• So COOL :D Great job! :) Added it as a fave! :) - melaniembeck
  • I like the hair and the pages, they do good togeather! - maarie_su

creative reading

"There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  1. ★

    goorn23, stormrider777(whole lotta busy), Brynjar Ágústsson s:660-4403, an untrained eye, and 255 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. an untrained eye (63 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful, Panta - I'm always a sucker for book shots, but this is particularly magical - luminous with manifold allusion, indeed.

  3. pinkyhonor (63 months ago | reply)

    amazing!

  4. stormrider777(whole lotta busy) (63 months ago | reply)

    ...fantastic, wonderful, supreme !!! ... one of your best works ever !!!!

  5. Charlotte Augusta (63 months ago | reply)

    Exhilaration! Not only in the seeing, but in the reading.
    (LRP)

  6. Yann!s (63 months ago | reply)

    I like the way she mixes with the book and the book with her. Great perspective and lighting.

  7. SFCatPhotog (63 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Meaning of Life, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  8. Rejean Pellerin (63 months ago | reply)

    I like very much the movement in this photo!

  9. judih (63 months ago | reply)

    you capture the moment like no one else. Everything i see of yours fills my senses. Bravo, a!

  10. he.marli (63 months ago | reply)

    so much to soak into a mind a promising view loved it marli

  11. camera_obscura/vic (63 months ago | reply)

    perfect !

    Literary Reference in Pictures

  12. Agnes Dorotea (63 months ago | reply)

    This is unique, especially the way the child and the book seem to "melt".
    Literary Reference in Pictures

  13. Jazz Girl (63 months ago | reply)

    "Beauty will save the world."
    Dostoyevsky


    www.flickr.com/groups/imagine_literature/

  14. Celeste (63 months ago | reply)

    such a beautiful and inspiring picture!
    what a lovely reader =)

  15. wblake9 (63 months ago | reply)

    A great shot.

  16. pergi28 (63 months ago | reply)

    Ganz toll gemacht: Bewegung und Anordnung - prima !!

  17. cemcgee (63 months ago | reply)

    This shot reminds me to slow down and really think about what I'm reading.

  18. AnnAbulf - blog (63 months ago | reply)

    Gefällt mir sehr gut! Das ist Dir wirklich herrlich gelungen.
    Sag mal, liest Du jedes Buch zu Ende, und wenn nicht, warum nicht?

  19. BeautifulMaria (63 months ago | reply)

    I like the light, the angle of the shot, the concept and the combination of quote and image. Very nice work!

  20. panta rhei. (63 months ago | reply)

    whow! thanks, folks... i'm impressed and amazed!

    detlev, danke für die einladung.

    tom, yes; i particularily love how the words "luminous", "manifold", and "allusions"show in this image....

    thanks a lot, pinkyhonor.

    marcello, whow... what a compliment! thank you.

    exhilaration, charlotte. yes. and magic! thanks.

    yes, yannis, the blending... i love how it shows here, too. thank you!

    thanks for the invite, orange cat.

    rejean, yes, the (e)motion of reading....

    oh ju, thanks so much! i'm smiling out wide....!

    thanks marli, and yes -- soaking in, viewing, feeling....

    thank you, vic.

    agnes, yes, the blending of story and reader...

    thanks for the quote, jazzgirl. dostoyevsky knows what he's talking about...

    celeste, thank you very much!!

    thanks tim, for stopping by and for commenting!

    danke dir, jörg... ein zufalls-shot beim unvermuteten blättern!

    interesting association, catherine, because the image shows speed - which makes you think about slowing down. i like that!

    nein, anna, das tue ich nicht (mehr). früher hätte ich niemals ein buch unbeendet zur seite gelegt; das hätte sich 'falsch' angefühlt, ohne es richtig erklären zu können (meine erste bewußte erinnerung an ein buch, durch das ich mich wirklich durchgequält habe, war 'der kleine hobbit', den ich mit zwölf gelesen habe und gar nicht wirklich mochte. aber eine (ältere) freundin hatte ihn mir begeistert ausgeliehen, und ich hatte mit dem lesen angefangen; musste also beenden.)
    zum glück gab es immer recht wenige "qualbücher"; und seit ein paar jahren nehme ich mir auch die freiheit, ein buch einmal nicht zu beenden. und wenn ich das nicht tue, dann ist der grund dafür sehr, sehr banal: nämlich der, dass mich das buch nie richtig "gepackt" hat, und es mich nicht weiter reizt, das ende zu erfahren.

    maria -- thank you very much for your kind comment!

