Images of 2008 (part 3)

Here’s the last of Boston.com’s 3-part series.

I’m particularly in love with this one:
The Tower of David in Jerusalem

It’s the Tower of David in Jerusalem with images of books on shelves projected on the exterior walls — if you look in the top left of the photo, you’ll see part of the actual tower. How cool is this? A building made of books.

I used to think I would live a life made of books. That’s not so true these days — at least it’s not working out that way right this moment — but this photo has given me a whole new way to think about it. A life made of books. A building made of books. A city…

Images of 2008 (part 2)

Here’s part 2 of the Boston.com 2008 in photographs online exhibit.

And since today is my holiday (well, there’s not much Christ in our Christmas, but Mas just sounds religious too, so there you go), it’s my turn to wish you all well for whatever your holiday(s) may be in this season of endings and beginnings. My day will be full of cooking and serving and making a special day for Nicola and our neighbors (*blows a kiss through the internet to mother who is snowed in and can’t get here… we’ll do it another time, Mum). Whatever you’re doing, whether today is special or ordinary to you, I wish that it will be a happy day for us all.

Images of 2008 (part 1)

Yesterday Nicola posted about the beautiful photography of Jennifer Durham, and I wrote about the power of music. The power of the visual is different for me, but equally important, equally compelling. Images can be powerful stories, can touch a place in me that’s inarticulate: Jennifer’s work does that. And so do these entirely different images: The Year 2008 in Photographs from Boston.com. It’s a three-part series: you can follow the links to parts 2 and 3 yourself if you’re the impatient type (grin), but I’ll be posting those links over the next couple days.