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@katibaldwinphoto had her first open studio back in May (I know, I forgot to post this one), and of course I wander everywhere but the actual studio. Gotta be free, man. Found out she’s got a rather dark stairway into the unknown in her kitchen, and wrangled @little_voxel and @lucid.angell into some mind bending double exposure shenanigans as I continue learning my way around stamping moments on top of each other. Was a good day.
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A fine bright day to visit Rotterdam and two of its memorable sites: the fine Trompenburg Arboretum (1821) (see my earlier www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/36240123353/in/photoli... and the inset in this photo) and the mind-bending ultramodern Markthal (2014).
The Arboretum reminded me again of what's said about the Garden of Eden, a Paradise of Green, famed, of course, for its notable Trees!
The main photo, though, is of a part of the grand mural of the Markthal (2014), a combination of residence, office building and a huge food markt with restaurants galore. The enormous building was designed by the Dutch archictectural venture MVRDV; the murals are the work of Arno Coenen (1972-). Horn of Plenty, a suitable name if you are astounded as I was by the amazing array of foods sold here, has an area of 11,000 square metres (about 2 soccerfields)! All kinds of 'plenty' are illustrated in vivid colors.
Of course I was reminded of the Horn of Plenty in John Milton's Paradise Regained and of the lush and vibrant paintings of Henri Rousseau. But I was brought back to Eden by Coenen's caterpillar, wondering what might have happened if it had caught hold of that 'apple' before Eve and Adam... Perhaps then there'd have been no need for Douanier Angels!
Hey now draw yourself more near to me
Rest your weary mind bend your will to the light
Lay down all those things you fear to be
What you may become truth for everyone...
The Helio Sequence - One More Time
I believe this is a 2022 Ferrari SF90 Stradale in white. Any corrections will be appreciated.
www.ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/sf90-stradale
The car’s name encapsulates the true significance of all that has been achieved in terms of performance. The reference to the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Scuderia Ferrari underscores the strong link that has always existed between Ferrari’s track and road cars. A brilliant encapsulation of the most advanced technologies developed in Maranello, the SF90 Stradale is also the perfect demonstration of how Ferrari immediately transitions the knowledge and skills it acquires in competition to its production cars.
The SF90 Stradale is the first ever Ferrari to feature PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) architecture which sees the internal combustion engine integrated with three electric motors, two of which are independent and located on the front axle, with the third at the rear between the engine and the gearbox.
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The word “plug-in hybrid” probably calls to mind dorky but practical vehicles like the Toyota Prius Prime. But believe it or not, the sleek, low-slung Ferrari SF90 Stradale coupe and the SF90 Spider convertible also fit into that category, packing a twin-turbocharged V-8 and three electric motors. Instead of focusing on efficiency, however, the SF90 uses its electrified powertrain to boost performance—its 60-mph time of 2.0 seconds makes it officially the quickest car we've ever tested. Along with bedroom poster-worthy looks and mind-bending acceleration, the SF90’s interior is wrapped in rich, sweet-smelling leather and fitted with high-quality switchgear and a 16-inch digital gauge cluster. Unsurprisingly, the bonkers performance and classy cabin will cost you around half-a-million dollars, but if you can afford to plunk down that hefty sum, you’ll be able to enjoy one of the sharpest, most capable supercars on sale today—and
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Have you seen the movie Inception? It is one of the most mind-bending & yet riveting movies I have seen. Well, those who have seen the movie would instantaneously remember this Pont de Bir-Hakeim bridge, as a major hallucinatory mind alternating scene was shot here.
Go to the bridge at twilight & you'll see the Lady Eiffel in an entirely different light & framed nicely within this solid steel bridge. Do both these structures look & feel similar? No wonder they both were designed & built by the same brilliant brain, Mr. Gustave Eiffel.
LSD…that would be Pounds, shillings and pence - UK's pre-decimal currency…not the mind bending drugs so beloved by yesterdays rock stars.
