Je prends la plume / I Take Up My Pen

by Dominique Fortier

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Je prends la plume / I Take Up My Pen

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Dominique Fortier

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Photograph - Photography

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Featured on the Homepage of:
"Lady Photographers and Artists" (07/24/2016)
"500 Views Share Group" (02/22/2016)
"500 Views - 1 Image" (02/04/2016)
"The 200 Club - Best Photos With Over 200 Views Up To 500" (07/05/2015)
"Top 10 winners for July 2015 Special featuring" in the Fine Art America group "Collectors Gallery" (July 2015)
"Paints and Art Photography" (2015)
"T100 Throw Pillow" (2015)
"Duvet Cover" (2015)
"Hearted on Your Wall Again" (2015)
Thanks to the group hosts for their encouragement and support.

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Dominique Fortier has created this artwork suitable for 7" x 5" Greeting Cards and Prints up to 60.000" x 45.000".
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As I come from the publishing/writing/editing/translating world (French), this pen shell shot on the beach of South Padre Island (SPI - Texas), by its own name, on one hand, and by its natural beauty, on the other hand, inspires me a lot. To me, the comparison with a quill pen, used as an instrument for writing or drawing witn ink, is quite obvious. This penlike shell makes me think of the old-fashioned time of elegant handwriting on paper (that does scroutch scroutch scroutch)... and the tip always broken up (urghhhhh!).

The quill pen is kind of a noble device, used by the Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists (PEN) of every generation since the advent of script writing. Nowadays, we often buy quill pens just for the beauty of it, to offer as a gift to somebody who would like to become a writer/author.

This makes me think also of the fragility of things, as this shell is very delicate and is easily broken. We have to preserve beauty.

Finally, seeing a pen in this shell is a way to adapt our human intellectual world to the reality of nature. Nature inspires.

Ideal on a coffee mug by the beach.

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February 5th, 2015

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