CREATIVITY IS A VERY DELICATE FLOWER... represented here by A PEONY.

They write (amongst many other things): It is the ability to "think outside the box" ! I ask: WHAT BOX???? LOL.

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him... a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death."
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating."
— Pearl S. Buck writer of the book " PEONY"


I must admit that as a 'creative',
1, being a night-person, my 'best' ideas mostly come after midnight!
2, it is an urge, not a choice... and
3.... as soon as you have 'problems', however small, with client, family, health... the first thing to GO is: my creativity! So please, tee hee, do not upset me, he?

Characteristics of the creative personality:
Creative individuals have a great deal of energy, but they are also often quiet and at rest.
Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time.
Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.
Creative individuals alternate between imagination and fantasy at one end, and rooted sense of reality at the other.
Creative people seem to harbor opposite tendencies on the continuum between extroversion and introversion.
Creative individuals are also remarkable humble and proud at the same time.
Creative individuals to a certain extent escape rigid gender role stereotyping and have a tendency toward androgyny.
Generally, creative people are thought to be rebellious and independent.
Most creative persons are very passionate about their work, yet they can be extremely objective about it as well.
The openness and sensitivity of creative individuals often exposes them to suffering pain yet also a great deal of enjoyment.

Found HERE:  California State University, Northridge, From Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
I recognize myself COMPLETELY in this!

Giving my flowers SOUL?  My Soul Flowers on youtube and   Studio Flowers 2011
Why not take a few minutes, click on the links, sit back and relax, enjoy the beauty, you'll feel replenished?
THANX for ALL your comments and visits, so appreciated.
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)

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OF GRASSES, COMPOSITION and THE GOLDEN RULE OF THIRDS.

GRAPHIC GREEN GRASS

TRICHOTOMY

MY 'INTERPRETATION' OF THE GOLDEN RULE OF THIRDS....

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT THE SPLENDOUR OF WILD GRASSES?

Or should the title say, my 'interpretation' of it...

Lately I've had a 'rekindled' interest in the compositional rules...
It came through the curiosity and eternal question why certain images 'seem' to work better, please more than others?
My flower photography actually evolved out of that hunger to understand, ( of course it also had to do with lighting, the effects of colours, shapes and textures!)

I am still fascinated by stark compositions... and I love (need) new challenges...

The Golden Mean or Golden Section is a mathematical constant, a ratio that appears in nature and was discovered by Pythagoras in the 5th century B.C.E.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in visual arts namely painting, photography, design and across cultures and history, designers such as artists and architects, composers and poets have adopted the Golden Mean as a ratio that is pleasing to the human eye.
Rotation of plant leaves on a stalk follow the Phi (φ) ratio insuring that the same position is not used twice, affording optimal exposure of underlying leaves to sunlight.

In philosophy, especially that of Aristotle, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. For example courage, a virtue, if taken to excess would manifest as recklessness and if deficient as cowardice.
To the Greek mentality, it was an attribute of beauty.

I know the 'rules of composition'... and personally, once I knew them... I loved to 'break' them... creatively that is...

This is a good site for information, simple and direct!

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Petteri_Sulonen/Geometry_in_Composition.htm

The last image  is of YORKSHIRE FOG or Holcus lanatus.

On a tour in our garden last Summer, in between two showers, I found these grasses, they love this type of weather, thrive on it! Very common in grassland and moorland, also in waste ground and neglected gardens.
The birds must have brought in the seeds, or they glided in on the wind...
When I looked closely, I saw all the beautiful colours, the shimmer... the beauty!

Decided I could make a lovely, strong and graphic design, comp in camera. 

Up close and personal, there's beauty in everything? (well most...lol.)

During a stop on our outing this Summer,  last Sunday to Malham Moor, the views were stunning, the silence deafening, the sky high, the grasses glisteningly waving on the breeze...

