John Steiner, the blogger behind Journeys With Johnbo, has this prompt he calls Cellpic Sunday in which he asks us to post a photo that was taken with a cellphone, tablet, or another mobile device. I thought this might be fun so I decided to join in.
This photo was taken with my iPhone at sunset in front of the house we were staying at in Pacific Grove, California during our recent family vacation. It may not be the most dramatic or beautiful sunset photo, but with the rhythmic sound of the water breaking at the shoreline, it was so peaceful and serene.
If you wish to participate in this fun cellphone photo prompt, please click on the link to John’s post at the top of my post to see his photo and to read his instructions.
For this monthly prompt from Kate at The Squirrel Chase, the idea is pick a photo you want to play with and process it using three different methods. The photo I’m featuring today is one I took on vacation this past week. A seagull, who I named Jonathan Livingston Seagull, alighted on a stone wall while we were eating lunch at an outdoor café by the ocean.
All processed photos were made using apps available for the iPhone at Apple’s App Store. Also, all images, including the original, were resized (shrunk) to make them quicker to load (and to take up less space in my WordPress media folder).
I have an app on my iPhone. It’s called “Superimpose.” It’s supposed to enable me to combine multiple photos to create something “artistic using a very simple workflow.”
Not so simple for me. The photo below illustrates my attempt to superimpose my dog onto a mountain scene. Clearly I have dismally failed to master the app.
(Exactly 56 words)
Written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where the word is “superimpose” in exactly 56 words.
For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt, Jim Adams has asked us to focus on artists who are members of the 27 Club, or who died at the age of 27. Many of the 27 club musicians lived fast-paced lives, with the cause of death often drug and alcohol abuse or suicide.
My focus is Jim Morrison. Morrison was born on December 8, 1943 and died on July 3, 1971. He was the lead vocalist for the band The Doors. He had a wild personality and delivered electric performances with his poetic lyrics. Many fans of rock considered him the most influential frontman in the history of rock. Morrison died of heart failure in a bathtub in his apartment in Paris, but no autopsy was conducted, as French law does not require one.
Together with pianist Ray Manzarek, Morrison founded the Doors in 1965 in Venice, California. The group spent two years in obscurity until shooting to prominence with their number-one single in the U.S., “Light My Fire,” taken from their self-titled debut album. That’s the song I’m featuring. It’s probably The Doors’ most widely recognized, well known song, and has become the band’s signature song.
Most of “Light My Fire” was written by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who wanted to write about one of the elements: fire, air, earth, and water. Krieger came up with the melody and wrote most of the lyrics, which are about leaving inhibitions behind in flames of passion. At first, the song had a folk flavor, but it ignited when Morrison wrote the second verse (“our love become a funeral pyre…”). Ray Manzarek came up with the famous organ introduction, and drummer John Densmore contributed, coming up with the rhythm. Like all Doors songs of this era, the band shared composer credits.
“Light My Fire” was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on The Doors’ debut album. It was released as an edited (shortened for radio play) single in April 1967, and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Here are the lyrics to “Light My Fire.”
You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire
The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire, yeah
The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire, yeah
You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire
It’s October 2, 2022. Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “zhuzh.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.
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