Nature's Crystal Ball
by Karen Adams
Title
Nature's Crystal Ball
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography
Description
What in the World
What in the world could this be?
Quietly staring back at me
Just on a walk with my dear little pet
Avoiding icy water, trying not to get wet.
Rushing water and frosted rocks glisten with ice
But this little gem made me look twice
Sitting all alone on the creek bed side
Making no pretense to try to hide.
The winter sun shone bright through the grey
It stopped me from hurrying on my way
The sparkle of this jewel could not be ignored
“Come closer, come closer” it implored.
So we walked over to the water’s edge
Being careful of the slippery ledge
This frozen fruit from an overhanging tree
Glistened and sparkled and said “Look at me.”
“Why do you hurry so fast and so quick?
Living in each moment is the trick
To finding peace, beauty and what is true
Slow down, and look at the world around you!”
I have another image of this little frozen sculpture called, Frozen Fruit. It is taken from a littler further away. As I got closer to it and peered down into the mystery of what this was, the thought of a crystal ball came to mind. Crystal balls are used to try to clarify and foretell what will happen in the future; the mysteries of what is to come. But my mystery was of the present . . . and so I found the contrast of those two ideas intriguing. The future is always an unknown. None of us can completely control what will be. To some extent we cannot even control the present other than how we react to what is happening now. Do I want to know what the future brings? Would that be too much to bear or would that give me license to be reckless or wasteful? Not knowing what the future holds gives us one surety; that it is critical to appreciate today; the now, the present.
Today is the gift. That is why it is called the present.
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I really appreciate you taking time to look at my artwork. Thank you so much!
I am very concerned with our environment and have decided to donate any money I make from any sales of this image to the ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.....because the Earth needs a good lawyer! We all need to speak up and support efforts to protect our environment. We will not get a second chance!
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Thank you to the administrators of the following groups for featuring this image:
Out of the Ordinary
Macro Marvels
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February 10th, 2019
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Comments (8)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Wow what a stunning and amazing capture of this nature's crystal ball Karen!! love the title it suits perfectly. nature is always filled with pleasant surprises for the gifted souls to see. i am glad you found this diamond on the path and shared it to all of us!! L/F
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit
Karen Adams
Thank you so much, Lyric, for featuring this on the Out of the Ordinary group home page!
Randy Pollard
So I am trying to figure this out, some sort of water droplets in close range is my guess. Well done!
Karen Adams replied:
Thanks, Randy. I spent a long time trying to figure it out as well! It was like a giant ice marble along the shore of a rushing stream . . . near a waterfall....it was the only thing like it . . . . so I was left with "What in the world?"