“I believe a leaf of grass..”

I felt myself getting into a rut, so I gave myself a little mini personal assignment to get my creative juices flowing. Big city China is crazy busy/crowded so I wanted to explore a very simple theme without people that still had human elements to it. I told myself that I would publish five photos on my blog no matter what, so I had to insure they would be decent quality.

I had this excerpt from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass in mind when I went out for my two hour walk.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with depress’d head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,
And I could come every afternoon of my life to look at the farmer’s girl boiling her iron tea-kettle and baking shortcake.

It was an interesting experiment in self motivation and I might continue to give myself these sorts of things until I get a project going. What do ya think?