#364: Advertising
‘Advertising – a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.’ – Stephen Leacock
Tag: Portrait
#361: Doorbell
‘There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate the potential into the kinetic. When you stand outside a door and push the button, something has to happen.’ – Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
#358: Indoor firework
‘One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.’ – Gerard Way
#355: Cello
‘If God had designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.’ – Rick Moody, Hotels of North America
#349: Snowman
‘I want curves – curves are happy like a snowman’ – John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
#348: Festive fire
‘It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.’- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
#345: Father Christmas
‘He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself’ – Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas
#343: Light up a light
‘Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.’ – Anne Frank Singing carols for the a Royal Trinity Hospice with a candle lit procession. This is what Christmas is about!
#339: Oh Christmas tree
‘O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! In beauty green will always grow Through summer sun and winter snow.’ – Traditional carol
#323: Avenue des Champs-Élysées
‘He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.’ – Victor Hugo