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Summary

Ellie Jacobson's "The Sleeping Flamingo" is a response to Mary Chang's Six Word Photo Story Summer Challenge, featuring a photograph and a short narrative inspired by the challenge.

Abstract

The website presents a photograph of a sleeping flamingo by Ellie Jacobson, who was inspired by Mary Chang's Six Word Photo Story Summer Challenge. The challenge prompts participants to tell a story in just six words, accompanied by a photo. Jacobson's entry encapsulates the flamingo's serene one-legged pose with the six-word story "Life goal? Sleeping on one leg." The website also credits Jacobson, provides a link to Chang's original challenge, and lists other participants who have taken part in the six-word photo challenge. Jacobson expresses admiration for the flamingo's ability to sleep standing on one leg and muses about aspiring to such elegance in her next life. Additionally, Jacobson shares links to her other submissions to the challenge.

Opinions

  • Ellie Jacobson expresses a personal aspiration to emulate the flamingo's graceful sleep posture.
  • She admires the aesthetic appeal of the flamingo while it sleeps on one leg.
  • The challenge by Mary Chang is acknowledged as an inspiring creative endeavor.
  • Jacobson's work is presented as part of a broader community of participants in the six-word photo story challenge.
  • She invites engagement by encouraging those whose names may be missing from the list of participants to inform her for inclusion.
Photo Credit: Ellie Jacobson

Photography

The Sleeping Flamingo

Six Word Photo Story Summer Challenge

Life goal? Sleeping on one leg.

@2021 Ellie Jacobson

I wish I could sleep while standing on one leg and look so pretty at the same time. Maybe in my next life?

Inspiration

Mary Chang Story Writer’s six word photo summer challenge.

More of my 6-word photo challenge posts

Six-word photo participants (if your name is missing, let me know!):

Penny Grubb, Dennett, Sherry Kappel, Lisa Bolin, Pene Hodge, melanie j, Diana Lotti, pockett dessert, K. Barrett, Kim Zuch, Jupiter Grant, Dave Logan, Carlos Garbiras, Christopher Robin, Divina Grey, Arthur Dewson, TC Hails, Will Hull, Amanda Wilson, Susan Foster, Ching Ching, Cindy Shore Smith, Susan Alison, Sandi Parsons, Diana Lotti, B.R. Shenoy, Pulpo Viejo

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