Day 5: Ekphrasis (a literary device in which a text responds to or describes another work of art): Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Go to flickr.com/explore and write a post inspired by the image. Can you link it to your health focus? Don’t forget to post the image! Photo courtesy of valstar2011 Every rose has its thorn Just like every night has its dawn Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song Every rose has its thorn Yeah it does Ekphrasis or ecphrasis is the graphic, often dramatic, description of a visual work of art. In ancient times it referred to a description of any thing, person, or experience. The word comes from the Greek ek and phrasis , 'out' and 'speak' respectively, verb ekphrazein , to proclaim or call an inanimate object by name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekphrasis So I went to the flickr site mentioned in the writing prompt above, and decided to use the date 5/12/11 (Fibromyalgia Awareness Day) to use the Explore Interesting Stuff feature to check out interesting content that was posted to Flickr on that day. This photo of the rose with barb...