  21. AnnAbulf - blog (63 months ago | reply)

    Interessant, danke Dir.

  22. semimortal79 (63 months ago | reply)

    this is absolutely gorgeous!!!

  23. Sati Kobashi (on and off) (62 months ago | reply)

    Dynamic reading!
    Awesome!

  24. Merodema (62 months ago | reply)

    thanks for sharing in the people reading group

  25. panta rhei. (62 months ago | reply)

    bitte, anna! ;-)

    alexandra -- thanks a lot!

    yes, angélica - dynamic, (e)motional, and creative! thanks, friend.

    roel, you're welcome.

  26. Sphinx55 (62 months ago | reply)

    Amazing capture!

  27. Sphinx55 (62 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Stunning photos, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  28. Heilah Alnasser (62 months ago | reply)

    great capture, loved the angle & nice tones
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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

  29. JoshuaRaymund (62 months ago | reply)

    this is an amazing capture!

    I Think this is Art ! AWARD

  30. JIGGS IMAGES (62 months ago | reply)

    I Think this is Art ! AWARD

  31. la_sendi (62 months ago | reply)

    I Think this is Art ! AWARD
    YESS!!

  32. ehcsimred (62 months ago | reply)

    super foto!

    I Think this is Art ! AWARD

  33. maritti. (62 months ago | reply)

    very nice!!

  34. Flamelillyfox (62 months ago | reply)

    this is fantastic, I love it

    Seen on, Vue sur En Clair et en Obscur

  35. OcalaPrestigePhotography.com (62 months ago | reply)

    simply amazing!

  36. javadoug (62 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called award - - Thought provoking -- Gedanken anregend, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    creative making, creative shooting, creative composition.
    without creative writing, one would not be able to tell of their exercise in creative reading :)

  37. achuka (62 months ago | reply)

    another wonderful reading photo!

  38. AFFoto.de | Alireza Ferdowsi Photography (62 months ago | reply)

    Toll! such an angle, great!
    and I love the motion blur and all the rest!

  39. em.* (62 months ago | reply)

    you are amazing!

  40. Daddy0h (62 months ago | reply)

    Wow... unbelievable shot!!! This looks like an HDR!
    Is it???

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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

  41. panta rhei. (62 months ago | reply)

    thanks, sphinx, for your comment and invitation!

    heilah, thank you for stopping by.

    joshua, jiggs, biscuit, dermische, lolla, flamelilyfox, ocalaprestigephoto -- thank you all for your kind comments!

    doug, i agree... where would we be without creation, after all? ;-)

    michael, there's something to reading pictures that really fascinates me...

    nice to see you here, alireza. thanks for your kind words!

    same to you, aga, and thanks, and hope all is well...!

    no, it is not, hugo . i neither have the technology nor the knowledge (neither the software nor the skills) to do hdr. is used a bit of highpass filter, though, and played around with the contrast...

  42. Caravansarai (62 months ago | reply)

    Great shot, has a real renaissance feel to it.
    The World Through My Eyes

  43. lorac's (62 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called What you do instead of school, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
    I love this photo. It's as if the book is a bird, like a dove winging in the young person's hands, what a relationship between the two! How alive the book is! I also love the pallette - really exceptional.

  44. panta rhei. (62 months ago | reply)

    thanks, gail!

    carol, thank you. i loved your comment. a winged bird -- yes! thanks.

  45. tillwe (62 months ago | reply)

    Schöne Idee, das Buch so in Bewegung zu versetzen!

  46. jamelah (62 months ago | reply)

    Hi A. This is Magic. With a capital M.

  47. rohaberl (62 months ago | reply)

    Idee und Ausführung, ganz hervorragend!

  48. Andrew Bercel (62 months ago | reply)

    This thought provoking image was seen at

  49. عʈ¡ - ʇıɯs ıʇə ʞıɹə (62 months ago | reply)

    Naja dass ich das Bild super finde, muß ich nicht mehr sagen. Ist schon klar wenn man so lange nach unten scrollen muß um hier was zu schreiben!

  50. wjh220swift (62 months ago | reply)

    This thought provoking image was seen at

  51. panta rhei. (62 months ago | reply)

    ja, till -- literatur bewegt eben... ;-)

    thanks, jamelah. and yes - the magic of reading!

    vielen dank für das nette kompliment, rolf!

    na, das hast du ja nett gesagt, erik - danke! wobei man hier auf flickr manchmal auch bei ziemlich nichtssagenden bildern ganz ordentlich scrollen muss, finde ich - und bei anderen, die richtig gut sind, steht gar nichts...

    thanks for you comments, drew and bill!

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