Short retirement in a french summer..

The mountains invited the clouds, whenever they saw blue patches in the sky. I pray for a handful of sun for my sunflowers on my window pane. One of them have struggled to open a few of her yellow wings, but the other buds are still enclosed inside the green cocoons. Yesterday there was a little warmth in the afternoon and then, suddenly clouds black like the shoe polish encircled on them. I am greedy for the both . I wish I could have my sun flowers , making love with Sun and at the same time, want to have vibrant landscape photography with the colored clouds in the late evening extending from the bosom of the mountains till the boundaries of the canvas of an artist, sharp and exact , what an artist wants in his own painting.

These days, I have again a retirement of just one month before I go again on my way to the plush glass boxes to bury my head in the indefinite calculations of solving and resolving things of IT. I love these retirement series, that allow me to observe the shape of the clouds, looking at the time table of sun and moon and then allowing myself to frame the nature with my camera. Everyday I am thirsty of having a little more variety in the sky and in the flowers. Despite of the flood of pictures in my hard disk I keep on snapping for the greed of my eyes. At the same time, I am sad to learn that I have lost the skill of painting and almost on a level zero. These short retirements make me realised of my own growth and my own downfalls over the years. I wish, I could have these retirements at a regular time bursts for reviving and revitalizing my soul. I will not speak about refreshment of the brain, because retirements are dangerous for making you lazy and your brain more idle... specially in our field of work, where everyday there stands one new technology waving at you to try and bury your brain.

I wish I could write more, at least I dreamed of writing more in my blog. But something is blocking my hand and my mind, may be the rush of clouds and now it is already the time to see more colors in the sky.

Bonne chance mes amis,
Manila