Characteristic street surface tile work (Calçada) on R.Antão Girão in Setúbal.
Calçada in its current form was first used in 1842, in the gardens of Sao Jorge castle designed by lieutenant-general Eusébio Pinheiro Furtado (then governor of the castle) and executed by captives in the castle prison.
Six years later, lieutenant-general Furtado’s design for Lisbon's Rossio square (Praça de Dom Pedro IV ) – a series of mind-bending curves titled ‘The Wide Ocean’ – was approved by the city council.
It was a matter of time before the mosaic paving spilled over onto the streets and pavements of Lisbon and of all Portugal.
This mind-bending image of an AI-generated wave in psychedelic style is a feast for the eyes. Its intricate details and vibrant colors are a testament to the creative power of artificial intelligence. Anyone with an appreciation for art and technology won't want to miss this stunning masterpiece.
{ Sun 8th May } - behind again!
Thought I would have another go with a slinky shot. This time I used the point and shoot after being quite disappointed with the DSLR version. I like this but it could still be improved! But things are so mind-bending at the moment that I haven't the time or the energy!
I made the trip to Ground Zero for the 18th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Emotions run rampant as I stood and tried to imagine the mind bending horror, that unfolded on this very spot, 18 years ago today.
The bravery of the HEROIC first responders selflessly charging into the burning monolith, which would soon collapse, is as mind bending as the horror itself.
I found myself standing in front of a section of the memorial clearly set aside for Firefighters lost.
I’ve been especially loving making compositing images lately. I’ve wanted to make a mind-bending image like this one. I had so much fun making a portrait that tests what I can do in post.
A unique experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer has started collecting data that will answer some mind-bending questions about our universe – including whether we live in a hologram.
Much like characters on a television show would not know that their seemingly 3 - D world exists only on a 2 - D screen, we could be clueless that our 3 - D space is just an illusion. The information about everything in our universe could actually be encoded in tiny packets in two dimensions.
Get close enough to your TV screen and you'll see pixels, small points of data that make a seamless image if you stand back. Scientists think that the universe's information may be contained in the same way, and that the natural "pixel size" of space is roughly 10 trillion trillion times smaller than an atom, a distance that physicists refer to as the Planck scale.
"We want to find out whether spacetime is a quantum system just like matter is," said Craig Hogan, director of Fermilab's Center for Particle Astrophysics and the developer of the holographic noise theory. "If we see something, it will completely change ideas about space we've used for thousands of years."
Quantum theory suggests that it is impossible to know both the exact location and the exact speed of subatomic particles. If space comes in 2-D bits with limited information about the precise location of objects, then space itself would fall under the same theory of uncertainty . The same way that matter continues to jiggle (as quantum waves) even when cooled to absolute zero, this digitized space should have built-in vibrations even in its lowest energy state.
Do we live in a 2-D hologram? New Fermilab experiment will test the nature of the universe
The holometer as constructed at Fermilab includes two interferometers in evacuated 6-inch steel tubes about 40 meters long. Optical systems (not shown here) in each one “recycle” laser light to create a very steady, intense laser wave with about a kilowatt of laser power to maximize the precision of the measurement. The outputs of the two photodiodes are correlated to measure the holographic jitter of the spacetime the two machines share. The holometer will measure jitter as small as a few billionths of a billionth of a meter. Credit: Fermilab.
Essentially, the experiment probes the limits of the universe's ability to store information. If there are a set number of bits that tell you where something is, it eventually becomes impossible to find more specific information about the location – even in principle. The instrument testing these limits is Fermilab's Holometer, or holographic interferometer, the most sensitive device ever created to measure the quantum jitter of space itself.
