Christopher A Strickland Photography
Windows of Perception
I made several photos of reflections in this interesting modern window in a newly built structure in the business park it stands within. The lamp posts and stained hardwood fence panels outside in the carpark created interesting patterns in the wavy glass. Each time I focused and clicked the shutter a different pattern of distorted images and shapes came out in the glass. Some were quite remarkable. One was even startling.
It is interesting to note that the structure is built upon the boundary of an anglo-Saxon burial ground, which is upon a Bronze age fortified settlement, which is built upon a neolithic monument that was part of a larger ceremonial landscape that encompassed an area from Springfield to Little Baddow and Boreham. The area they were built upon is rich in large gravel, flint nodules, and fossil rock. History reaching back over 30,000 years. One theory based upon extensive research that has been done, investigating unusual natural phenomena or reports of "hauntings" is that the local geography and geology combine with historical events that occurred on the site to cause optivcal illusions under certain conditions. The theory is that the crystalline matrix of certain types of stone, rock, or mineral deposits in abundance is able to absorb and record a sort of imprint of an event or scene, particularly those associated with high levels of emotion or traumatic events. This leaves a sort of "place-memory" that stays there, somehow embedded within the place itself. You must, however view the recorded image being "played back" from a certain perspective in a certain light in specific atmospheric conditions or you will never be able to see it. Author and educator Tom Graves has an interesting take on it in his book "Needles of Stone" here www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyArchive/ndlstone/06ghos... I have worked with photonics and holographic glass plates, so I understand this scientific principle. It works with glass and minerals, so why not with a larger amount of minerals in favorable conditions? I saw some unusual images in the window....but I will let you decide what you see. It is your own window of perception that counts.
Windows of Perception
I made several photos of reflections in this interesting modern window in a newly built structure in the business park it stands within. The lamp posts and stained hardwood fence panels outside in the carpark created interesting patterns in the wavy glass. Each time I focused and clicked the shutter a different pattern of distorted images and shapes came out in the glass. Some were quite remarkable. One was even startling.
It is interesting to note that the structure is built upon the boundary of an anglo-Saxon burial ground, which is upon a Bronze age fortified settlement, which is built upon a neolithic monument that was part of a larger ceremonial landscape that encompassed an area from Springfield to Little Baddow and Boreham. The area they were built upon is rich in large gravel, flint nodules, and fossil rock. History reaching back over 30,000 years. One theory based upon extensive research that has been done, investigating unusual natural phenomena or reports of "hauntings" is that the local geography and geology combine with historical events that occurred on the site to cause optivcal illusions under certain conditions. The theory is that the crystalline matrix of certain types of stone, rock, or mineral deposits in abundance is able to absorb and record a sort of imprint of an event or scene, particularly those associated with high levels of emotion or traumatic events. This leaves a sort of "place-memory" that stays there, somehow embedded within the place itself. You must, however view the recorded image being "played back" from a certain perspective in a certain light in specific atmospheric conditions or you will never be able to see it. Author and educator Tom Graves has an interesting take on it in his book "Needles of Stone" here www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyArchive/ndlstone/06ghos... I have worked with photonics and holographic glass plates, so I understand this scientific principle. It works with glass and minerals, so why not with a larger amount of minerals in favorable conditions? I saw some unusual images in the window....but I will let you decide what you see. It is your own window of perception that counts.