Photo Challenge: More LINES
“Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can – but draw lines where you must.” Fred Thompson
Photo Challenge: More LINES – BROOKLYN BRIDGE AT DUSK and More
For this week’s challenge on LINES, I’m sharing some construction shots including the ever popular Brooklyn Bridge at dusk. I’ve been thinking about the theme for this week and trying to find a philosophical arc I can hold unto to help me interpret the assignment. There are lines everywhere we look. From nature to man made structures, there are lines small and large … Lifeline comes to mind. The poem below fits the bill and I’ve tried to include photos that hold special memories for me. Let’s think about this one.
Dancing on the Lifeline by Cecil Miller
Dancing on the lifeline,
Flying through the dirt,
Mixing into puddles,
Resembling the sky…
Everything is nothing.
Nothing is everything.
The truth is but a lie
Not looked in the eye.
The spoiled goods we buy!
Dancing on the lifeline,
Spinning dervish, spin.
Aquire all the knowledge you seek,
Find it is within. More below
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“Evolution is a light illuminating all facts, a curve that all lines must follow.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Photo Challenge: More LINES – BROOKLYN BRIDGE AT DUSK and More
Photo Challenge: More LINES – BROOKLYN BRIDGE AT DUSK and More
The Brooklyn Bridge is beautiful to see during the day but, the night is magnificent. Lights glow and the bridge beckons, trying to get us to understand that it loves visitors crossing the bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Come back for the rest of the items shown in the collage.
Contd from above.
Poets are the prophets
To the souls of those that read.
The magick that is in the verses
Always plants a seed
To enlightenment, the need.
We are all
Dancing on the lineline,
Connected by the threads,
That comprise the ribbons
Of the thoughts within our heads.
Everything for which we thirst
Is already in our chalice.
We only need to drink of it,
But need to keep the balance…
Beware the one called valiant.
Never fear that victor,
Who has never seen a challenge,
Who has been given everything
On a silver platter.
Listen to the hope inside.
Follow it, as you lead.
As you cast your spells
And spin your webs, take heed.
Dancing on your lifeline,
Holding onto what is true.
Only when you care for others,
Will you know they care for you.
This post was inspired by a prompt from WP Daily Post: – LINES – This week, share a photo with a composition dominated by lines — hard or soft, straight or curvy, vertical or horizontal, or made in nature or as part of a cityscape. We look forward to seeing your interpretations!
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PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photos from my personal collection.
Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
Positive Kismet
Do you have a favorite night spot you love to visit and/or photograph? 🙂
I heard so much about Brooklyn Bridge but never really have memory how it looks like. I am glad you have included in the picture here. Those lines at night on Brooklyn Bridge are truly beautiful and it does stir up a lot of my imagination.
I absolutely love the movement in these photos! I think the Brooklyn Bridge is SO photogenic, don’t you?
I love your blog. Super motivating!! But I love going to see the Atlanta skyline at night. its so beautiful
This is a lovely photo challenge. I love taking pictures of the city lights back here in Jamaica.l
Here in Birmingham, AL we have the Color Tunnel. It is filled with thousands of LED lights -all different colors. It’s beautiful especially at night. It’s a great place to take photos.
Thanks for sharing some construction shots including Brooklyn Bridge at dusk. Nice collection of images.
Oh wow, I see so many beautiful pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge at day that I had never stopped to wonder how amazing it would look at night, now if I get to visit one day I want to see it at both times of day!
I love the poem you have referred above. Great perspective to relate the Lifeline to the photo challenge for Lines. I would love the photograph the Eiffel Tower at night, the last time I went there I did not had good equipment to capture the beauty of it.
Very good photos. When I think about the Brooklyn bridge I remember how it was when I was in the states. Good memories!
I never would have known how to interpret this week’s theme and I think you did a wonderful job. I definitely loved reading the poems that you shared as well. I have lots of favorite spots that we visit, I think it’s good to take more photos of those spots.
The mistiness and fog of the bridge is absolutely beautiful. You have some great shots here!
Hard to point one spot. But I do say that certain night views had mystical feel. I watched in astonishment at stars in sky as if embracing me at 17000 ft elevation while I climbed Everest Base Camp.
My boys would both probably DIG this! This is a great post to ponder. I love that quote. It shows how we are being formed in our daily living.
I love that quote about building bridges and drawing lines. Great reminder that we don’t need to keep toxic, negative people in our lives. 🙂
Love the words by Miller on this week’s photo challenge post. I can’t say that I had read them before.
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Love the main photo…lately I’ve been thinking that I need to leave the past behind me…it seems to be difficult for me to do that and I hadn’t even been realizing that I’m carrying with me…
This might be my favorite of your photo challenges yet! As an art enthusiast, I’ve long been fascinated with the use of lines in design and artwork. Architectural elements are my favorite to use as wall art and I love photos of bridges. Such a dreamy, gorgeous shot!
I would love to walk the brooklyn bridge one day. I have hear it is beautiful, and your pictures captures that.
What an interesting assignment, studying lines, and using photos of the Brooklyn Bridge to illustrate your theme.
Brooklyn Bridge is my all time favorite to see Manhattan skyline. And that night shot of Brooklyn Bridge is quite splendid. I also liked the poem and quote of Fred Thompson and you nailed this photo challenge!
I have never looked at LINES in this new light. Thought provoking article.
I never realized how lines are truly the foundation of all structures until this post! Wow!
I love this photo collage! I like especially the picture of the Brookling bridge at night, so inspiring.
