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07-NOV-2007

Stairway to heaven, Laguna, New Mexico, 2007

A mural on the back of San Jose Mission Church at the Laguna Pueblo near Albuquerque mysteriously extends its influence upwards, along a glowing wall. That glowing wall repeats the path of the curving painted steps as it soars out of a stylized painting of the mission and continues its flow along a diagonal path towards the upper right hand corner, leaving us to imagine where all the energy expressed here might be headed.

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Phil Douglis13-Dec-2007 22:34
I am delighted that you picked up on the color here, Kal. I must have intuitively responded to the contrast it brings to the adobe wall, and that blue sky painted within the niche echoes the hopeful gaze of the figure.
Kal Khogali13-Dec-2007 21:28
The hope in that colour amidst the blandness of the wall is incredibly symblic. K
Phil Douglis30-Nov-2007 23:29
I am sure your subconscious mind would follow the trail of that light as if it was leading to a better place, Patricia.
¥ou say it is very subtle. Of course it is subtle. The mechanics of a photograph should not call attention to themselves. If they do, like those hideous tilted frames we see so much of these days, the image is based on a gimmick or device, rather than on an underlying structure that provides guidance and meaning.
Patricia Lay-Dorsey30-Nov-2007 22:23
Again, very subtle. I wouldn't have noticed that consciously but I'd bet my subconscious would have.
Phil Douglis19-Nov-2007 19:10
Thanks, Mo. I had to see it first, and then I had to make it work by using the proper exposure, framing and post processing technique.
monique jansen19-Nov-2007 12:39
Well seen
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