Don't cry before the rain
Let it come and wash away the pain
Let the raindrops conceal your tears
Let the water balm your pain and wash away your fears
Let the storm remake you anew
Let the wind blow and return to you
Don't cry before the rain
Let it come and absolve your sins and never be the same.
Ruth Weal
23 July 2007 2.56 am
Copyright R.Weal 2007
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starikarp [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
well done! creative, good composition...
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Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thank you starikarp
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Slightlydramatic [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
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Slightlydramatic [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
this is beautiful and touching Wealie
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks Lisa, I've had the idea in my head for a while and I took the pic of the rain on the river a few weeks back and had the first two lines of the poem rattling in the noggin, but only just had the inspiration to pull it all together tonight.
Thanks for the invite Accretion Point I've posted it in the group.
SJKen (59 months ago | reply)
Wow.. very creative & inspirational.. love the B & W treatment which made the combination in a harmony..
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hm-art (59 months ago | reply)
Ruth's Art exploding with sensations and emotions (as always and as usual). A unique new creation different than all I have seen from you.
Words which go straight to the heart and image which captures the mind in a hauntingly beautiful way.
montivier (59 months ago | reply)
Superb!
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks Sunshine Junior, I'm glad you like the pic.
Hany - I'm glad you like it, as I was saying to Lisa the idea has been knocking about for a while, but I was struggling with an image to depict the rain until I was out in a storm and got this one of the river. I'm glad you like the poetry too.
Thanks montivier
Srini 06 (59 months ago | reply)
The image is creative and fine..and the accompanying poery is wonderful !!!
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ciemor (59 months ago | reply)
Love this! It's thought provoking and full of feeling. Very nicely done!
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks SRINI 06, it's a piece I've been wanting to create for a while now.
Thanks for the invite You Know My Name?! I've posted it in the group.
Thanks Ronen M
Thanks ciemor, it's a piece that's been brewing for quite a while. I've often used the imagery of rain hiding the tears, the wind blowing away negative emotions and the idea of a storm washing away your pain and sins in my poetry and I wanted to develop that in a visual medium too.
ciemor (59 months ago | reply)
This is exactly that--visual poetry! I like your perception of rain,wind and storms being positive in change--what i need!
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks ciemor, I've always felt storms to be very spiritual and cleansing and actually quite like being out in the rain.
Below is a poem I wrote during a fantastic storm a couple of years back now where I actually went outside and just revelled in it, running back in and soggily recording the poem as it was born. It is one of my favourite all time poems and very of the moment and the storm itself remains forever a part of me.
WITNESS TO THE STORM
Today I bore witness to the storm
As others ran to shelter, I stepped out and watched it take form
Fat droplets of rain like a tentative caress
As lovers lips to lips might press
Each strike of lightening coruscating through my veins
Each clap of thunder danced across my emotional plane
The scent of the earth is spiced with heat
I sensed the social constraint within me deplete
A daughter of earth I stepped out from the fold
Waiting on Thor, for my vision to behold
My mood and the storm forever entwined in pace
The wisdom of ages writ across my face.
At one with the earth and sky
For a singular moment my soul could fly
I tasted of Mother Nature’s flesh
Understanding dawning of my one true quest
A conduit of power my body became
Perfectly contained, in this, my earthbound frame.
Dancing beneath the balming rain
Washing away my every pain
Absolved of all my sin
Soaked through beyond mere skin
Arms raised to heaven in supplication
Power mirrored within me in affirmation
Hunger for power, desire for knowledge
I unshackled the armour which society polished
Set free by nature and her storm divine
Even now it’s over, a part of her is ever mine
Mind and soul, body and storm enmeshed
I am blessed, I am blessed, I am blessed.
Ruth Weal
28 June 2005 7.29 pm
Copyright R.Weal 2005
alcluith (59 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo!
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks alcluith
le chanoine (59 months ago | reply)
Fantastic, Wealie. Creative and effective. I love this!
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks Peter for all the lovely comments tonight! I was pleased with how effortlessly this one all seemed to fit together.
ciemor (59 months ago | reply)
"I unshackled the armour which society polished"
so very moving. Really beautiful work Ruth.
Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks ciemor, it's my friend Melanie's favourite of my poems, because she says it sounds like me and yet more and something slightly scary, but alluring!
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I love this one!!!!
Konný (lubbakonsa) (59 months ago | reply)
This is so great work. An instant fave.
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Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thank you7 Madddy and Konný (lubbakonsa) I'm glad you like it.
Doug59B thank you for the kind award!
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Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks for blogging this pic again Lisa, and the invite to the group.
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Thank you okonomiyaki2007
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Wealie (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks ole_m and Perla*.
Karl Batchelor (58 months ago | reply)
very cool. Great work
minstral2002 (58 months ago | reply)
Art...and I am in awe. Fantastic.
Wealie (58 months ago | reply)
Thanks KaStBa and minstral2002 for the lovely comments.
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excellant
Wealie (57 months ago | reply)
Thank you for all the lovely comments nardip@thephotocode.com they are much appreciated.
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Wealie (57 months ago | reply)
Thank you rqerita
'o wau no (54 months ago | reply)
Is this where you did like an overlay of one image and another? 'Cause Steph has done several of those. You should check hers out...
www.flickr.com/photos/stephissuper/sets/72157 603415413481/
Really cool stuff in there.
Wealie (54 months ago | reply)
Yeah M, it´s two separate pics using layers and reduced opacity on the SP. I´ve seen some of Steph´s stuff like that pretty cool. Seeing as how she lives round the corner we should really collaborate one of these days!
I´ve done quite a lot of this kind of stuff, it´s in my experimenting collection: www.flickr.com/photos/wealie/collections/7215 7603278521772/
Especially the "A little of this..." set www.flickr.com/photos/wealie/sets/72157600732 462112/
'o wau no (54 months ago | reply)
If you two got together, that would be so cool! Do you choose images on purpose to lay over another one or do you just root through your stuff whenever you feel inspired?
.Axle. [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
The scent of the earth is spiced with heat.
Thats amazing, I used to love summer storms as a kid, the rain seemed almost hot. Jogging in the rain is the closest I get to that now though.... that is not as warm in the winter.
Your poetry is amazing and I have always been entranced by writing like this. I'm inspired to try some =P
Wealie (53 months ago | reply)
M - yeah I´ll drop her a mail when I´m back in town to see if she´s up for it.
As to the images, I guess it´s a bit of both, I took the rain on the water image knowing I wanted to do something like this, the poem was half formed in my head anyway and the SP is one I´ve used in a couple of overlays as it worked well. Sometimes though I just pick out images at random and play with them, guess it depends on my mood and where the muse takes me (grin).
Thanks .Axle. "Witness to the Storm" is one of my fav pieces, I adore storms, their raw power, the way they cleanse the earth and the spirit, very powerful and spiritual entities.
Thanks for the lovely compliment about my writing, I´m pleased you feel inspired and look forward to seeing your words too.
'o wau no (53 months ago | reply)
These two images really lend themselves to each other. The shadow on the lake (or your face) compliment each other so well. It's a great composition.
I'm thinking of trying this and there's another flickr-r...I have to find her stream and link it. She takes images and layers them to make interesting, abstracts, a la Man Ray.
I have this whole file of "art" images with one folder labeled "body". I think that I have some stuff to play around with...maybe even create a body of work to shop around at galleries someday.