Two special notes this week:
1. It’s the Christmas edition of Whispers of Power! Merry Christmas to readers celebrating the holiday.
2. On a more somber note, our thoughts are with our series artist Jörg Reckhenrich, a Berlin resident, in light of the awful events at the Berlin Christmas Market.
House of Cards, Season 3, Episode 7, 46:46
Title: Loneliness
Description: The quietest moment in the story is a poetic one. Separated from his wife Claire (Robin Wright), Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) faces true loneliness. In this image, the darkness threateningly creeps up from behind him, as his sole companion and most faithful ally has disappeared.
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Contest closes Saturday at noon (US, EST). Winner announced Sunday. Next piece up in one week! Keep tabs on the project and contest at the project website here, review the details of it at the previous post here, or see previous posts in this series here.
December 20, 2016 at 10:34 am
Here is the story behind the picture and why I have chosen it. I saw the sequence and pushed the button on hold. The picture was perfect, it reminded me to some of Vermeers paints. The light is coming from a strong source from the side, illuminating the scenery and fading away to the rest of the space, which makes it somehow miraculous.
December 21, 2016 at 12:15 pm
I saw in the internet at a poster in Berlin at Breitscheid place…Here is the quote: The light is stronger as the dark
December 24, 2016 at 4:11 am
We never tire of looking at each other –
Only the mountain and I.
– Li Po
December 24, 2016 at 4:19 am
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
– Emily Dickinson
December 24, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Here’s an interesting one:
“Contemplating the strange, I’m comforted
By this narcotic thought: I know my soul.”
from poet Claude McKay
December 28, 2016 at 11:56 am
“You can only lose something that you have. You cannot lose something you are.”
-Jim Morrison
December 29, 2016 at 12:57 pm
Hey Aron, the doors are always most welcome 🙂
Great quote for the piece – thanks
December 30, 2016 at 7:02 pm
Does anything really happens when you’re alone? Or is it all a game your imagination made up just to sooth you?
December 30, 2016 at 7:05 pm
Silence could be a great listener
Unfortunately I’m not a great talker
December 30, 2016 at 7:09 pm
If I could cradle myself
I would