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Title
All That Remains
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
An image taken on a private beach in Cape Cod with added textures and components. This image won 1st place in the digital/photography division and 3rd place overall in Light, Space & Time's 2013 SeaScapes juried competition. I'm so thrilled I'm walking on air!
ALL THAT REMAINS
At times, all that remains
of the graceful, promising ship
in which we once set sail,
onto which we had bravely loaded
and entrusted our adventurous dreams,
provisioned with the sparkling
citrus of hope, the ballast of reason,
is a rotting hulk cast upon some
lonely shore, beached and broken,
darkening with age and petrifying
with desperate abandonment.
We misread the silent stars perhaps,
encountered reefs that were unmapped,
were blown aground with the violence
of the fierce and unexpected hurricane,
the savage force of events and emotions
that whipped the sea to gray-green foam,
the perfect storm against which our ballast
was of little weight or counter-balance.
Here we're stranded far from home,
even farther from where we thought we'd be,
our hulls splintered, ribs spread wide,
exposing all that we'd possessed.
But there are always treasures
to be gleaned from every shipwreck,
salvaged from the bones of shattered past.
We reclaim what is essential to survival
convey it all inland bit by bit, to an interior
place away from tides and undertows.
We collect from the jetsam what tools we can
to construct a shelter for the present,
to build a boat for some tomorrow -
keep the unbroken planks of wisdom
as foundation for what we can create,
the pegs of persistence with which
to connect the pieces into some new form,
the coiled rope of quiet courage,
the astrolabe and compass of our values,
with which to do our daily reckoning,
the parchment maps on which to mark
the errors of our previous course,
and with fresh insight plot anew
the way to yet dreamed of destinations
beyond the clouded horizon we see now.
We'll roll the mainsails for a covering,
yet one day watch them unfurl again
filled with the brisk winds of bright new hope.
And when we go at last from here,
we'll take with us a different treasure
than the gold we'd brought aboard at first -
new jewels of faith and fortitude,
the valued currency of courage.
We'll leave behind not some worthless hulk
but a story written on that distant shore
preserved as an art and an architecture,
perfectly fitted into the landscape now
where sand and time will make of it
a home not just for gulls and memories,
but for the record of our redemption.
� Lianne Schneider July 2011
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August 19th, 2011
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Long Beach, CA - United States
I bought this art today by Lianne Schneider. I will always hold dear our private conversations and how her beautiful view of the world that I just can't see is so clearly translated through her beautiful composition and digital- multimedia art work. You were there at the beginning of this journey with me. I love you Lianne, and rest peacefully in those beautiful worlds that you created on paper full of love, life and hope. You will always be in my heart, and your words, I promise I will let them guide me though those bitter days... Always with you my dear friend.
New York - United States
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Awesome art"
St Malo, Br - France
Grand portfolio!
Lianne Schneider replied:
Karo and Elf thank you both for your lovely comments. It's so good to be back even if sporadically.
Saint-Malo, Br - France
I pray that you are at peace, smoothly sailing along the seas of God's ocean, with Jesus at the helm.
Misty Hill, CT - United States
I took a photo much like this many years ago except the wreck was sideways to the sea. The blackened ribs stood tall among the dunes. The site was roped off and a silence hung over the wreckage making even the sound of the waves seem but a backdrop. Several years later I returned with a newer camera and was shocked to see how little was left! I had thought that time and tide had completed their work at the time of my first visit, but not true. It seems that Mother Nature will be content only with total oblivion. I doubt I'll return to the Wreck of the "Laura Barnes," NC Outer Banks. It's just too sad. http://northcarolinashipwrecks.blogspot.com/2012/04/schooner-laura-barnes-1-june-1921.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonandloisphotos/2935939715/ Your art and poem express this similar story very beautifully! ¢¾
Chanhassen, MN - United States
Surprise & Congratulations!! Your photo has been featured on The Art Shoppe Cafe group homepage! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us! F/L
Sandwich, MA - United States
Congratulations! This is a wonderfully moody and beautiful work of art.
Adma, Ke - Lebanon
Congrats on your sale, Lianne, WTG!!! Great image and very touching poetry. L&F&T, Christel.
Marion, IL - United States
Lianne, this is one of my all time favorite images. What a grand perspective. Congrats on being feature in Old Masters... You truly are an Old Master.
Enköping - Sweden
CONGRATULATIONS, Lianne to be featured artist of the week in Old MASTERS--Photographers and Digital Arts. Beautiful find and mood
Pueblo, CO - United States
CONGRATULATIONS, Lianne!~~You are the Featured Artist of the Week and have been named in the discussion thread, "Special Permanent Gallery," in the group, Old MASTERS--Photographers and Digital Arts! Your work is consistently excellent, beautiful and emotive! Another vote as well as special feature. I know this is one of your personal favorites!
Strykersville, NY - United States
Naomi, Allen, Rebecca, Ernestine, Stefon, Clare, John and William, my deepest thanks for featuring this image in your fine groups - THE BEST OF FINE ARTS, ALL PLACES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, FABULOUS ART BOUTIQUE, HARMONY AND HAPPINESS, APPRECIATING WORKS FROM ALL MEDIUMS, INTERIOR DESIGN, IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU and ART WITH FLAIR. I appreciate it so very much. xox
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Kerrville, TX - United States
Lovely. A great shot and the PP is awesome. Caught my eye easily. Well done.
Cambridge, ON - Canada
Awesome capture and special effects, Lianne!!! Fantastic composition, my friend! L/F/T/G+/SU/P
Sunnyvale, CA - United States
I am so lucky,my vote was number 200 for this Masterpieces.Just Amazing,L,F
Sunnyvale, CA - United States
I am so lucky,my vote was number 200 for this Masterpieces.Just Amazing,L,F
Washington DC - United States
What a striking image. Love the contrast between the ship sat sea and the one on the shore! Haunting in a way...
Southport, Me - United Kingdom
Excellent image, great texturing, Congratulations on your wins and features.
Malaga, An - Spain
Congratulations Lianne! You are an inspiring and gifted artist, both with words and paintings! A bleesing for us all! F
Lianne Schneider replied:
Thank you so much Rosemary for being so very gracious and so generous with your lovely comments. It means so much to me xox
Wesley, ME - United States
Had to come back to this beautiful image and add it to my pinterest board Inspiring Artworks! :-)
Coeur D Alene, ID - United States
Lianne, you're both a gifted writer and artist!!! Congrats on your win, lady! I so love your artwork and writing that comes from your heart! L/F
Malaga, An - Spain
Congratulations on your well-deserved win! This is another stunning work of art, Lianne! I so love your writing too - you are a very gifted lady!! L/F fb t g+
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