BEAUTIFUL DROPS OF BRILLIANCE
This week, as we move on into April, we are embracing the rain drops, among other Beautiful Drops. Today, we start with a collection of gorgeous images of rain drops and some equally gorgeous musings.
Photo: by Fancibaer. BMX Spiderwebs After Rain 3.
“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”
Photo: by Mila Zinkova. Drops on a windshield at the Golden Gate Bridge.
“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.”
Photo: Courtesy of A Dreamer 49. Raindrops on a car.
“Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don’t want to break them. That’s how you drive in the rain.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Photo: Courtesy of Neighborhood Nomads. Rain.
“Time itself comes in drops.”
-- William James
Photo: by Doug Wheller. “Rain Camera.”
“Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.”
-- Venus Williams
Photo: by Tanveer Chandok. Raindrops on a car window.
“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Photo: by stopthegears. “Raining on the Fountain Square.”
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
-- Langston Hughes
Photo: by Denny Pewsey. Rain.
“Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.”
-- Billie Holiday
Photo: by Christian Arballo. Rain.
“I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.”
-- Taylor Swift
Photo: by Juliette. Droplet.
“I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.”
-- Pablo Neruda
Read more about Beautiful Drops, it relates to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact. And see our previous posts, Not Just a Box of Rain and Cities Drenched in Rain, for more Beautiful Rain Drops.
Enter this week’s BN Creative Photo Competition. Our theme this week is Beautiful Drops. Deadline is 04.13.14