Now operating at full power, the Holometer uses a pair of interferometers placed close to one another. Each one sends a one-kilowatt laser beam (the equivalent of 200,000 laser pointers) at a beam splitter and down two perpendicular 40-meter arms. The light is then reflected back to the beam splitter where the two beams recombine, creating fluctuations in brightness if there is motion. Researchers analyze these fluctuations in the returning light to see if the beam splitter is moving in a certain way – being carried along on a jitter of space itself.
"Holographic noise" is expected to be present at all frequencies, but the scientists' challenge is not to be fooled by other sources of vibrations. The Holometer is testing a frequency so high – millions of cycles per second – that motions of normal matter are not likely to cause problems. Rather, the dominant background noise is more often due to radio waves emitted by nearby electronics. The Holometer experiment is designed to identify and eliminate noise from such conventional sources.
"If we find a noise we can't get rid of, we might be detecting something fundamental about nature–a noise that is intrinsic to spacetime," said Fermilab physicist Aaron Chou, lead scientist and project manager for the Holometer. "It's an exciting moment for physics. A positive result will open a whole new avenue of questioning about how space works."
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The tenth edition of Motel Mozaique was a blast. The Rotterdam based festival always brings a mix of new music, mind bending theatre and art
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Which one do you think is the predator? Ok, to be honest, this is somehow a small parody of "capitalism".
I have been willing to do something like this since some time… Everything is connected in this image (the smallest fish at the top is asking for help, see detail below). I took the photo near Sousse in Tunisia not too long ago, I also made the drawing. If you wish, you can view some details, the work in progress and other Pencil Vs Camera pictures at this link.
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I have started to seriously look through the first night of images from the Remarkable Rocks and am enjoying doing it that way. I havent even looked at the the second night yet.
I realise after looking at this one that I was getting a bit creative with the lightng dotted around. Again this is SOOC. Which is a bit mind bending for me and a direct result of the 24mm1.4 I was using!
I have just seen Tackyshacks timelapse of recent (a must see www.flickr.com/photos/tackyshack/5923856975/) and it has inspired me to get back there and do a timelapse night session!
I hope you are enjoying the Kangaroo Island series. I know I am having heaps of fun!
*SOOC means "Straight out of Camera", this image was shot in a single RAW exposure with absolutely no editing or adjustments whatsoever. I have simply added the watermark and uploaded it.
Nimble and precise, Vastt uses his gravity defying powers to create mind-bending battlefields. His four wing daggers are perfect for up close combat, or can be guided from a distance to fall to their targets. Vastt's Mask of Durability protects him from even the heaviest of impacts and allows him to slice through the toughest materials.
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Just a quick guy for the upcoming Bionilug convention display. Also hey first MOC I've posted this year!
A piece I made for an art show I was in down in San Diego. I also wrote a poem for this image and it is as follows:
Truth
It can come in a whisper or a mighty ocean's roar
It can come like a thief in the night, or in a package left at your door
It has a way of sneaking up on you unexpected
And will let you know immediately if anything has been neglected
It's not always pleasant, it's not always kind
It can be when it wants to, just depends on how much you're willing to try
To peer inside the looking glass and get real about what you see
It never comes with an easy answer, but there is a guarantee
That if you reach deep down and take a chance this thing will set you free
But there has to be a willingness to unearth
This mystery, this enigma, to understand life's total worth
This word-twister, this mind-bender, is often called Truth
And many today search for it in some kind of fountain of youth
Or call for it long-distance hoping to find it from some roadside phone booth
But the more you try to pin it down the more it gets lost
And no matter how far you seek it there's always another line to be crossed
It lacks a single name
Like a lion that can't be tamed
It refuses to be defined
And can't be bought with your and nickels and dimes
Never confined to a single lone space
And often comes in blinding moments of grace
It's not something that can be owned
But can be experienced, just depends what kind of seeds that are sown
Look for it in reflections
In the eyes of another
And you'll come across glimpses of perfection
And in yourself too, it will be uncovered
But this must be dispensed so that it can stay alive
You can't keep it to yourself, otherwise it spoils and rots, and gets twisted into a lie
That something that gets uncovered is what the world really needs
And sometimes it goes by what we call Truth with a capital T
Often you will hear it speak through the actions of the meek
The reality is the Truth within you is what people really seek
-Jason Godbey
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Imagine yourself climbing this spiral staircase
Note the nearly continuous diagonal line that runs from about 10% above the lower right corner to about 25% below the upper left corner.
