#davidjdills photo-collages

June 2023: I will update with new collages in coming weeks so stay tuned :) Gypsy Camp #davidjdills I was recalling gypsies gathering chestnuts for market when walking through the woods above the village of Schriesheim [near Heidelberg]. I guessed that they were Romanian by the language and clothing but wasn't sure... Forest Adventure #davidjdills Beethoven Beat - Hard to believe that it was 50 years when several tunes still popular now, hit the airwaves. Both ELO and Pink Floyd were producing some ground breaking music in 1973 as they mixed various styles of music with their own take. Since I can't seem to get enough of ELO's version of "Roll Over Beethoven" I did an illustration to amuse myself today. Personally, I think about dancing around with my wee sons in the early '80s since they continued to be a band I admired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84FY_y8PYs https://davidjdills.blogspot.com/

All Things will Die Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing Under my eye; Warmly and broadly the south winds are blowing Over the sky. One after another the white clouds are fleeting; Every heart this May morning in joyance is beating Full merrily; Yet all things must die. The stream will cease to flow; The wind will cease to blow; The clouds will cease to fleet; The heart will cease to beat; For all things must die. All things must die. Spring will come never more. O, vanity! Death waits at the door. See! our friends are all forsaking The wine and the merrymaking. We are call’d–we must go. Laid low, very low, In the dark we must lie. The merry glees are still; The voice of the bird Shall no more be heard, Nor the wind on the hill. O, misery! Hark! death is calling While I speak to ye, The jaw is falling, The red cheek paling, The strong limbs failing; Ice with the warm blood mixing; The eyeballs fixing. Nine times goes the passing bell: Ye merry souls, farewell. The old earth