In the issue of Picture to Ponder this week, the previous post on this blog, or accessible by clicking on PTP – Vol 4 – Issue 29 I wrote about racing through the layers of the rest of the onion in one sitting to “get to the end” of the project. In the meantime, I’ve left you wondering, perhaps, about what was in between. Thus, I’m backing up for you.
I started this time peeling away the outer layer of the smaller section which had emerged in layer 5. Because this section seemed so small and delicate, rather than plunging in with my fingers and ripping away the layer, I took a knife and slowly and gently started peeling. I was surprised to notice how thick the layer was, compared to what had been peeling away from the larger section, as can be seen in the next photo.
Once again I got rough on the dominant section. The smaller one looks so delicate and vulnerable. I could create a lot more observations and queries here and I’ll leave that to you for today.
Nice and smooth, the sections, feeling quite exposed. The bottoms of the layers, jagged in between. Can’t reach them with my knife or small scissors. They remain as memories of what was.
A different view of the second photo here today. I laughed when I saw it. Perhaps it’s a reminder to stop taking ourselves so seriously.
This one, too, brought a laugh. Is he/she flaunting, with nose up in the air, looking at us out of the corner of his/her eye? It also gives off the feeling of one of those balloons that clowns make at parties, again, reminding us to REMEMBER to PLAY.