5/30/2009

Is this a beauty, or a weed?

I stood in awe towards the picture, and there were no thoughts, just my heart was heavily beating. Is this a beauty, or a weed?

I know just one for sure. While going along a street, I was stopped by THIS.
It is easy to talk about the symbolism now, but how to answer what should be done by me in the concrete? Should I rejoice over my pick, or weed out all the accidental shots?
What was recognized by you in the photo?
Is that the nutritive plant, or the pinch to the gardeners so to speak

At a moment I have a lot of time to think (I was going to the hospital when I took this photo).
Now I am browsing over my archives (my book of life) and asking myself : what for I gathered them?

31 comments:

Alexander M Zoltai said...

Tomas,

You make all you see and capture beautiful to me...

TOMAS said...

Dear Alexander M Zoltai,
Thank you for your lovely feedback on my post "Is this a beauty, or a weed?"
Your hearty words gave meaning as to my work as the whole being.

Sandee said...

It's whatever you want it to be. If it's beautiful to someone (even thought it's a weed), then it's still beautiful.

Have a terrific day Tomas. :)

Susan Cook said...

Too some a weed, and some a beautiful flower. My daughter loves to pick them and blow on them.

Thanks for sharing.

Lisa said...

I think it can be whatever you wish it to be ! It once was beautifull! So i think that they are pretty !

Mhar's Display said...

Even if it is just a weed flower, it is pretty to me :)

Mharms

Jenny said...

haha tis an awesome photo of a weed. :)

Ana said...

Hello Tomas.
It's good to be back here, as I can relate and connect with you very much in how you express your being through language and experience. The answer to which you pose, I would respond as either, neither and both. My question isn't at the same level as the experience you encountered. I think you understand the experience you encountered well, and have acknowledged the very core of that moment in essence. In a way the picture seems to have triggered something within you, to make a connection with this moment, for better understanding of what you are going through.

SimplyBillie said...

Beautiful post. I never realized how wonderful a dandelion could be until I had kids - and hand-picked bouquets.

Chris said...

filled with so much insight.. great post!thanks for dropping by at my site too!

Karen ~Georgia Angel said...

My daughter loves to pick them and make a wish, then blow them. I cringe every time thinking there will be more to come next spring to make me sneeze. Good thoughts. Thanks for stopping by my site through the June Comment Challenge.

Yen said...

A beautiful weed indeed.captured with heart. good day

Yen said...

Indeed a beautiful weed it is. captured nicely. good day

Theresa said...

I tend to lean toward viewing everything as connected, so everything that is is beautiful...and life. It doesn't matter if it's a flower or a weed because everything is unique and alive and beautiful.

Lola said...

If it's in someone else's yard it's beautiful. If it's in my hard and making my nose itch, it's a weed.

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Lola said...

But if it's in your yard and you captured it with your camera, it's art.

Daisy said...

Strange.. I think I've been here before. But I guess I vote for this as a beauty! I simply love flowers and this one is indeed has a unique beauty in itself!

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Unknown said...

Well..to my desert tortoises, it is food!

Kristin said...

either way- they keep coming back, so I guess it would be better to think of them as a beauty! thanks for visitng my blog.
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Melissa aka Equidae said...

every little microcopic things is beautiful...but as humans we categorize everything and that truòy is a shame.

Days of Whine & Noses said...

i loved those when i was a kid to blow them into the wind

I am Harriet said...

Hi Tomas!
I'm just stopping by to thank you for signing up to take the comment challenge this month.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me all of your wonderful comments.

Take care.

AP Mommy said...

That's such a wonderful perspective.

I was thinking about these creatures the other day - that when we are children they are the most fun and facinating item around - making wishes, blowing the fluff everywhere and picking all the yellow flowers... and then we grow up and they're a weed to be reconned with. Funny how perspectives and life change.

Stacie said...

I really love how you captured the beauty in this picture. Yes to some it maybe a weed. As my son calls them wishys, I think the picture is lovely! Makes you stop and think about how beautiful nature can be. The other day I was on my way home and there was a rainbow. I tried so hard to get it on my cellphone. I did manage but you have to look close to see it. Maybe later tonight I will put it on my blog! I love your thoughts and your work! Stopping by from Harriets Comment Challenge!

Unknown said...

It depends on whos eyes your looking through. If you look at it through the eyes of a person who thinks that the expanse of green in front of his home must be free of anything but the grass he planted then it is a horrible blight upon his home. If you look at it through the eyes of a child you see a wonder of nature designed to be plucked up and wished upon while blowing the seeds to the wind.

adiaha said...

i vote for a beautiful weed.
peace.

Wildflower Studio (Michelle Dransart) said...

Hi Tomas, beautiful post. I too love to capture overlooked beauty. Thanks for commenting on my blog, Please come back often! Nice to meet you:)

Anonymous said...

Dandelions are the stars on earth.

Hicham said...

Amazing photos and insight, Tomas. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder :)

Jaliya said...

I remember standing in my tiny garden one day, thinking: "Weeds ... " and then one of my cats came along and began to snack on the green. My next thought: "What some call a weed, my cat considers a digestive aid!" :-)

Your blogs are beautiful. Thank you.

Peace said...

This is so beautiful. I was captivated by it at your photo gallery, slideshow of photobucket. Was glad to have found it here.