Posted on November 4, 2024
This week’s theme of ‘silnce’ is an interesting one: how to convey the idea of silence through an image.
It seemed to me that silence could be conflated with tranquility and restfulness, and somehow that led me to this image of part of the foreshore in the fishing village of Pittenweem on the east coast of Scotland. With all potential distractions cropped away, it feels quite meditative – almost like a Zen garden.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Silence
Category: Abstract Tagged: Lens-Artists, Pittenweem, Rocks, Silence, Tranquil, Water, Zen
Posted on January 18, 2018
This weathered sign can be found in the nearby open-air memorial of Oradour-sur Glane, a village where over 600 inhabitants – mostly women and children – were massacred by German troops in June 1944.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silence
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Oradour-sur-Glane, Signs, Silence, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge