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questa notte non si dorme


questa notte non si dorme
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Copyright: Madame Andee (andateaffan) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 25 W: 3 N: 17] (312)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2009-09-04
Categories: Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-10 14:39
Viewed: 219
Points: 11
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I suppose all of us hover between two ways of regarding death, which appear to be in hopeless contradiction with each other. First there is the familiar and instinctive recoil from it as embodying the supreme and irrevocable disaster...

But, then, there is another aspect altogether which death can wear for us. It is that which first comes to us, perhaps, as we look down upon the quiet face, so cold and white, of one who has been very near and dear to us. There it lies in possession of its own secret. It knows it all. So we seem to feel. And what the face says in its sweet silence to us as a last message from one whom we loved is:
"Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is
hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!"

So the face speaks. Surely while we speak there is a smile flitting over it; a smile as of gentle fun at the trick played us by seeming death...




La morte non è niente.

Sono solo scivolato nella stanza accanto. Io sono sempre io e tu sei sempre tu.

Quello che eravamo l'uno per l'altra lo siamo ancora.

Chiamami con il nome che mi hai sempre dato.

Parlami nel modo affettuoso che hai sempre usato.

Non cambiare tono di voce, non assumere un'aria triste.

Continua a ridere di quello che ci faceva ridere quando eravamo insieme.

Prega, sorridi, pensami!

Il mio nome sia sempre la parola familiare di prima:

pronuncialo senza la minima traccia d'ombra o di tristezza.

La vita conserva il significato che ha sempre avuto:

è la stessa di prima, c'è una continuità che non si spezza.

Che cos'è la morte, se non un accidente trascurabile?

Perchè dovrei essere fuori dai tuoi pensieri, solo perchè sono fuori dalla tua vista?

Ti aspetto, non sono lontano,

sono dall'altra parte,

proprio dietro l'angolo.

Ritroverai il mio cuore.

Asciuga le tue lacrime

e non piangere se mi ami:

il tuo sorriso è la mia pace.




Henry Scott Holland


dedicata al mio amico morto troppo presto
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hai anda,
very nice presentation and idea. composition is also very nice. i like it.
TFS.
SUGATA

Hello Andate,
Well seen and captured composition and good used of filter effect.
Thanks for meaningful notes also...

TFS
Selahattin E

Ciao Anda, non ti dico dove ho le mani ma te lo lascio immaginare, la foto è tecnicamente ben esguita, il lavoro in PP è pregevole, la dedica è commovente, ma la prossima vedi di postarla con un po' più di vita:), buona domenica, ciao Silvio

Ciao Anda, mi spiace per il tuo amico.
Dedica profondissima.
La foto è splendidamente realizzata, con ottima distorsione.
Ciao marilena

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1366 W: 0 N: 2686] (21373)
  • [2009-10-11 10:03]

Hello,

mangigique iamge, quel effet, très bel hommage à cette personne disparue, l'image est superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

Bonjour Andate
The distorsion and the ppwork give someting majestuous to the hommage to your friend
Well done and leading to communion
Ciao
Henri

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