John Donne outside St Paul’s Cathedral, London, May 2021
This statue of Donne was erected in 2012. He clearly turns towards the East, away from St Paul’s and towards his birthplace on Bread Street instead. Greater meaning to this is shown by the Donne quote that is inscribed beneath the bust:
“Hence is’t, that I am carried towards the West,
This day, when my Soul’s form bends to the East”
The directions of the compass were key to his metaphysical work: with the east representing the Rising Sun, the Holy Land and Christ; while the west represented the place of decline and of death.
Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings.
I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule and share far more words (all excellent of course!) so the key rule is to have a title of six words – and then create around that the post that you desire! Perhaps in bunches of 6 words if you’re feeling inspired.
To join the challenge, please put a link in your post to the URL of this post. Then come back here and leave us a comment. If you have any problems with linking, just put your own URL into the comment. And do feel free to socialise digitally – tweet, instagram, flickr, etc. with the hashtags #SixWordSaturday and #6WS.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 January 2021
Posted as part of Six Word Saturday
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Travel with Intent 
Wonderful shot!
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Thank you
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No statues, just some reflective magic: https://outofmywritemind.com/2021/05/22/its-a-partly-cloudy-reflecting-pool/
Happy Saturday, Debbie!
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Great photo that seems from the statue’s perspective. I have a statue of a more mythical sort today: https://fakeflamenco.com/2021/05/22/when-2-or-3-dragons-meet/
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I love the title.
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That’s a nice perspective, Debbie.
The subject of my photo may also be looking east… although with me and directions it’s entirely possible I could be wrong!
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Like Maria, I like the perspective as well as the statue and building but it was quite weird to see this post, as I mistakenly thought (and just linked to) your earlier post for the B&W challenge. The title was six words and as I was on my way to bed, I didn’t check further than that. Here’s my link and feel free to delete both my pingback and link to the other post. 🙂
janet
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He certainly had an interesting life. I love the perspective of the photo. Here’s my six https://alondonmiscellany.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/the-mercers-maiden-and-her-moustache/
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Great composition, Debbie 👏 Love the angle of shot 😃 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/05/22/hi-is-this-my-good-side/
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It’s often difficult to photograph statues because of the background – you solved that problem wonderfully with that shot!
Here is my sixer: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/the-cat-who-smelled-a-rat/
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All tided up…
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My six words were spotted last Sunday morning when I stopped do do some birding on my way home from the sunrise:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/05/22/first-light-on-an-old-fence/
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Just a few clouds on the horizon, Debs 🙂 🙂 Happy Saturday!
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Great perspective, Debbie! Here’s my 6 words: https://suejudd.com/2021/05/22/tulips-just-visible-on-barren-land/
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love the perspective.
https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.com/2021/05/get-your-feet-and-fingers-wet.html
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The statues quote is so good and it does give perspective to your fabulous photo. Again your six words inspired a bit of cheeky 🙂 🙂
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Love your choice of perspective!
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