3lements
Visual Haiku. Stories in 3's.
Hidden 1/3
"Secretly, between the shadow and the soul" Pablo Neruda
Hidden 2/3
Two way thoughts
Hidden 3/3
If words had voice & sight
Leaving 1/2
Night Walker : "A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight" Oscar Wilde
Leaving 2/3
Time walker : "Do not look back & grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it is yet to come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering." Ida Scott Taylor
Leaving 3/3
Future walker : "Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings's end." Seneca
Talk perspectives 1/3
"I dont mind you thinking I'm stupid but don't talk to me like I'm stupid". Harlan Ellison
Talk perspectives 2/3
"The time has come," The walrus said, "to talk of many things : of shoes & ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages & kings". Lewis Carroll
Talk perspectives 3/3
Insubstantiality. "When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place not only when the mind listens completely. - the mind being, your heart, your nerves, your ears". Jiddu Krishnamurti
Discover 1/3
"We discover in others what others hide from us and we recognise in others what we hide from ourselves". Marquis de Vauvenargues
Discover 2/3
"Discovery consists of looking at the same as everyone else & thinking something different: Albert Szent-Gyorgy
Discover 3/3
"All truths are easy to understand once they have been discovered; the point is to discover them." Galileo Galilei
Peacock musings 1/3
Percy Holland is the peacock of Holland Park, London.
Peacock musings 2/3
Percy Holland has his own twitter page.
Peacock musings 3/3
Percy even hit the national press, Daily Telegraph, for pecking at his own reflection so much on cars causing thousands of pounds damage.
Tired 1/3
"I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely" Arthur Conan Doyle
Tired 2/3
"I was tired of losing...life was passing me by". Serena Williams
Tired 3/3
"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing & dancing sooner than war" Homer
Sitting 1/3
Busy Sitter : "Judge people from where they stand, not from where we sit" Randall Nagy
Sitting 2/3
Leaner sitter : "We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and first fish for fallen light with patience". Pablo Neruda
Sitting 3/3
Afraid sitter : "People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight & see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk" Ayn Rand
Anger 1/3
Frustration
Anger 2/3
Repressed
Anger 3/3
Remorse
Windows 1/3
"People are like windows. They sparkle & shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within" Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Windows 2/3
"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any of them" Matatma Gandhi
Windows 3/3
"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today" Dale Carnegie
Phoenix 1/3
Skydiving : Leonardo di Vinci designed the first triangular parachute in 1514 with the first principle of drag, to save people jumping from burning buildings. First record of a life saved, 1808, when a Polish hot air balloonist, Jordan Puparento, jumped to safety in Warsaw when his ballon caught fire.
"Those who dont jump will never fly" Leena Ahmad Almashat
Phoenix 2/3
Skydiving : During both world wars paratroopers, training & equipment evolved. In 1950's Raymond Young referred to parachuting as skydiving & it took off. Associations, schools & championships were formed as we know them today.
"Sometimes you have to go really high to know how small you are". Felix Baumgartner
Phoenix 3/3
Skydiving : In 2012 Austrian Felix Baumgartner,43yrs from a helium ballon from the stratosphere. 39k fall; top speed 1,357km or mach 1.25; broke the sound barrier.
"Only skydivers know why birds sing" Anon.
Series dedicated to the late Patrick Sandeman who knew why birds sing..
