Finding the Words

For the month of April I decided I’d give myself a fun little challenge: To find and make words of images. This appealed to the writer in me as well as the deep dark secret that I love graphic art inspired by the short-lived Art Nouveau period. My offering today however, cannot be ‘framed’ with an elegant artistic period. It is simply a small study born of love and carried out with tenacity.
For some reason I thought this would be a breeze -- finding letters in the everyday and transforming them into words—a snap, literally, right? Wrong. It’s now May and it took a month of searching, camera-toting, and seeing the world differently.
I almost abandoned this project as genuine frustration crept in and silently needled me. But then I remembered the Sherlock Holmes’ phrase, “You see, but you do not observe.”
So, with camera in hand, I went for several more strolls in the mercurial April weather, not knowing but merely believing I’d find something to satisfy my heart’s desire. I didn’t know what I’d be able to spell with my ‘photo-bet’ as I had no idea what letters I’d find. I eventually found the right words, or at least two of them, as you will see.
But first, a few of the picture that I took in my curious quest to marry words and images:





















After examining what the camera's eye had recorded, I gently cropped and primped and persuaded a few images to volunteer for the project. These are the words I discovered:





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As you can see, I discovered two of three.'Charity' of course, is the absent member of the trio. --Rare and difficult to come by. But if you look carefully you'll see that I found myself surrounded in 'hope' and that's a nice place to be. --L