Witch way is up?
What if you leave fingerprints on the hand rails?
What if the hand rails leave fingerprints on you?
Is it better to tie or not to tie knots in your tangents?
Is thirty one, thirteen spelled backwards?
Is this image making me crazy?
I scrolled through the entire Autumn ‘Roid Week Pool and didn’t see any photos like this, so I figured it would be a good fit. Add some extra surrealism to the group, broaden our existential horizons. I don’t know how I got so deep into double exposures and oddities seeing as how I started out with very straight forward portraits, but I love a weird, mind bending shot. I want all of the possibilities, and I look forward to what I can find in my experiments.
Autumn 'Roid Week 2025 Day 5, part 2
one of the best ways to confuse a burgler is to disguise the house & fit metal cladding with mind bending illusions - this way he will be unable to gain entry or find the door - in my illustration you can hardly tell that I've changed anything - as far as the neighbours I'll just stay calm & act casual - thanks for looking - best bigger
Nimble and precise, Vastt uses his gravity defying powers to create mind-bending battlefields. His four wing daggers are perfect for up close combat, or can be guided from a distance to fall to their targets. Vastt's Mask of Durability protects him from even the heaviest of impacts and allows him to slice through the toughest materials.
Build Notes:
Just a quick guy for the upcoming Bionilug convention display. Also hey first MOC I've posted this year!
At first glance, it may seem as though this image was taken through a faulty lens, but the mind-bending distortions visible in this impressive image taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 are actually caused by a cosmic phenomenon.
The bright galaxies at the center of the frame belong to the galaxy cluster SDSS J1336-0331. The enormous gravitational influence of the cluster warps the very shape and fabric of its environment (the space-time around it), creating an effect known as strong gravitational lensing. Through this effect the light from background galaxies in the line of sight to the observer is bent into fantastic arcs. This effect is very useful for studying distant background galaxies.
Moreover, SDSS J1336-0331 is interesting in itself: the cluster was part of a study of star formation within Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs — the brightest galaxies within their host clusters). Typically located in the centers of their clusters, BCGs are among the most massive and luminous galaxies in the universe. They are generally huge elliptical galaxies and are likely to host active galactic nuclei in their cores. The study found evidence to suggest that BCGs are fueled by cold gas from the galaxy. It also showed that star formation in older BCGs no longer significantly contributes to the galaxy’s growth; instead, the stellar growth occurs through mergers, the collision of two galaxies. Violent, gas-rich major mergers can trigger intense bursts of star formation in their aftermath.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
A copycat of Erik Johansson's surrealistic mind-bending shot 'Impact'.
It took Johansson months of preparation and 17 square meters of real mirror to create.
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We're here visiting Water
i'm goofing off with a little mind-bending fun.
this is the entrance to the fortress at emporio in santorini. i sat on the side ledge and shot a hand-held panorama.
nothing's straight in this space, anyway.
There it was, man, this twisted marvel of silky madness entwined like a hallucinogenic tapestry on that old, rusted wagon wheel. A spider's web, man, a chaotic dance of life and death spun with reckless abandon. The arachnid architect had taken hold of the wheel's spokes like a mad puppeteer, weaving threads of doom that shimmered under the moonlight, mocking the very laws of nature. It was a cosmic carnival, a psychedelic nightmare etched on the fringes of reality. Each strand glistened like a fragile promise, daring you to approach, to test the boundaries of your own existence. It was a freak show, a mind-bending spectacle that whispered secrets of the universe, beckoning you into its twisted grasp. And as the desert wind howled, I couldn't help but wonder if this was the spider's kingdom or mine, man, as the line between reality and madness blurred under the spell of that entangled web on the wagon wheel.
