#2: Blue

Last week, we asked for photos that responded to the prompt “blue” - a colour, a verb, a state of mind. The photos received examine “blue” in our daily lives: in nature, in light, and the everyday objects we interact with. Davy Avina’s image beautifully captures the shades of blue that meet the eye - powder blue, sapphire blue, prussian blue - in the sea’s layered waters. Blue is the colour of hope, but also the colour of grief. MD Sumon’s image of a crane suspended at an empty work site hints at this paradox, exemplified by his caption: “Clouds in the blue sky / Float in the blue of the blue sky / Play in the sun shade sometimes a little smile / There is suffering, there is happiness, there is so much pain / Fly from country to country / Sometimes it rains and tears fall.” The ambivalences of the colour “blue” is perhaps best epitomized in Ritchelle’s submission, "As an artist, I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way; things I had no words for. I guess this is the reason why we don't see the world in black and white.”

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In support of the #SeeItBlue and #MakeItBlue campaign in Singapore and worldwide, this week prompt is 'Blue'. The campaign seeks to highlight the importance of mental wellbeing during this trying time and raise awareness for mental health.

Covid Migrant Support Coalition (@cmsc_sg) provides resources for wellness on their website www.sgmigrant.com. The National CARE Hotline provides emotional and psychological support for all who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and is manned 24/7 by trained volunteers. If you need someone to talk to, please call the Hotline at 1800-202-6868.

Please take care, and stay safe. We can't wait to see all your beautiful submissions, do help to share #CommunityDiary with your friends!

Clouds in the blue sky
Float in the blue of the blue sky
Play in the sun shade sometimes a little smile
There is suffering, there is happiness, there is so much pain
Fly from country to country
Sometimes it rains and tears fall

Md Sumon

Hope one day is going well
One day at a time
Soon i will be feeling fine
Happiness will come.

Nelie Bautista

Sometimes you think you'll be fine by yourself
'Cause a dream is a wish you make all alone
It’s easy to feel like you don't need help
But it’s harder to walk on your own
You'll change
Inside
When you
Realize
The world comes to life
And everything's bright
From beginning to end
When you have a faith
By your side
That helps you to find
The beauty of all
When you'll open your heart and
Believe in

Jean E Ragual

Water droplets after the rain is like diamond for me because is round n shine when the sun shining onto it.
Looking at it can make smile

Dini Handayani

Sudah jadi jamur cintaku padamu
*(trans.)* My love for you already became a mushroom

Siti Nurochahya

Life it wasn't been easy, just do something to a cross the bulk's to see the wonderful sky waiting for you

Maylene Maylas

If you're feeling blue today,
Doesn't mean it will continues every day
Feel the blue-tiful things around,
Happiness found deep in our hearts... in the windows of our souls.. in violets blooming in blue ❤️

Deeh Roiles

In a gloomy weather,
Blue stands out.
In this pandemic, be like the clip.
Hold on tight, and don't loosen your grip.
We may battling the unseen, but
Eventually, we will emerge as victory.
This chaos will soon disappear,
Like a bubble in the air.

Rema Tabangcura

#seeitblue
#CapitDown
As an artist, I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way; things I had no words for. I guess this is the reason why we don't see the world in black and white.

Ritchelle Mantiquilla

You are a crayon that can make this world colorful.

Pardeep Toor

We are near yet so far! Pandemic put our patience to the utmost stretch. Soon, when everything's okay, we'll see each other again.

Lea Lobingco

Little as you are but helpful
Help me tone my arms
And the upper part of my body
You are my companion
When i am alone
You know it when i’m silent
You fill the emptiness in my head
As i count one two three
And three two one
Today and everyday
You will be my friend.

Julie

CBD
It is not as lively as before
I don't hear laughter anymore.
Skyscrapers are dark at night
All the giants are hanging tight..
Under the clear blue sky.

Bhing Navato

You are there yet you seem so far. Your shadow is present on my imagination I can always touch you through our memories.

Erma Stefhany

I can't feel the grass beneath my feet anymore, so I guess this will do.

Sean Cham

We will cross the blue of pain and reach the garden of Happiness.

Syedur Rahman Liton

you will see in the the world, what you carry in your heart

Ruby Velasco

#3: Stay Home

#1: Sky