View of Toledo Revisited (+Emily Dickinson poem How the Sun Rose)

Hello Readers,

One Word Sunday (here) is “POWER” – Here is my photo. 

Back in 1908, the Old Dominion iron & Nail Company used this fall line to create power (the hard rock of the Piedmont Plateau meets the soft sediment of the Coastal Plains and this area provided motion of water for power to be harnessed).

I have also been wanting to share a follow-up post about El Greco’s “View of Toledo” painting because it keeps coming up in my life lately (and it does have that powerful sky…). 

In 2014, I posted about Toledo  (Spain and Ohio – here) and that post was inspired by the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s passing.  

 Toledo, Spain has been on my mind for a while now – especially after my former colleague (Kam) visited Toledo, Spain and showed me photos from his adventure.

When we were connecting (because I made time to connect and I did not know this would happen – but he changed jobs Shortly after our Toledo photo sharing  – So I was even more grateful for the share time) anyhow  – when he showed me this next photo – I pulled up my 2014 blog post, which led to some nice art talk. It was one of those times that the ol’ blog felt like an extension of myself. Isn’t that fun when it happens? 

(Linked to City Sonnet for May 19th: Urban & Orange)

 

Then…

Andrew Seal (here) shared his watercolor painting of Toledo:

Then… there were these Toledo, Spain -themed posts, which are worth checking out… 

1) Anvica’s Gallery shared “Toledo: Wandering the City” (here)

2) Alison and her friends went to Toledo (here)

 

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In closing, as many readers know, I am sharing some Emily Dickinson poetry during the May 2019 –

Full List of Emily Dickinson’s Poems is HERE

For today’s post,  I chose “I’ll tell You How the Sun Rose.”

 

I picked this poem because I like it (and I do not like all of her poems) – Also, it reminds me that sometimes we have friends, or colleagues, that will come and go – just like the sun rises and the sun sets (or things turn)-  Friends sometimes creep into our life – their colorful essence unfolds “a ribbon at a time” and then we relax and enjoy connecting.  However, our paths can also part ways, as the day exits – and we “put gently up the evening bars.”  Yet – as we move on, our sharing days will always remain in our hearts (and Kam came to mind with this poem and all the Toledo posts). 

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P R I O R H O U S E 

2019

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