Practice Images

Another fossil photo and poem. I have tried to edit some of my writing from many months ago before I wrote specifically to use with my photos. As a comparison here is my original writing that I messaged for only 3 people to see on October 29:

Escaping from the stones, we must all strive.
Inside we have our bones, and are alive.
But outside it is rough and blocked with rocks.
Your body must be tough (and wear your socks).
Others have escaped from armored walls,
So you too must heed the freedom calls.

I took this photo to show the contrast between nature and man. Sometimes the best angles for one object conflict with some background object. The flower at least had the ability to grow in gravel.

The photo is from somewhere I visited for work. I didn’t want to write all the technical details of all the considerations go into adding safety valves, I just wanted enough to relate it to a common human experience. Maybe others can lead me to other engineering poetry. The only similar one that I think of frequently is Rudyard Kipling’s Hymn of Breaking Strain. The inscription style was made to represent the metal stamps for writing the data on a nameplate, but I didn’t want to use all capital letters as is used in the industry.

I’m getting more picky on which photo I use to represent the thoughts. There are many more generic ideas that don’t seem to be represented by the scenery and animal photos I have. So maybe this means I either get out to take more photos or write poems that fit what I already have.

Im ading dis verzon hear too remaynd miself dat som gramar erors kan bee unnotised evin aftir uh fwew daze. Sew ubuve iz de origginal.

The military life can be like family. I don’t know how commanding these uniformed youth look, but they do represent their unit well.