Very nice. I'm appreciating the consistency of what is catching your eye. Whether by photograph or by your own hand, there is a spareness, a minimalism. It's a reminder that the complexity is out there, ready to burst upon us. How can we interact without losing limits? Art photography reveals. By placing a frame, wider context is suspended. Elements are equalized. The viewer's task is to suppress the mind's ravenous need to recognize and define. - It's a heart. No, it's two gestures in chalk, was the right placed before the left? On another planet, what is their symbol for heart? Does it attach to some emotion? - It's a heart. Yes, is it bleeding? - It's some sort of metal screen. No, it's a texture which interacts with the foreground gesture and moderates the background texture. - It's a number. No, it's a mechanically printed form which is in opposition to the forces which created the other textures. - A person chalked a symbol. Was it witnessed as an action or only the aftermath? Was the photographer witnessed? Was the blogger witnessed? - What is going on in mind of the person who steps in the room where this is reproduced at 54" x 36" ? - Imagine the loss of complexity, if we only had the heart, the number and the darkest tones. The screen and background texture are vital.
First off, sorry for the delay in responding to this. Second, I love and appreciate the care you bring to these responses. Thank you thank you thank you. I couldn't necessarily articulate why I chose to take this snap and, then, after reviewing, decided to keep it. I mean there's plenty I don't keep. But I can tell you this - without the screen, I wouldn't have bothered with the snap. Now, yes, the heart is on the screen, of course - I MEANT that, if the heart were on the door only and there was no screen, I pass it by. And if the heart is on the door and the screen is there, I definitely take the snap and we see what that's like. But heart on the screen over the door is best, I think. Anyway, it was all about the pattern of the screen first and foremost, and how it combined with the heart and door and the "drips" at the bottom...
Very nice. I'm appreciating the consistency of what is catching your eye. Whether by photograph or by your own hand, there is a spareness, a minimalism. It's a reminder that the complexity is out there, ready to burst upon us. How can we interact without losing limits?
ReplyDeleteArt photography reveals. By placing a frame, wider context is suspended. Elements are equalized. The viewer's task is to suppress the mind's ravenous need to recognize and define.
- It's a heart. No, it's two gestures in chalk, was the right placed before the left? On another planet, what is their symbol for heart? Does it attach to some emotion?
- It's a heart. Yes, is it bleeding?
- It's some sort of metal screen. No, it's a texture which interacts with the foreground gesture and moderates the background texture.
- It's a number. No, it's a mechanically printed form which is in opposition to the forces which created the other textures.
- A person chalked a symbol. Was it witnessed as an action or only the aftermath? Was the photographer witnessed? Was the blogger witnessed?
- What is going on in mind of the person who steps in the room where this is reproduced at 54" x 36" ?
- Imagine the loss of complexity, if we only had the heart, the number and the darkest tones. The screen and background texture are vital.
First off, sorry for the delay in responding to this. Second, I love and appreciate the care you bring to these responses. Thank you thank you thank you. I couldn't necessarily articulate why I chose to take this snap and, then, after reviewing, decided to keep it. I mean there's plenty I don't keep. But I can tell you this - without the screen, I wouldn't have bothered with the snap. Now, yes, the heart is on the screen, of course - I MEANT that, if the heart were on the door only and there was no screen, I pass it by. And if the heart is on the door and the screen is there, I definitely take the snap and we see what that's like. But heart on the screen over the door is best, I think. Anyway, it was all about the pattern of the screen first and foremost, and how it combined with the heart and door and the "drips" at the bottom...
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