Theresa Mobbs, CALIFORNIA DREAMING (November theme: Portrait)

This photo snapped overseas was in essence to capture the spectacular hanging basket of flowers and the sea background, not quite meaning to encompass the drifter playing his instrument on a bench (behind trash bins) A photo of so many contradictions - the carefully cultivated and beautiful basket of flowers, the misty blue sea, the harshness of the bins near such beauty, and the blend of freedom/abandon and melancholy of the "hippie" musician.

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