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19-DEC-2007

Duality #7

This image is the most recent addition to my Dualities Gallery. CLICK HERE to see the entire series.

I continue to be engrossed in the process of creating these diptychs, and am finding your comments most enlightening. Very often you are seeing things I was unaware of, at least not consciously. I know I'm paraphrasing something I've read, but if I could have said in words what these images meant, I would not have had to create them visually. I may think I am putting two photos together simply because they contain similar shapes and/or colors and are rather incongruous partners, but I know there's much more to it than that. When I find a "match" it's like a light bulb goes on in my head. I may not have any conscious idea why these two photos seem to relate, but my gut tells me they do. Once I make an image and put it out there, it's out of my hands. Then it's up to you, the viewer, to figure out what it means. And when you take the time to share your thoughts by posting a comment, we all learn. So I thank each of you for helping me see what I have made and why. You are an integral part of the creative process.


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Guest 20-Dec-2007 11:28
I am not entirely sure that what I see always goes beyond the graphical juxtaposition, but just that is already a lot. Bravo.
Chris Sofopoulos20-Dec-2007 09:38
Hehehhhh:)) Fantastic! v
Offer Goldfarb20-Dec-2007 03:48
Shalom Patricia
When browsing your interesting diptychs I found that there is always visual link built in in every one of them, this link works as resolving the secrate of the diptych, and giving to it some meaning,
in short: helping the viewer (maybe too much ?), but also reduce the artistic experience.
There is another alternative to make diptychs: diptych where the link is not transparent, the viewer (and the artist) must work harder for meanings and maybe the diptych will forever keep its secrate, like the works of rembrandt, for examples, or the meanings of life itself, and what is left is only the experience itself, rich with meaning and excitings that dont necessary can be translated into verbal ideas, knowing that always the ideas reduce the experience...
Attached here 2 images by mapllethorpe I tried to make diptych out of them to illustrate my thoughts.
http://www.pbase.com/image/90559529
yours, offer
Colin Clarke19-Dec-2007 22:03
Patricia: I wonder if I see here a keen sense that we must become more in tune with the earth. Be more switched on. We must get the message out. We must be better stewards of the planet. Raping and plundering the environment has to stop. Tell the world.
Guest 19-Dec-2007 20:52
For me, it's recording in nature and in man..very interesting...v
Tim O'Donoghue19-Dec-2007 19:17
Fractals. It's all about fractals in nature and composition. Form Function. Cool proect.
zeev segal19-Dec-2007 17:56
Very interesting photo ,Just great! V
Guest 19-Dec-2007 16:06
Oh yeah. Very interesting! V
Carolyn Rasmussen19-Dec-2007 13:46
Incredible. Order comes to mind. V
Bonnie Underwood19-Dec-2007 13:26
As much as I love my music, it
is the music of nature that
truly soothes my soul. I've been
following your dualities series and
enjoying each one on both a visual and
emotional level.
CM Kwan19-Dec-2007 11:31
A radio for human and a radio for nature. Extremely creative and unique, Pat! V
Guest 19-Dec-2007 10:17
lol, super seen.
H2M19-Dec-2007 08:39
Huge creativity!!V!
Paco López19-Dec-2007 07:21
Fantastic!!!!!! VOTE!
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