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From ShadowLight, A Photographer's Life by Freeman Patterson
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Potentially, we can find religious concern (ultimate caring about ultimate things) anywhere. This is because, in our heart of hearts, we all ask the question about the purpose and meaning of existence (especially our own) - and we attempt to answer it even by consciously ignoring the question or denying its importance. This is an issue from which we may consciously hide, but from which we can never escape, because it always remains firmly rooted in our unconscious self, emotionally linked to our instinct for self-preservation. We would rather be than not be.
Photography - both the craft and the art - helps me to be. It allows and enables me to live creatively, which is to honour Creation and my own existence. As I consciously pursue my craft, my concerns, anxieties, fears, loves, hopes and dreams bubble up from my unconscious. In this meeting of the conscious and unconscious, I can acknowledge my wounds and experience healing. Photography is neither a religion nor a panacea, but it provides me with the opportunity of "growing towards wholeness." And that, surely, is what the religious quest is all about.
What I would like to be able to do: look at my favourites, they speak thousands words. Thank you for your visit.
- JoinedAugust 2007
- OccupationPhotographer
- Current cityPort Coquitlam
- CountryCanada
- Websitehttp://www.gordanaphoto.com/
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Coming to flickr was an enlightening moment for me as a photographer. One of the rays that brought light to totally new horizons in the understanding photography was Gordana's work. Its meaning streams out of the frame and leads to truth, to Creator bringing healing to oneself. Not only once have I recognised this … Read more
Coming to flickr was an enlightening moment for me as a photographer. One of the rays that brought light to totally new horizons in the understanding photography was Gordana's work. Its meaning streams out of the frame and leads to truth, to Creator bringing healing to oneself. Not only once have I recognised this influence in my own work. Hvala, Goco.
Read lessGordana is the whole reason I started Flickring in the first place and her zeal for photography is certainly one of my strongest inspirations. She sees things in such a different light and that wonderful vision is embedded in every shot. Unlike my other Flickrfriends who encourage me from hundreds or thousands of m… Read more
Gordana is the whole reason I started Flickring in the first place and her zeal for photography is certainly one of my strongest inspirations. She sees things in such a different light and that wonderful vision is embedded in every shot. Unlike my other Flickrfriends who encourage me from hundreds or thousands of miles away, Gordana is (at least once a week) only an arms-length away, helping me to see things differently, teaching me, pushing me in a new direction or simply laughing with me. A fantastic shooter, thai food enthousiast and friend!
Read less… a celebration of light, shadow & life. “the harmonicas play the skeleton keys in the rain and these visions of [Gordana] are now all that remain.” (b. dylan)
Gordana's photostream is a place of leisure. She's developing her own definite and original style, where elements of pure joy fight for the light against a background of pain, restriction, human privations, hatred and injustice. She's been through the Balcan's war, and I think that this scar is noticeable in these wor… Read more
Gordana's photostream is a place of leisure. She's developing her own definite and original style, where elements of pure joy fight for the light against a background of pain, restriction, human privations, hatred and injustice. She's been through the Balcan's war, and I think that this scar is noticeable in these works of hope, yet unforgotten. Keep an eye on this spot of humble strength: it's not a lost time.
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