Word and image

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

The autumn here has no bright orange leaves or cheerful yellow sunshine.  Instead, there is a savage wind flogging clouds across the sky and a damp, grey chill in the air to prevent the mud underfoot from drying out!  Here's a W&I to suit:



This piece - in the original - is an older man's poem but Gackt, as ever, manages to make it his own.  The photo comes from Shoxx magazine February 1999 and I presume that the copyright in the picture belongs to the Shoxx magazine publisher, Ongakusenkasha Co Ltd.  Thanks to ananda for finding the source of the photo for me!  I've given the source credits for the poem on the image itself and this English haiku version is mine.

Comments

[lilyginnyblack.livejournal.com]

I've never experienced and Autumn like that before, I'm quite used to the colors changing and the smell of dying leaves in the air. But, I think I got a sense of this kind of Autumn from this Word and Image. The picture and the poem fit together so well. Thank you for posting and sharing it! ^-^

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

This part of the season in the UK is strange. The leaves are still green but the air is cold (so the plants stop growing). There are spiders everywhere and mist on the rivers. The wind is unpredictable and strong and it likes to drive the rain horizontally into your ears! The colours are heavy and dark (from the wet) except where the damp in the air traps the weak, white sunlight and diffuses it - can look as though the air itself has gone mouldy!

Someone else recognized the picture and told me the source (a Japanese magazine) - otherwise I'd be convinced that the picture was taken in England! The whole of this Shoxx shoot is beautiful (and atmospheric in the extreme) so maybe you'll see some more of it on W&I.

Thanks for braving the chilly climate of this post and for leaving a comment.

[lilyginnyblack.livejournal.com]

Lol! xD You're welcome. ^^ And thank you for the descriptive image of Autumn in the UK. The leaves haven't changed yet here in the eastern part of the United States yet either, but that's going to change fairly soon. ^-^

[maygray.livejournal.com]

aww... Gacchan looks like a lonely poor wet puppy. Someone needs to pick him up and bring him home to a nice warm basket with fluffy blankets by the fireplace, feed and cuddle him lots. ^_^

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Hmm - I suspect he's enjoying his melancholy here! Not that he would mind your sort of rescue, of course ;)

Thanks for taking a look and leaving your four-legged thoughts.