A Quiet Splash

Early evening, Jamison Square Fountain in its quiet phase.

Earlier, the water was rushing in from the wall of fountains and the pool was populated with kids laughing and yelling.

Now, a solitary girl splashes quietly through the pool as the evening draws to a close.

QUIET (TerriG challenge)
SPLASH (DDW challenge)


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ALERT FOR PORTLAND BLIPPERS

There is a stunning exhibit of black-and-white photographs by Julio Mitchel on the theme "Do You Love Me?" showing through June 30 at the Blue Sky Gallery in the Pearl. These are extensive selections from an ongoing series. Enthusiastically recommended.


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BLIPFOTO CORNERS WORLD MARKET ON
EXCLAMATION MARKS AND EMOTICONS!!! :-)

In honor of that achievement, I offer this excerpt from a meditation by Jonathan Nolan in the May 13, 2013, issue of The New Yorker magazine.

"Not long ago, I noticed that a friend had found a work-around to the growing irony blight; he ended almost every sentence, in every e-mail, with an exclamation mark. Astonishing! I had, up to this point, imagined that everyone had a tiny velvet bag of exclamation marks, hidden somewhere behind the dresser, to be taken out and used only on special occasions: one apiece for the birth of your children; a choice few to chase off a carjacker. In the misinterpretation age, however, there's no time for hoarding resources. Applied liberally, the exclamation mark takes the stink of sarcasm off e-mail. A sentence without one is suspect. Slippery. Ambiguous. "Thanks." But a sentence suitably equipped becomes honest, enthusiastic, courageous. "Thanks!" I no longer felt secure sending an e-mail with fewer than five of the things; a row of smart little hammer-and-nails smashing flat any chance that the reader might misunderstand.

The exclamation mark led me, inevitably, to the emoticon. I offer no regrets.... No wonder the pharaohs ruled for three thousand years; their written language left no room for ambiguity."

I'm embarking on an effort to tone down the shrieking and winking in my own blips and comments.

I never mean to hurt your feelings! :(
Please give me the benefit of the doubt!!!!!