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The Angel of Orange-Powdery Goodness
July 31, 2006
Orange ~ Canon 30d
I met god today. She was sipping nectar from the lovliest and sweetest of marigold flowers. Her mottled daquiri-jeweled eyes unblinking as she stared through the camera and into my soul. She's a wisp of a thing ~ a strangely beautiful creature. We spoke for a moment or two and I asked if I could, for just a few moments, hold her.
"Hold me?" she inquired spinning her proboscis. "Why, of all the choices you have in the universe, you would choose to contain the uncontainable?" her eyes dissolving into the most magnificent of gooseberry greens tinged with flecks of radishy reds. A breeze shivered across the scales of her wings, blowing orange-colored pixie dust onto the lens.
"If you hold me, what will be next?" she coyly stared, "A jar? A chemical cotton ball? A pin? A prize? A trophy of God on your wall?"
"I just..."
"You just wanted to save me? From whom?"
"Well, not from whom... I wanted to save you for myself!"
"Silly girl," said the angel of orange-powdery goodness, "look inside your fear, take your wonder and the firey flame in your loins. Wield your creativity and SAVE YOURSELF."
"Save myself?" but.. you're god!"
"Am I? She laughed, "I am in you ~ your are in me. You are the spark!"
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{ I'm runnning into a categorization problem. Everything I do seems to fall under "SPIRIT" and "Visuals"... what's a girl to do? Abandon the "visual" cateogory for more descriptive terms? }
Posted by susan at July 31, 2006 12:00 AM
Comments
Maybe your answer to god should have been just to be with you.
Abandon the "visual" cateogory for more descriptive terms?
Yes, but maybe they should be more colorful than plain utilitarian descriptions.
Posted by: Mark W. at July 31, 2006 1:04 AM
yes, perhaps, but then the story would have stopped there and she wouldn't have had much more to say, except okay, I'm always here, you don't have to worry 'bout that. I was going for an Alice in Wonderland sort of engagement. God is the caterpillar questioning me, not the other way around.
Blog-writing for the most part takes place without much editing and afterthought. When I write an entry like this, I don't think. I just write and then risk hitting the post button.
I thoroughly enjoyed thinking about the question you posed. Fun.
:)
I'm wondering what some of you think would have been a good question to ask god? Share an idea ~ what would you have asked the Angel of Orange-Powdery Goodness? What questions would she toss back at you?
Posted by: susan at July 31, 2006 7:24 AM
Susan, You are always outdoing yourself!! The words and photo are beautiful.
I would ask, how can we bring peace to the world.
Posted by: jzr at July 31, 2006 11:16 AM
i have no words!!! what a way to start my week! you are a true blessing.
Posted by: la vie en rose at July 31, 2006 4:40 PM
"goosebery green eyes, and flecks of radishly red " I love it. I wonder who the creature was for she is indeed lovely.......insect of orange on an orange marigold. Marvelous.
I would ask God for more patience and grace for me and all of his two legged creatures.
Posted by: janet at July 31, 2006 5:32 PM
really, really beyond incredible - this is just breath-taking (and i am not a big lover of bugs, ma'am...well, maybe now i am a wee bit...)
Posted by: ~m2~ at July 31, 2006 7:38 PM
you, just plain rock. and are in my group of "gosh i wish i could take photos and write just like her...."
jen gray
Posted by: jen at July 31, 2006 8:40 PM
I just want to point something out. The photograph above would have been impossible without the cooperation of the butterfly. Some photographs want to be taken, and in many ways, I believe this series falls into that category. Sometimes being an artist just requires showing up... the rest magically takes care of itself. I have no other way of explaining it.
~ Susan
Posted by: susan at August 1, 2006 12:32 AM
...and utterly delightful pair of compositions.
Thank you!
Posted by: dan at August 1, 2006 4:46 PM
This is the most incredible photo, and I love the narrative you paired with it.
Posted by: Lynn at August 2, 2006 12:15 AM
I had an audible gasp when I scrolled down to this. that is something else!
Posted by: Kim Carney at August 10, 2006 1:44 AM
Absolutely breathtaking. So glad someone else's link brought me to yours. I'll be back.
Posted by: Linda at August 10, 2006 8:47 AM
