These photos are maybe not beautiful to you

[misterx]

They contain thorns,




the rich redness of their veins is perhaps too close to our own,



and they immortalize something other than new life.

Comments

[rupestur.livejournal.com]

I love these! They are on that raw edge of beauty.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

It's still beautiful to me. Not everything beautiful has to be "pretty", you know?

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Thorns and veins. That's a powerful theme.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Hmm... might have two of three of a wall grouping eh? Now to ponder the third image.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Sap?

[icefacade.livejournal.com]

I think they're awesome, and the words you provide as headers only add to it. It pulls you in.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Trying to relate a bit of what's going on in my head when I post these things.

[summerwind783.livejournal.com]

I like the veined one because those little specks of white could either be tiny holes in the leaf or be tiny beads of moisture reflecting the light.

The last one is a lot of things. No life is certain. Why this one and not any of the others? Even though the focus on is on the dead one, there is also one in full bloom, and another on the verge of blooming.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

thanks for the comments. I was in a mood that day... everywhere I saw it was a microcosm of the larger world.