The latter made me smile when I looked at it, so cheerful and zippy. The owner confirmed its "zippiness." Click on FULL VIEW if you wish to see the car itself.

Once seeing the whole thing, I naturally wanted to focus in on an interesting section or two of the car and went to the head and tail lights and their reflections. Sam, my husband, sees the top one as very patriotic because he's seeing the fence (center right) as an American flag.

Picture 2 is a close-up, where in the top half we see eyes, nose and mouth.

Picture 3 is the same photo rotated 180 degrees. Here I see almost the whole picture as a face, with two eyes, a nose and very full lips at the bottom. Alternatively the blue nose I also see as an ET type character.

That's it for my interpretations. Now it's up to you to play, if you so choose. How many different things can you find?

Questions you may reflect on this week - What kinds of things catch your attention in the first place, draw you to them? How many different ways can you see the same thing? If you focus in on smaller parts, what, if anything, changes?

And, I'm sure, there is quite a bit that can come out of "reflecting" on "reflections" - the reflections we make, the ones we receive and the impacts of these on ourselves and others.

READER COMMENTS ON THE LAST ISSUE - Issue 67
Mary Gray wrote, "Looking at the initial photo, I realized somehow that it was "auto parts." Once I scrolled down, I did see how it all fit together.

They have a feature in "Games" magazine that is similar. They have extreme close-ups of common objects. You're supposed to figure out what they are. It's quite difficult. (A good reminder that when we're up close to a problem, we can't even see all of the problem, let alone a solution. We need to step back a bit.), the latter being the flip side of what I wrote above.

and Bob Tatem, "I immediately recognized the photograph as peeking into to what I call the wheel well of a Model A Ford (rather than Shay), but you had me looking for other things – I didn’t find a bird’s nest, or anything like that even though that was what I thought I was supposed to find." Note: Many times I take a photo, and close in, simply because I'm looking at the lines, shapes, textures and/or colors

He continued,"But I did see (in the grayish area of the manifold) the eye, ear and snout of a dog’s face looking to the left. If the snout had been shorter I would have called it an elephant."

Those of you who might want to check out what Bob saw, click on ROADSTER CLOSE-UP.

TRUCK ART

On Friday, I spoke of a mother who was quite excited when she found exactly the truck art she was seeking for her son's room. I found myself responding to her enthusiasm and, this weekend, I revised my TRUCK ART page on naturesplayground.com to include blank note cards.

I've used the rear view of a cement truck card to "Pour out joyous wishes for a Happy Birthday." Check them out, TRUCK NOTE CARDS, to see what creative wishes you can come up with.

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Inspirationally,

Sheila
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