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| Horse and House, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved (Velvia slide film. Click on image for larger view) A curious horse gives me an equine stare at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Realizing I have no feed bag to offer, he soon loses interest, leaving me to admire this fine limestone and clapboard house of simple construction. Shakers represent the epitome of simple living. They are famous for plain and practical furniture design. They are also noted for music of unadorned melody, and a "shaking" style of dance, which were central to their communal way of life and faith. One of the best know Shaker hymns is "Simple Gifts". If you ever heard the tune, you would probably recognize it immediately... it was incorporated into Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring. |
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Simple Gifts
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Nice photograph, interesting architecture. I am greeting
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Bill Haley who wrote "Shake Baby Shake". Who? I can hear all the young 'uns ask!
ReplyDeletelove the composition, very unique pov
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I like very much the lighting and the textures
ReplyDeleteToo many lines, I thought I saw a zebra...
ReplyDeleteDo yaks in Kentucky have black and white stripes?
You know what, I love your Horse and House.
I guess I gotta find a photo showing Mickey Mouse reading some Morse Code to rhyme with you, eh?! ;o)
On second thought, perhaps Minnie would make a better candidate.
Her polka dotted dress would definitely go with the code! A ha ha :o)
You have stripes; I have dots.
Perfect!
aesthetic simplicity at its very best ... as was the shakers' design for furniture and everyday things in the household!
ReplyDeletewonderfully funny compo, with the horse gazing at you from the distance ...
Excelente fotografia de linda Arquitectura....
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i like your commentary. the horse makes the photo
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Textures, light and composition come together here to produce a fine image.
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Superb composition Doug--I love all the great whites in this shot
ReplyDeletehorse - "you bear no gifts? ah, too bad then." :D
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Thanks for the update. I think the writing was on the wall when your posts started dropping off noticeably in the past several months, but I'm glad that you will each continue blogging in your own forums. Best of luck to both of you in the future, and thank you for many informative, lovely posts.
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