(From the Ma & Pa Film Archives • Lawrence Hutchinson, Curator)
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A bit of a mind bender of a title i know but really exploring the not so familiar take on a over imaged icon. Thats my excuse...haha. Its also a different angle for the storm waves. Must remember this spot when there is a easterly storm as waves from that direction would be a much more dramatic scene. Will have to wait for a ex tropical cyclone methinks running down the coast to produce that sort of swell. Waiting...
On a side note i see that instagram is now calling itself a entertainment app in competition to tick tock. Wonder where the serious photogs and influencers will go then? Was really beginning to hate that app anyways. Dont know if facebook any better for photogs...
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Eat, sleep, work... no way. No more routine! Escape the madness, escape the system. The character is a mix of James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Tintin and King Kong, lol!!! I took this photo recently in Barcelona subway. I also made the illustration in colors. You can view the full sketch in progress at this link.
This is part of "Pencil Vs Camera Beta Version" (colored drawings on black paper).
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Taken from a project for my client in Birkenhead, 2 stunningly polished and re-balanced propellers all ready to be re-commissioned to their craft.
The engineering and precision of these propellers were mind bending and beautiful at the same time, it was hard not to be taken by them.
I've spent some time around the McLaren 720S, but this was my first time in one. And not only in one, but in the driver's seat ripping down and through a curvy Utah canyon. I was blown away. It's a BEAST of a car and I've never been more impressed with a car. The acceleration is vicious and the suspension and handling response is mind-bending. Spent probably 6+ hours in it and I would love to spend much, much more time i it in the future.
So you're sitting at home, looking out on a 100%, completely overcast day, and thinking:
"Great, I'm glad it's cloudy because I need to get some work done. Got my first art show of the year coming up in a couple of weeks and there's a huge amount of prep to be done."
And then a little voice in your head says: "Hey, want to go out shooting at Four Mile Beach?"
You say: "nah, c'mon, it's totally cloudy out, what would be the point?"
The Voice says: "yeah, but want to go anyway?"
So you say: "dude, just look outside, it's completely cloudy out. Besides, it's already 4:00 in the afternoon, I haven't even eaten lunch yet because of all the silly errands I had to run today, and there's a ton of work to be done. Just leave it."
The Voice says: "Ok, eat lunch and then maybe we can take another peek outside when you're done."
You say: "Fine, just leave me alone while I eat."
But then as soon as you're done with your hasty meal, the Voice is back, and says: "Ok, let's go look outside."
You walk over to the window trying to prove to it that it's fruitless: "See look," you say, "totally and completely cloudy."
But the Voice notices something you don't want it to see: "Well, not completely," it says, "it looks like you can actually see the ocean, and there appears to be a slightly lighter band of clouds on the horizon. There's a chance some nice light could peek through that at sunset, so c'mon, let's go! Besides, even if there isn't any great light, I know you wanted to scout more around the south end of Four Mile. So let's go. And oh, by the way, I'm not going to leave you alone until we go. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!"
You say: "Jesus you're persistent. I really don't think there's going to be any light, but if it means you'll shut up, ok we'll go."
The Voice: "Weeeeeeeee!!!!"
So then you drive down to the beach and there's just clouds everywhere. "See," you say, "I told you it was going to be way too cloudy. But since we're here we might as well head down and scout the beach for future shots." You start walking along the beach, in no particular hurry, because you know it's way too overcast for any light to come shining through. Along the way you pass some neat, exposed rocks that could make a nice foreground composition on a future night with some better light.
You head farther and farther down the beach and have a good time exploring and find a few places that could be interesting for south-west facing shots. The Voice has been surprisingly quiet this whole time. Then, with 15 minutes before sunset, it pipes up again:
"HEY!! There's starting to be a tiny amount of color along the horizon to the northwest, we should head back that way to those rocks we found earlier."
