photo taken March 2009 • title thanks to Tina
Incredible entries from all of you – this morning was hard having to choose just one. I recommend opening one browser window for Charlie’s picture and a second browser window next to it for the comments so you can scroll through them, side by side with the image. Thus, instead of a “short list” as I sometimes do, I’m just going to copy the words of Chief Seattle that Britney left in the comment section:
“If all the beasts were gone,
men would die
from a great loneliness of spirit,
for whatever happens to the beasts
also happens to the man.
All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth
befalls the sons of the Earth.”
– Chief Seattle
As for the title, Tina, I think you sum it up ~ thanks for the perfectly articulate pun. And thanks to all who share what they see.
• • • I’m not even going to type a preface for fear of saying something –
I want to hear what you have to say for this shot, and see what you see in it.
So without ado ~ leave your title, caption, and/or commentary for this photograph in the comment section of this post (simply click on “xx Comments” directly under the post title to leave your entry) and you will be in the running for this week’s prize: an 8 x 10 signed print of THIS image (the eye is the focal point in this shot too, if you can spot it….) Happy Monday!
July 6th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
i’m with Roxanne on this one, it’s a breath taking photo and i’ve also checked back and used as desktop pic…. Beautiful! A different variation on mine “Mesmer’EYES’ed
July 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Optical Allusion to the Soul
If Looks Could Kill
Stop and Stare
Or maybe, “Headlights” like the classic saying, a deer in the headlights. I imagine that a prey animal caught in those “headlights” wouldn’t last long.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Eyes of Ash and Flame
And the Prairie Looked Back
Wyoming Window
Vision of the West
July 6th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die. – Goldeneye
C’mon who doesnt love 007?
July 6th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Unadulterated Love
July 7th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Love and trust….
July 7th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Solstice
July 7th, 2009 at 12:39 am
I put a spell on you.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:52 am
“Trust”
July 7th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Ojos Asi
And now it seems, that I
Without your eyes could never be
My one desire, all I aspire
Is in your eyes forever to live
….
And I could not find Eyes Like Yours
July 7th, 2009 at 12:59 am
“And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view. ”
From Poe’s ‘Alone’
July 7th, 2009 at 1:16 am
“guyliner.”
July 7th, 2009 at 1:22 am
I See Me
Amber Oasis
Me, Caught in Amber
July 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Tempt me….
July 7th, 2009 at 1:30 am
I trust you…
July 7th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Bright eyed and bushy tailed
or
Eye-ote…
July 7th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Sorry, that entry above was me.
Bright eyed and bushy tailed
or
Eye-ote…
July 7th, 2009 at 1:50 am
“Mystifying”
“More than meets the eye”
“Unspoken”
“Untamed Soul”
…because we only think we know.
i don’t know the context in which the picture was taken, but I feel like whatever he was communicating to you is just one of the seemingly infinite number of things he is so articulate at conveying without ever needing words. every picture you take captures a completely unique moment or expression (which is definitely due in large part to a gift of perceptive photography), and i think it reflects the fact that even in an animal that has been “tamed” there is a wild and beautiful spirit that is part of what intriuges us so. everyone sees something different in the eyes of an animal, and i think that is because there is so much there to see in a deepness that humans will never truly understand. we are so lucky when they trust us enough to let us see a little part of their soul
July 7th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Sunset at Coyote Ridge
July 7th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Me, too, you, Mom
I have this picture in my mind of you behind the camera, telling Charlie that you love him, and that’s his answer to you. Whatever you’re saying to him, he’s listening, understanding!
July 7th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Eye will follow you…anywhere.
July 7th, 2009 at 2:59 am
One look at you and I can’t disguise I’ve got… Hungry eyes
Without a noise, without my pride, I reach out from the inside
^For some reason the ’80s come to mind!
July 7th, 2009 at 3:22 am
Hungry Eyes
July 7th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Hyp-no-t-eyes-ed
July 7th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Pools of gold
July 7th, 2009 at 4:57 am
I know.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Eye do
Upward inflection
The seeker
Under my gaze
On the qui vive
July 7th, 2009 at 5:51 am
The Eyes Have It
July 7th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Trance 2: Electric Boogaloo
July 7th, 2009 at 7:12 am
“He has “Charlie Coyote Eyes”.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Forever Amber
July 7th, 2009 at 7:41 am
The look of love.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:49 am
This is undoubtably the most beautiful and soulful face in the canine species. Why are wolves so favored by animal fanciers and this glorious “singing dog” so casually maligned?
I will never understand our species lack of understanding and appreciation of these amazing earth brethren.
You are wonderful to have saved his life and share your friendship with him with us.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:54 am
My Windows, your soul!
July 7th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Stare Master
July 7th, 2009 at 8:33 am
masked man
July 7th, 2009 at 8:42 am
“And water’d heaven with their tears”
from The Tiger by William Blake
July 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Mirrors of his wild soul
July 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Will LOOK for food.
July 7th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
In case no one got my pun… I wrote “Sunrise” – meant to make you think of Sunreyes… but I didn’t think it was necessary to spell the word wrong to convey the pun. Ah well.
July 7th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
We completely forgot to check the contest this week! I think that the winning caption is perfect. Those eyes are amazing – one could really get lost in them. Thank you, again, for sharing Charlie with us.
July 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
This is something of the same understanding, mindful look that I recieve daily from my Juneau, an american Indian dingo. There seems no greater mentor than that which eminates from the zen mind of a canine.
July 9th, 2009 at 5:27 am
He is so beautiful :)) and this look makes me pricking :) I love this kind of animals, you have a good friend and always can rely on them :)
July 17th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I waited awhile before I decided to leave you a comment… I spent my first vacation in Wyoming in May… I have to read to sleep, went into the local Walmart in Cody and found your book, the perfect read while travellining 27 hrs in a car home. You are living my dream. Planning on spending next summer in your beautiful state. Charlie has been a very special part of my day since I got home to Alabama. Thank you for helping me to deal with my issues with nature and the death of animals, didn’t think I would be able to finish your book when I first read about Charlie’s parents. You’ve helped me to begin to see nature for what it really is, rebirth. Thank you.
February 21st, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Greetings, Just spent a wonderful weekend in our cabin get away where I read your book. Wanted to send you a message to tell you how much I enjoyed it. Are you planning a follow up? I see you have added a new member of your family since then (congratulations!) and after looking at your website(s) think am going to join up for my dose of daily coyote! Thanks for sharing your story ~ Deb