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Goodbye #WordlessWednesday

#WordlessWednesday #Goodbye #China

The Last Photo in My #WordlessWednesday Project

With this final photograph, I would like to thank everyone who followed the series—and especially those who shared their thoughts and encouragement.

A young girl waving beside the water in Guilin, with trees and misty limestone hills behind her
A girl waving goodbye in Guilin, China, 1979. © Friedrich Zettl

One last photograph for #WordlessWednesday. Let the image tell the story.

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27 responses to “Goodbye #WordlessWednesday”

  1. aparna12 avatar
    aparna12

    This is such a lovely pic. ♥️♥️♥️. Your Wordless Wednesdays blogs are awesome. But it’s impossible for me to be wordless 😂😂😂.

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  2. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
    Zettl Fine Arts

    Thank you so much! You are very kind! I am mostly “wordless” when I read your posts but I nevertheeless enjoy it very much.

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  3. gary j avatar
    gary j

    Thanks for sharing! such outstanding eye, depth and diversity. Truly a delight to have experienced. Be safe and well, greetings from oz

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you Gary, for your kind words and for joining the trip! Be safe and well too and enjoy your days!

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  4. luisa zambrotta avatar
    luisa zambrotta

    Simply wonderful! 💙💙💙

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you so much! 💙💙💙

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      1. luisa zambrotta avatar
        luisa zambrotta

        My pleasure 🙏

  5. Béatrice avatar
    Béatrice

    Thank you.

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      I thank you!

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  6. Bon Repos Gites avatar
    Bon Repos Gites

    Hopefully, a return next year? 😉

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      When I started this I thought it was a project of a certain quality. But most of them post about cats and dogs or use it for advertising. That doesn’t make any sense. Thank you for taking the journey. All the best!

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      1. Bon Repos Gites avatar
        Bon Repos Gites

        It is a shame when such things descend into a popularity show of kittens and bakes. Congratulations on sticking to quality! 🙂

      2. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
        Zettl Fine Arts

        Thank you so much.

      3. Bon Repos Gites avatar
        Bon Repos Gites

        You are very welcome! 🙂

  7. swabby429 avatar
    swabby429

    I love the universal childlike innocence this image conveys.

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thanks! You found exactly the right words.

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  8. Ashley avatar
    Ashley

    The background is so very like a Chinese painting, more unreal than the little girl, who makes me want to know her name and know how she is in this troubled world! 🙋‍♂️

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you very much, Ashley! I am very happy that people like you see the photos as intended. All the best 😀

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  9. annieasksyou avatar
    annieasksyou

    A beautiful, moving photo–one that I can’t separate from current events in China. As you’re so deeply imbued in the country and culture, are you and your art being directly affected? I’ve been thinking of you.

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you very much! For me, the situation in China is not of great importance. The unsold paintings from my last exhibition are still in China, but that has to do with the Covid situation.

      My Chinese painter friends are of course “not amused” about the current politics and their situation is certainly much worse than it was a few years ago. But the Chinese are patient and persistent and also know that the “bumpy roads” are almost everywhere in the world at the moment.

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  10. artsofmay avatar
    artsofmay

    The child, the setting with the striking mountains and the colours are very beautiful.

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you very much! This stretch of land along the Li River is particularly beautiful and has been sung about by ancient poets.

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  11. Martha Kennedy avatar
    Martha Kennedy

    e quanta nostalgia… ❤️

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      I ricordi ci mantengono giovani 🙂

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      1. Martha Kennedy avatar
        Martha Kennedy

        davero…

  12. Susanna avatar
    Susanna

    What a pretty and eye catching nature. Always thanks to Mother Nature. Great Jod

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    1. Zettl Fine Arts avatar
      Zettl Fine Arts

      Thank you very much! Yes, Mother Nature is full of joy 🙂

      Reply

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