💦 💦 💦 WATER CHALLENGE!!! 💦💦💦

Water...the fourth element.

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was trackless waste and void, there was darkness over the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.” Water was already there, the fourth of the basic elements...along with earth, wind and fire.

About 70 % of the surface of the earth is covered by water: fresh, salty, liquid or solid. Could we even imagine our existence on this planet of ours without water? Water that refreshes and nourishes us, water that joins us, water that separates us, water that provokes wars, water that kills, water that destroys, water that purifies, water that inspires poets, musicians, and artists... What can water inspire in you?... Can you summon it at will, or must you sacrifice dearly to obtain it?

Few themes are as vast and suggestive for the storyteller in each of us. We challenge you over the next two weeks, from Monday, August 19th until Monday, September 2nd, to allow the water that comprises 60 % of your body to overflow beyond your senses. You will surprise yourself, and us as well, with what you are capable of creating.

“Water, I beg of you. For this sleepy

junction of numerous words I speak to you...

Do not fail on my lips in my last moment.”

(The Fourth Element - by J.L. Borges - Fragment)

We offer these images in the hope you find them inspirational... And don ́t forget, post your images with the hashtag #water

Pacho Coulchinsky

Water is Life

EVERYWHERE WATER ‘Clear, fresh and COLORED Noah's water is the oldest drink in sweet waters’ (Francesco Petrarca). For lovers and the fragile the world

ABOUT US The gray sky promises rain, a sad day. Yet rain is also a rebirth in both novels and films (Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai)

INSIDE The body, seventy percent water and liquids

AROUND We are born of water. Nauseated by Hollywood, the writer Romain Gary left for Asia to talk on the shore with his 'brother' Indian Ocean. Eugenio Montale questions the Mediterranean with some dizzying lyrics. Melville, Stevenson, Maupassant, Gauguin, London, Maugham sail the seas of restlessness

MYSTERIOUS WATER 'Here lies one whose name was written on the water' (John Keats)

COLORED Noah's water is the oldest drink in sweet waters’ (Francesco Petrarca). For lovers and the fragile the world

REGENERATING Thermal baths, springs, waterfalls, rivers

DESTINY OF THE BLUE PLANET Three quarters of the planet is oceans

WATER DENIED Entire suffering nations (Pope Francis)

MUSIC ON THE WATER (Händel, Debussy, Respighi)

... and water colors, rose water, oxygenated water, holy water, aquatint, etching, brandy, sea water, aquapark, aquarium, aqueduct, drizzle, aquaculture, ETC. ETC ...

Batsceba Hardy


the Winners

The Challenge

Shimi Cohen, Pacho Coulchinsky, Wilfried Gebhard‎, Batsceba Hardy,   Ilan Ben Yehuda, Dzung Viet Le‎, Harrie Miller, Mohd Arrazi Rosdi‎, Jacques Pharand‎, Aboehoedio Santo Aboeprajitno‎, Bry Galimba Villalongja‎, Bob Matkodak, Abrar Asad, Oliver Ferreras San Juan‎, Juditho Mendoza‎, Lisa Lorenzo Uy‎, Kylhon Solomon‎, Lukas Lao, Bogo Pečnikar,  Niklas Lindskog, Alexandre Duarte‎, Ardie Santos, Gerri McLaughlin, Fabio Balestra, Robert Bannister, Mark Guider, Sumit Basu‎, Keef Charles, Patrick Merino, Yulia Olshansky, Stephen Tyler‎, Lola Minister, Tatskie Amarille Formentera‎, Lyndon Aguila‎, Ryan Eduard Benaid‎, Myo Thaw‎, Angelo Peter DelaCruz Javier, Carina SC‎, Mike Perez‎, Stefania Lazzari, Hiroshi Yukihara, John Rudio, Calvin Angelo Casem‎, Carolan Buckmaster‎, Swarup Chakraborty, Anat Shushan, Bertil Nilsson, Boy Jeconiah, Edita Sabalionyte, Neta Dekel, Never Edit, Orrab Cire Nob‎, Neville Fan, Sk Saito, Alphan Yilmazmaden, Sayak Nag‎, Yuna Jay Emilee, Don Scott, Daniel Albea Camino‎, Efi Nomikou‎, Jay Gadong‎, Joel Mataro‎, Husni Munir, Andrea Ratto, Jürgen Warschun‎, Takashi Tachi‎, Royeth Garrido‎, Rafael García Relaño‎, Ori Levi‎, Orna Naor, Yael Gadot, Tony Antanas Jackson, Rainer Neumann