The things I do …
Every year, around the end of January, I’m beginning to feel that winter should be over soon.
So I start going out, cutting little boughs from bushes and putting them in a vase and in a warm room.
A few weeks later they start to sprout and bloom.
It’s a bit like ‚Barbara branches‘ but without the Christmas and with a bit less symbolism. Whereas I think fertility, life and hope are still there.
Every evening they to these great shadow plays:
I stop cutting branches when I’m feeling nature has cought up with my expectations, which is around nowish …
shadow play
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These little mistakes are bound to happen …
Thanks for correcting me, I really appreciate it 🙂
Your shadow plays are really quiet beautiful! I love the delicate and fragile, almost dreamlike look of shadows. So beautiful..
The spelling-nerd in me also insinst to point out that you mean „life“. Living it is what you do with your life 🙂
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Is it just me or does he look a bit like _
I’ve done different variations on this, but the pictures are taken from a single bough.
I can take more if you like.
Looks nice. Is it one bough per vase or do you keep them in one bunch? How do the shadows of the complete ensemble look like?
How about painting some of the shadows? That way you could keep the nice pattern when spring is gone.
A bit off topic but fitting the theme to the letter at least: this just came to my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&list=SRshadow%20on%20the%20wall&v=X7EyGwsdJ10#!