Tuesday, October 21, 2008

"half-heard, in the stillness"



title taken from a line in "little gidding" by t.s. eliot.

so what is the one word that best describes the mood of this photo?

13 comments:

Susan Hasbrouck said...

Umm... unremembered?

Mike Bailey said...

astonishingly, that is the correct answer.

i stand here speechless. (okay, i'm sitting. and writing. but you get the point.)

still, i will entertain other 2nd place possibilities.

Steven Taylor said...

Looking at it for a bit I get several different words:

serene

somber

autumnal

chilly

haunted

death

Of course, as always, the word selected changes the way one views the photo.

(And I think I know which of the above would be your favorite.)

Mike Bailey said...

hey st--

i like all those word choices. in fact, picking one would be tough. true, you know me very well so i won't give you the satisfaction of saying the one you think i'd choose. so i'm going to say "haunted."

Steven Taylor said...

:)

And I would note that my artistic limitations are underscored by the fact that I tend to want to call almost all black and white photos, especially of trees and such, "haunted."

Steven Taylor said...

To add to that last comment: perhaps it is a reflection of the haunted nature of my soul, or perhaps it just means that I need a thesaurus.

An example of the predilection: click.

Anonymous said...

I would like to strike "serene" from st's list. It's okay--we're friends. I get "cold" when I look at it. Or is it because I am cold right now?

I'm pretty sure the right answer would have something to do with eyeballs. But I'm not sure what.

How about "cold eyeballs of death"?

Steven Taylor said...

"Haunted chilly eyeballs"?

Technoprairie said...

Since it seems that the readers of this blog have overthrown your rigid un-American restriction of one word titles, I submit my three:

Snow's a-coming

Cold before the dawn

Bleakness of a zucchini-less existence

Susan Hasbrouck said...

in a word... skeletal allee

Mike Bailey said...

staylory: i likes the bench.

Mike Bailey said...

justcurious--you're 2 smart. disturbingly so.

Steven Taylor said...

mb: gracias.