A Photo Challenge that makes you think! The idea this week is to take three photos: one to establish the scene, one to show interaction between two elements in the scene, and one to up get close. My second shot shows four rather than two elements – but I think the principle is the same, and who could resist that wacky word quartet?
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These photos (taken with my old Samsung Galaxy phone) show a public art piece called “Vernacular” by Seattle artist Buster Simpson, at the Bellevue Public Library. The man and his son are heading into the parking garage, where even more license plates stamped with words hang on an interior wall.
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Anyone care to create a poem from these words? Grabbing more words from the first photo is permitted.
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More responses to this week’s Daily Post WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge are here. And I can’t resist – here are two more images from yesterday’s trip to the library – an uncanny vamping welcome, anyone?
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In case you’re wondering, as we were, a zyzzyva is a kind of snout-y, tropical American beetle, but the word’s obvious charm has led to other uses, among them, the name for a group of West coast artists and writers – how cool is that? Here’s their latest work.
bluebrightly 
These are cool photos!
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A fun response, Lynn 🙂 I was just about to post mine when I spotted this and it made me smile.
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I’m glad, Jo!
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Like zyzzyva … although it can’t be guaranteed that I’ll remember it next time I play Scrabble!
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Are there three z’s available? I don’t remember – that could be a problem! But what a score that word would get!
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You’re right. Only two z’s, which means you’d need a blank tile. But still …
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Astounding! Great response to the challenge. 😉
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What fun!
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I guess they make them themselves. How many do they have in total?
They’re probably not road legal, but does he make to order? 🙂
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Not to order, and not road legal – they were all done for this sculpture/installation. This link has more information, and more photos, taken on a much sunnier day!
http://www.bustersimpson.net/vernacular/
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What fun. I have a tendency to transpose words when I miss a meal. The result has been some very strange signage and menu items. This would be fun to come back to before breakfast 🙂
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Wow – very interesting! Don’t you think one of the nice things about getting older is that we start to notice these really obscure things about our own behavior, and we get smart enough to begin to make adjustments for our quirks, and to even play with them sometimes. On a good day!
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Very interesting and unique.
janet
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🙂 The artist has been making art locally and in other places for many years. He’s really good! There’s a link in comment above to his website.
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Very cool response to this challenge! I love words – in whatever form. : )))
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