The Bee by Emily Dickinson - Exhibit by Darkormex

I believe that most people would want more info and/or stamps to get a message across. As for your exhibit, its simple, clean, and to the point...... Three reasons that I voted for you. I truly enjoyed it, esp. the background. It got me buzzing............

I think you did a good job here Darrin. I think if this was outside of Stampbears the background would cost you points. Overall i was jealous the minute you posted it.


Alyn

Thank you to everyone for your input. I have similar thoughts regarding this, my 2nd exhibit. I wanted a background that represented my subject matter and tried to give the picture I was using a washed-out appearance which, to me, left it unrecognizable. I also tried simply lightening the picture and leaving it as a color picture which it was originally but it made the whole thing too busy. In the end the I settled on this background because I could still make out the detail of the honeycomb.

One thing nobody has noted so far is that I may have divided up the stanzas of the poem incorrectly. I found the poem on a webpage devoted to Emily Dickinson's poetry and this is how it was divided. I have seen it as one continuous poem elsewhere.

I tried to pick out stamps that highlighted the themes in each stanza of the poem and it did not occur to me to use bee stamps from different countries. I simply went with what fit the theme best. Besides, Gordon Lee, bees in Michigan all have Swedish accents.