The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. – Novalis
One of my life’s greatest mysteries is how the creative process works, how suddenly a tree appears on a blank piece of sketch paper, how swirls become the leaves on the tree, how something is created from the depths of my mind, my vision. Or, with photography, how my mind’s eye seems to know where to draw focus, how to capture that image framed by my vision, without really being aware. It just happens. Art simply becomes. A picture is born.
For today’s mystery “what is it?!?” picture, I was inspired by … I really don’t know! It just happened. 🙂 Can you guess?
What Is It?!?
What Was That?!? Yesterday’s Picture (Day 59)
When I showed my 10-year-old son yesterday’s picture, he asked what it was and I told him. He had no clue what this object was intended for, and I wasn’t surprised. After all, I’m sure the majority of us are spoiled by a washer and dryer. But way back when, before these technological advancements, women had to hand wash clothes (sometimes in creeks and lakes), probably with handmade soap (I know my grandma made hers), with this ancient artifact: an old washboard. Here are a couple of different perspectives of the washboard. (Can you imagine doing laundry with this? I cannot!)
Schelley Cassidy Photography 
Love yesterday’s pic. I need to get a whashboard for my musical intrument collection.
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Thanks, Shahn! And I bet it would make a good instrument.
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Today’s picture is of a stone of some kind?
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Not a stone. Try again?
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Rock with algea on it?
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Interesting! But it’s not a rock with algae.
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I have no idea what it is, possibly a close up of an opal? I am not good at guessing things, but I think it is a gorgeous image!! It sparks mental pleasure for me. 🙂 Beautiful!
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Thank you! I love your perspective, however, it’s not an opal. Shimmering is a key word though! There’s your hint. 🙂
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Is it outside? Something from the sea? It kinda looks like moldy cheese bread. lol 😉
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Ha ha, it’s definitely not moldy bread, it’s not from the sea, and it’s not located outside. What shimmers and glimmers?
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To me it looks somewhat like the skin of a type of winter sqaush.
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Another interesting perspective. I can see how this could resemble a squash, but it’s not one. 🙂
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Glitter on something in the house? Once again, these are good pics and tough to guess,
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Not glitter. It shimmers. It glimmers. You do put it on something.
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Ok, I’m back! You put it on something. Humm…Do you crumble it to put it on something?
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You’d be awfully upset if you crumbled this. You do apply it, usually with a brush. Did that help any?
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Ok, so I’d be uspset if I crumbled it, but you do put it on something. Humm.. Do you put it on something to show it off, like a shelf?
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You put it on to show off yourself! 🙂 Of course, if you read today’s post you’ll know what it is. But I applaud you for not giving up!
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