Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue…

Below are some poems using the theme of roses and violets which have become classics in the United States.  Almost everyone of us has written his own version of this theme when we were growing up and we had a crush on a classmate.  I know I did my own version, albeit I never captured the heart of Isabel—that was her name.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Please, lets get married
Tomorrow at 2:00.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You are my best friend,
I’m glad I met you.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I didn’t start living,
Until I met you.

In order to entice today’s blog post with flowers, last week I shot several pictures of red roses which are synonymous of love and friendship; two attributes the world is hungry for.  Lay back, take a deep breath of fresh air and enjoy.

Snapshot of a bouquet of red roses which we displayed in our living room for a short time. They lost their charm in three days. But the days were joyful while the flowers had their charm. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Did I put a smile on your face and a feeling of bliss in your heart?  If the answer is “Yes”, I feel content.  If the answer is “No”, I’ll try something else next time.  Anyway, have a great week end, and drive safely.  Au revoir!

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Love

Nope, it’s not Valentine’s Day nor our Wedding Anniversary Day.  It’s Love’s Day!  Me thinks, Love Day should be every day of the year, because without this essential emotion, our world would be in a constant state of chaos till the end of time.

We love our family.  We love our pets.  We love our country.  We love our work.  We love our neighbors and friends.  We love our planet.  Yep, it’s the power of love that glues the Universe together.

Throughout the history of art, literature and theater, the themes of friendship and love have been the most prevalent in numerous compositions, including Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Plato’s The Symposium, these themes are recurrent as the main topics of discussion.

Plato considers love a necessity of life that enables “human being to acquire courage and happiness, in both life and death.”  Aristotle and Plato believed that love leads a person to eudaimonia, or happiness.  The latter thought love is the source of art, leading men to satisfy by the creation of beautiful forms their innate longing for the absolute beauty they can never possess.  Wherever there is true love, you will find true beauty.  The artistic world is full of examples.

I tried to capture the spirit of love with this minimalistic photographic composition.  I hope you like it.  It was fun doing it.

Snapshot of a heart made up by folding two pages of a book, flanked by an enticing red rose. I wanted to give love a face and this is what popped into my head. Picture was taken with a P&S Canon PowerShot A720 IS. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

This shot was taken with a DSLR Canon EOS Rebel T2i. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.

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