TLLT: Toni's Drop of Gold

Is it a Coming to Life.. or is it a Magical Fish of Color.. you decide :)

This is for Star who some of you will know as Citlali257 who chose some pictures she took after I asked for some to see what kind of TLLT I might make with pictures chosen for me. We "met" when my blog was a BON. The whole Google BON link was like having a room that suddenly became full of thousands of people all chatting and milling about, but then they filed out except for some.. that I would consider "friends". I think a new definition of friend needs to be made- people you meet, so to speak, online, that you will probably never meet in person but that you can share with creatively.. the nuances of this relationship have been brand new and wonderful in a way only possible online- in the best possible way. Please visit Citlali257's Flickr gallery for some wonderful photographic art and the blog for wonderful stories.

Toni is the pretty fish "model", please click the other pix to see the work of the other photographers who are a part of this :)

TLLT, How it started

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I have always been told I have a unique way of seeing the world and have fun weaving stories connecting one part of nature to another.
Through Flickr and its vast collection of photos I have been able to make these connections come to life visually and to gently expand the view of the earth we share. We are so interconnected in shapes and colors, we live on a single floating rock, maybe that's why.

I like to think of the man in Africa and the woman in the US who have come together with others through their pictures to tell one whimsical story. Will they ever meet? Probably not. But in one small space of web they are unexpectedly side by side becoming a part of a visual tale or poem.

This way of seeing the world blend always makes me smile.

Click the photos to go to the individual photographer's sites on Flickr
"Blog This" I only use Flickr pictures where the blog function is enabled. This means the photographer has allowed their pictures to be used in blogs. I only want to include people who don't mind being brought into a web world like this. I do not just take what I see.

# C Merry Website
# C Merry MySpace

Guidelines

This style does have guidelines:

These are just guidelines of course. There are plenty of other places to get straightforward stories, this is just another way to tell a tale. The journey to find it is part of its magic.

Avoid the Obvious The reason for this style is to appreciate how the world is connected by nature and chance. Don't use something with a smile face painted on it for example, use something that seems to have a smile face on it by total coincidence or a frozen moment in time that was not planned.

Colors, Textures and Forms Use shapes and colors that are similar to weave a tale. You'll be amazed at what shares similar features.

Searched For and Chance Finds Don't go out and take a picture of a blue texture if you need one to connect images in a tale, find it "out there". Part of what is amazing is sharing your vision and assembling it from the world's vision.

Text and No Text The picture should do most if not all of the storytelling. If telling a tale with text it should enhance the image not explain in excess detail why it's there. It should be clear what it's illustrating.

Top to Bottom Scroll Align your tales to begin at the top of your picture list and end with the last. That is of course if they do have a beginning and end, they don't have to. But as in everything there will be exceptions. If presented on a webpage side to side indicate whether it's to be read from left to right or not since not all countries read pages from left to right. What is great about this style is almost everyone can see what you are saying.

Change the World You can depict fact but use this form to expand the world by imagination

5 comments:

karoline in the morning said...: more fabulous collections!

k
:); August 18, 2007 at 6:40 PM
Nina said...: I have read (is that the right word?) almost every post since I first visited this blog when it was a BON. And I never commented. Which just made me feel very selfish. The least I can do to thank someone who makes such beautiful posts for me to enjoy each day is comment! So here is a comment to say thank you. Probably won't happen again, but know I am really enjoying your blog.; August 18, 2007 at 9:38 PM
Citlali said...: OMG, I'm so touched. It's absolutely gorgeous. You've said some sweet things, very true things. Can't say thank you enough for everything. I'm so happy to be your friend. = ]; August 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Marin (AntiM) said...: Imaginary Friends. That's what I call them... and I don't mean that at all derogatorily (is that a word?)... it just separates them from the IRL (in real life) friends I see every day.

Love your stuff.; August 20, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Dana said...: I would say Magical Fish of Color more than Coming to Life. Although it would fit both...I love the Coming to Life posts, although, as I've said before, there is not a post of yours I do not love...; August 23, 2007 at 9:17 AM

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Toni's Drop of Gold

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