A Better Time by wabe
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Description
I listened to an album of Peter Hammill and heard that song when i worked on that image.
Because there is not much to say to this image i simply put the lyrics here. I hope it is not too melancholic. Sometimes i like that.
A Better Time
As surely as the countdown begins our time is not our own;
already there's the breath of the wind which bleaches bare the bones
of the deadlines we set, of the jokes we don't get
and forgetfulness that furrows the brow...
no, I'll never find a better time
to be alive than now.
So I wake up, to remainder the dream
of personality and posture and face
for nothing can remain as it seems
in some perfect state of pure grace....
all we prize and protect only cause and effect
but I suspect the furrow may be guiding the plough
and I'll never find a better time
to be alive than now.
No better, no worse, much the same,
we wait on the why and the when;
no question but we'll go as we came
with no shift in the shape of the zen
and it is as it is and we take as we find
always next season's buds on the bough...
but I'll never find a better time,
hard though it is to allow.
I'll never find a better time
to be alive than now.
This is the life and we've only time
to be alive right now.
- Peter Hammill, X my Heart
Comments (23)
The brown background is so right for the image and the verse is a fine addition for a complete experience. Thanks!
Beautiful!
Just lovely =)
OHHHHHHH, what a presentation!!!! Great pic - love the tones!!!
Oh my how poetic! I love how even as the old fades away the new springs forth to take it's place. An excellent song to go with an excellent shot!! Bravo!!
Thank you for sharing this image and the poem with us. It is so wonderful and touching. Thanks again!
Was going to skip the lyrics and just comment on the image. Went back and read them and now I feel sad. Well put together and btw, excellent light within the image.
yep! very artistic! I love this image...
Beautiful lyrics and wonderful image, Walther!! You have a wonderful talent for seeing something special and helping us notice it.
Beautiful... :)
Lovely composition! Ganz besonders mag ich, wie das Licht in den beiden letzten Lenzahnsamen leuchtet. Das Bild hat sehr viel Wme!
Great, the POV, the DOF and the lighting! Impressive shot!
What a wonderful light!
superb, a wonderful image. full of mood. love the light. a very big * VOTE * !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!
Outstanding Walther!
Very thoughtful...and the focus of the photograph is just perfect!
melancoli is not a bad thing at all, if the presentation is perfect! incredible shot!
Excellent shot to accompany the poem. Well done...
The picture as well as the poem are of a high beauty quality. The atmosphere in this image drives me to the words of Corot: Like the artist who goes out to paint at the first light of dawn and when the sun rises and the objects can be seen clearly he says: When the sun rises and the objects can be seen clearly then I pick up my palette and brushes for then nothing remains that is worth painting.
Magical lighting.:O))
Wabe, j'adore tes photos ! Celle- est tr color et lumineuse. La beauthe l'at pur. Excellent et donc je ve !
A perfect marriage of image and narrative, Walther. Stunning.
The fading wildflowers reminds us all how quickly beauty and time slips away. Perfect image with the lyrics. Melancholly feels just right for this.:o) CC