By Vladimir Brezina
A fire? Nothing out of the ordinary.
But a fire in a cozy fireplace in a New York apartment, deep inside a high-rise building? We are already beginning to appreciate how extraordinary that is, as winter is surely coming…
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, (Extra)ordinary.
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged (Extra)ordinary, Fire, Fireplace, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge for this week is The Four Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
Earth
Air
Fire
Water
And, finally, the Quintessence, the fifth element, “that which God used in the delineation of the universe” (Plato); which, unlike the four terrestrial elements, has no qualities (it is neither hot, cold, wet, or dry) and is incapable of change (Aristotle); and which is “subtler than light” (Fludd). (The last property makes it tricky to photograph.)
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Air, Earth, Fire, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Quintessence, The Four Elements, Travel, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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