~ Pot Head ~

This pot is a head. The plants grow in the head. This is a head that is also a pot. I took these shots to warm up and get back into photography. I didn't post them in my first Kalmar and Katharsis post since it was already so long.

• “Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A few years ago i tried to grow an Olive Tree inside a head pot. I tried to find the link but it was a long time ago and i couldn't find it. Feel free to go look through my blog if you like. Unfortunately, the Olive tree didn't make it.

• “Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.”

— Edward de Bono

I found some cool quotes to go along with this pot head and the different shots of it. I hope you enjoy the photography as well as the quotes. The source for the quotes is linked at the very bottom.

• “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”

— William James

• “A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

— Oscar Wilde

• “Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.”

— Alan Alda

• “Building art is a synthesis of life in materialized form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.”

— Alvar Aalto

I kind of started to think of the greenery as the thoughts escaping from the mind within. I had many artistic and creative thoughts that began to arouse within me considering the imagery.

• “I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.”

— James Douglas

• “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”

— Lao Tzu

• “Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.”

— Aldous Huxley

I started to figuratively think of the leaves as individual thoughts growing out of the fertile soil of the mind.

• “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

— Edmund Burke

• “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I found quotes that were more fitting than i expected which applied to the deeper meanings of the symbolism i found in these images.

PotHeads are deeper thinkers than one may realize when you look at the roots of discussion.

_{Pot Head}

~ Trumpet of Växjö ~

One of my first photographic excursions here in Sweden took me to such lengths as across the street to find such sculpturific beauty. I tried my best to get the scale and size of how large this sculpture was.

After showcasing the size i wanted to try my best to get the most accurate shot of the inside. I shot from within the horn and had to level my camera to show the opening at the other end which was over six feet or two meters long. The fact that the inside narrowed the farther out it went made this next shot even more difficult to capture.

This trumpet shaped sculpture was difficult to shoot but it was cool. I have been meaning to ge back and get proper shots... but alas here we are, me publishing some of my earliest shots.

_Music

~ Kalmar Krunch ~

I thought after finally sharing the image above that these shots would be fitting to go along with them. I had so many shots i skipped from the Kalmar posts (since they were so long already) that i kept these for later.

From the front or back it looks like a normal Swedish boulder. But no, not this boulder...

I thought this carved groove right across the middle of this stone showed me the technology they were working with long, long ago. It also set itself up for my photo-op!

_Rock-Biter

Thanks For Stopping By!

I didn't have something profound to share other than some warm-up shots. But, i do appreciate your time checking out my photos and reading the quotes. Have a great weekend! Cheers

https://media.giphy.com/media/gEvab1ilmJjA82FaSV/giphy.gif _{Source for all the thinking quotes}