Very inspiring piece about the word “lines.” The word “Line” for me can represent a path to success, but it can also mean a “divide.” It really depends on our perspective. I would rather believe that lines point to achieving our goals than to think of it as a hindrance to success.
I love photography but I have never been able to catch the lines properly, I agree with saying that there are lines everywhere we see but not all of us are able to read it…
I have seen it in the daytime, but never at night. I love the poem that follows the photos.
Traveling, discovering new sights and then capturing them in photos sounds so amazing! Everything also looks so different at night.
I love how you played with the lines. I love to visit Paris for sure. There are a lot of lights and lines there.
I enjoyed the photos as usual. When I was young I traveled to Florida from NY and back many times. I took so many pictures of the different bridges we crossed. So many different from rickety old country ones (that I love) to bright and flashy ones. I have never seen the Brooklyn Bridge up close.
You’re right 100%, there are lines everywhere we look – I’m just casting an eye around my bedroom and I see lines in the window panes and the door, the wardrobes and on the floor. That pic of Brooklyn Bridge is gorgeous btw, what time of year did you visit? x
The Brooklyn Bridge looks beautiful at night! How lovely!
It’s so fun to see beyond the sight to see what it’s made of. And just the simplicity of lines can be oh so beautiful!
Really awesome picture of the Brooklyn Bridge. My favorite place to go is just outside, I walk around in my yard to see the stars on a a clear night.
What an interesting topic. Lines are a great focus for photos. I’ll have to try that.
Thanks for sharing the photos of Brooklyn Bridge you took as part of a project investigating lines.
I love dancing on the lifeline – what lovely words. Cool pictures as always 😉
Wonderful topic full of good interpretations. Lines are more of a tool for more connections, not barriers or walls. Also, I love horizons. Perfect example of a line for opportunities and the future.
Oh wow, I love the photo collections.The quotes are really inspiring. Definitely needed this today.
In agreement, the Brooklyn Bridge is beautiful. I truly appreaciate the brickwork—which can’t be seen fully at night. In my years, I haven’t walked across it and I will have to set that goal.
I’ve never been to the Brooklyn Bridge but hope to one day! That looks like a beautiful spot to take a photo
I love the idea of these challenges. Lines is definitely an interesting one. The bridge open at night is such an interesting shot, so different.
Brooklyn Bridge looks so magnificent and I have not seen it at night with all lights. I have seen few in Singapore and they look gorgeous at night.
Gorgeous photos! I love lines in the city, they show so much! The lines on bridges esp the bridges that can be opened for ships are so special. it reminds me of my uni years.
great capture of your subject, love the sayings as well
I never realized how so many photographs incorporate lines. This is amazing.
I loved the poem by Cecil Miller. Lines indeed can inspire philosophy. They can mean so many things 🙂
I’ve been burning some bridge lately and I can surely say that’s the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long time!
Great photos and love the poems. So fitting.
I love seeing photographs with lines in them… I find them intriguing… I don’t go out at night to photograph but you have inspired me to give it a try!
I totally agree about the Brooklyn Bridge at night. It looks so beautiful and I love how the entire bridge just glows.
What a beautiful post and perspective. There is a place near my home where there is a beautiful spot to see the airplanes flying off and landing into the airport, I love watching them.
I love lines in art…there is something so peaceful about a completely straight line….or maybe it’s just me??
I like the bridge pictures because the lights look as if they are glowing. When I try to take bridge pictures they are hit or miss because I’m usually in a moving car while my husband drives.
i really do love the imagery and photography 🙂 some of the words utilized truly awakens various emotions and empowers creativity
I really like how you mix photography with poetry here. They go very well hand-in-hand and very much so in this post!
Wow! Loved the quote its very inspiring. Also the night scene on the bridge it’s very stunning. How you make that incredible shot?
I guess I have to pay more attention on the lines around us, it can be very beautiful if we use our heart to observe. Totally agree with you that the Brooklyn Bridge is beautiful and even more stunning at night when the lights glow.
I love how you took the photo challenge of lines and used lights. It really made for beautiful pictures!
I love that Fred Thompson quote. I need to be better at applying that in my life!
I love looking at lines! And the quotes are great. We need to build more proverbial bridges. Fun post!!
Definitely want to visit Japan and photograph historical places and also the Tokyo Tower!
Most of the time I am amazed with lines formed by nature, though I am amused with those construction and innovation lines that man created.
We trying to find those fun murals in NYC and photograph with them. There are so many interesting street artists, and we want to showcase them on our blog.
I enjoy looking at your photo challenges! I feel that I should take the action and go outside for photos. And not missing the joy that offered in our life, you give me a lot of motivations. Thank you for this one, I will try to challenge myself and capture weekly photos challenge too. Thank you!
This Brooklyn Bridge reminds me of a lot of nice memories. Personally I haven’t been there but my childhood has seen a lot of movies and TV shows that were set on that place.
Nice photo challenge
I love this post and that poem is so beautiful. It made me think that in this earth we are the owner of our lives and we are only the one who will write what paths that we are going to take.
I love the hard lines in the photos that you’ve shared of buildings and bridges. The Brooklyn Bridge is truely stunning at dusk. When I stop and look at all of the creations we have built on this earth in such a relatively short span of time, I can’t help but be amazed. I look forward to your next photo challenge.
I don’t do much night photography. I often walk in the gardens close to where I live, and I am often looking new lines when taking photos of the flower beds. Lines can make or break a photo.
Wow what beautiful photos you have here. I would love to visit the Brooklyn bridge.
I love those buildings ! Nice architecture and buildings are beautiful to gaze at.