{"id":2004,"date":"2014-01-15T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2014-01-15T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T09:22:00","slug":"a-bee-is-never-as-busy-shoot-the-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"A Bee Is Never As Busy… Shoot the Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"

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"A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower." <\/em><\/p>\n

Kin Hubbard<\/a> (American Journalist, 1868-1930)<\/p>\n

Does this bee from the Copley Square Farmers' Market bring a dose of sunshine to a winter week? It is here to tell you about a new BostonZest feature, "Shoot the Quote."<\/p>\n

One of our regular assignments is to provide a front page photo for the Back Bay Sun<\/a>. While these are often related to an event or have a caption that describes the people in the photo, sometimes they are simply a picture we love with a quotation. Here's an example.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.\u201d<\/em> George Matthew Adams<\/a> (American newspaper columnist, 1878 \u2013 1962)<\/p>\n

Some week's, like in the case of the sailing photo above, we take a photo and then find a quote that fits it. Other times we have a quotation we love and we go out and, "shoot the quote." That is, we try to take a photograph that fits that quotation. <\/p>\n

Here's an example of a quotation that we had and took a photo to express it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow softly summer shuts, without the creaking of a door.\u201d<\/em> Emily Dickinson<\/a> (American poet 1830-1886)<\/p>\n

Want to Play Along?<\/h2>\n

Now we're going to play shoot the quote with any of our readers who would like to join in. You can make this a private challenge that will have you looking at the world around you through a different lens.<\/p>\n

Or you can play officially and send us a link to the photo, post it on your own internet space, or you can add it to our Flickr Group.<\/a> We hope to post or link to some results with the photographers' permission.<\/p>\n

Here's the first quotation we'll be shooting and we hope some of you will join us and share your interpretation of these words. <\/p>\n

"Shadow owes its birth to light." <\/h2>\n

John Gay<\/a> (English Poet 1685-1732)<\/p>\n

So pull out that phone or stalk the words with your favorite camera and shoot that quote. <\/p>\n

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