I'd taken my shots and was just enjoying everything, while Paul was still busy (aah, the joy of both being photographers... we understand and have a lot of patience with each other)
I looked at the verges and discovered grasses, amongst the abundant Yorkshire Mist (www.flickr.com/photos/9550033@N04/4422947132/in/photostream ), I had never seen.. picked three and photographed them for you...
Now last weeks grasses, well, not wanting to throw them away, I put them in some water, to my surprise, they flowered, well, as you can see, different stages.
Sadly they are gone now, the pollen not so good for Paul!!!


For years I 'experimented' in the studio, to get that Flemish painter's light? Well, I was born in Flanders, it must be in my blood? LOL.

NEW!!! A NEW TREAT HERE, a second choice of some of my images:
 youtu.be/IzRM4viw-7g


Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you,  how much you love them!
With love to you and thank you for your time, M, (* _ *)

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WHAT PART of DO NOT USE is it that you DO NOT UNDERSTAND?
I  find my images on numerous blogs and websites EVERY DAY, without my permission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A CHRISTMAS STORY...

't was after midnight, we'd again worked late, the lights in our Christmas tree were on, some candles spread their wonderful light and made everything flickering sparkly.
We relaxed in front of the fire, to unwind and enjoy, before going to bed.
The previous night a dusting of snow had whitened our world, the day was bitterly cold with a biting frost.
I heard a tinkling bell in the silence of the night, a slight knock on the door...
I opened and there was Father Christmas, he was on one of his pre-Christmas rounds, to see how  'good' everybody was, what they deserved, or not... (he doesn't always get it right, but maybe that's his helpers?) and  he had been caught in a blizzard!
Saw our lovely inviting home...
I quickly invited him in, he took of his hat, the gentleman that he is... I saw how wet and icy it was and offered to hang it up to dry.
I fixed him a hot drink, we sat and chatted, he asked how my photography was going, (he really does know EVERYTHING!), was I happy with my new camera? And why had I not waited... he would have put one under the tree for me...

I blushed and confessed that I'm not the most 'patient' of people. He smiled and stroked his beard.
Well, warmed up and dry, he was ready to go, lots to do, deadlines to meet, gosh it all sounded so familiar...
A hug, I waved him out,  another bell-jingling, ho-ho...then he was gone... that's when I woke up!


I wish you all the very best, may your wishes come true, and thanx for all your kind words, time. Very much appreciated.
M, (*_*)

I am a  Featured Photographer In the Hall of Fame HERE:

www.flickr.com/groups/1579256@N23/discuss/72157625511641635/
I say a few things...



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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...

Another fun Blog HERE: magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2009/11/light-in-dark-season.html

VALENTINE'S....

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THAT'S AMORE

ODE TO LOVE.

AAAHHH... THAT FIRST CARESS!!!

THE LOVE KNOT

OLD FASHIONED VALENTINE.

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT.

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.

IT IS LOVE WEEK!


We all want to fall in love.
Why?
Because that experience makes us feel completely alive,
where every sense is heightened, and every emotion is magnified.
Our everyday reality is shattered and we are flung into the heavens.
It may only last a moment, an hour, or an afternoon,
but that doesn't diminish its value, because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives.

- From the movie "The Mirror Has Two Faces" -

Where there is love there is life - said Mahatma Gandhi.

A LOVE KNOT has "no beginning, no ending, the continuity of everlasting love and binding together or intertwining of two soul or spirits."


I took quite a few images, was again ‘inspired’.
‘ODE TO LOVE’ is my ultimate Valentine for this year.
When you are in love, you don't want ANYTHING to stop... I could have danced all night.

Remember, LOVE is NOT JUST FOR VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
There are 365 days in the year... LOL.

Sometimes a caress... even more memorable than the first kiss? That gentle, furtive touch?

Each time I think... that's it, there's only so much you can do with flowers... and yet again and again, I'll see something new.

Being creative is not a choice... it is an urge in me.
READ MORE HERE, new Blog: magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2010/01/about-innovative-creativ...
AND HERE:
magdaindigo.blogspot.com/2007/04/at-all-times-love.html

Have a wonderful day, filled with love and thanx for your visit, M, (*_*)