Prose/Poems Project

"unfinished" plant close up
Originally uploaded by carlindesigner

I have a brilliant idea to open a book, find a sentence randomly, re-write it vertically on a page and make a prose/poem from the line of words. Here is my first from Sylvia Plath "The Bell Jar":

Well - she rolled over and told me
I'm leaving you today
thirty days of no sex and
I can't stand your ass. So I
said to her - leave -
and take your shit, and I cried, and I
waited for her to change her mind.

That's what came of Plath's sentence "I'm thirty," I said and waited. I lost the page number - f*ck! But that's ok. I'll find it one day and post the page.... but I think this project is interesting and can be challenging to make something flow from a random sentence - and make sense (or not).

If you are into poetry and reading this... what's your take on the idea? And, if you try it post it in the comments... or use the same sentence and come up with something of your own....

All poems copyright of the owner of course!

PFC in NYC

PFC in NYC
Originally uploaded by carlindesigner

this is the look that secured a fiance which caused an accident which is a story unfolding.

shame

shame
Originally uploaded by carlindesigner

i was trying to do a 365 self portrait series... but my attention span parallels that of a chipmunk. i have made about 8 or so i think since this.

self portrait untitled 7

self portrait untitled 7
Originally uploaded by carlindesigner

a mixture of the trees and me.... both shots taken while driving, which isn't recommended, but it's my only free time really....

cover me

cover me
Originally uploaded by yell saccani

yell saccani's photo from flickr.com - moving, emotional - check out her photostream - such great effects and imagery.

milan iron works

milan iron works, originally uploaded by carlindesigner.

I was in Milan a couple of years ago for work - there were so many little iron covers on the roads and sidewalks - my mission was to photograph them all - all i could. i just recently started cropping them out and working on them for flickr additions.

there is something captivating about the textures and icons.

Alone

Alone, originally uploaded by carlindesigner.

when i was doing laundry - i took a couple of shots and this was the best.. color corrected in photoshop a bit and viola :) it's an ok shot.

Lifeless

Lifeless, originally uploaded by Anrijs.

this is one of my favorites on flickr asitstandstoday. it's surreal, cold, warm, so real, inspirational, and makes me want to try harder.