You say "Argh! Fine! But I'm not going to hurry because that is just the tiniest, most insignificant line of color I've ever seen!"
So you turn around and walk back north to the rocks you found earlier, arriving just as the little band of light explodes into a mind-bending sunset. The light growing ever-more beautiful by the second, you scrabble for a strong composition and after a few minutes of fiddling, you end up settling on one that arranges the rocky terraces in a way that they lead out towards the magnificent display of light. Seconds after you take this shot, the best light is already fading and is completely gone after another two minutes.
"I f#^%ing told you," says the Voice.
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Does this ever happen to anyone else?
~Josh
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Cryo Unit: The chaotic fringes of mindfulness
I am exposed, vulnerable, navigating the chaotic fringes of my own mindfulness. The name, Subi, echoes in what's left of my mind, my capsule, the barrier that protects the once me. My consciousness, or the part that still functions independently of the cryo-unit's carefully orchestrated systems, is a fragmented entity, a shimmering nebula of thought clinging precariously to the edges of lucidity. It is this fragile kernel of self that the unit is designed to stabilise, to protect from the overwhelming onslaught of the anomaly.
The interior of my reinforced cryo-unit, a masterpiece of bio-engineering and advanced materials, hums with a low, constant energy. Its purpose is singular: to stabilise my consciousness, shield it from the psychological pressures of interstellar travel and the mind-bending realities of the anomaly, and to rejuvenate my body for whatever lies beyond this terrifying void. I feel the subtle shift, the gradual withdrawal from the overwhelming sensory input of the external world as I descend into the de-adenosine sequence. A deep, restorative sleep awaits, a temporary oblivion that will hopefully fortify and restore me for the unknown adventures ahead. The last remnants of my conscious thought dissolve, replaced by the silent, rhythmic hum of the machine and the constant, unwavering beat of my organic heart.
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it's all downhill starting from yesterday's turkey of a shot (sorry, turkeys , no disrespect) and today it all escalated or , to be more accurate, degraded to taking a photo of a "thing" , unseemly thing to do but to my defense, I say to myself, I abstained for a few days not taking this shot driving by and finally today snapped , both literally and metaphorically
what tipped the balance was my curiosity what the hell is on those signs , as I couldn't quite read across the street , now I know
the display , curiously , fits in something that occupied my otherwise vacant mind last few days.
My obsession with development of Donald show and polemic on both sides lead me to spending some time following conservative commentators likes of Ben Shapiro, I was curious as to how someone who is not barking mad and seemingly not evil or dumb can seriously argue that Donald could possibly be let any close to any power and I got introduced to a "western civilzation is in mortal danger" stance. and I in general understand and share some of the fear Ben and his crowd voices, i.e. fear of tribal, cult like, not based on facts political correctness and wokeness . It is as dangerous as they say and grows as quickly it seems as they say. Then of course Ben and Co make a fantastic mind bending leap from very logical and well meaning "save the world from tyranny of wokeness" to let's argue that a deranged out of control vile dumb evil man can lead us to something positive in spite of who he is.
back to our display, which states in no uncertain terms that I am a genocidal, murderous immoral person because I eat meat. This is partly why Donald was elected , I am not attempting to estimate what % of his success is due to "this" but some meaningful % for sure.
I guess what I am saying , my little excursion to the land of conservatives just brought into focus what I knew earlier, i.e. there are many really dumb , be it well meaning, folks among left who feed Donalds with their blind stupidity
Artists EtaMae and Jos invite you to step into a mind-bending urban landscape that you don't just see you experience.
This masterful collaboration fuses Jos's programmed logic and structural precision with EtaMae's powerful, textured photography. Inspired by a recent Banksy exhibit, EtaMae's real-life photographs are woven into the very fabric of this powerful, multi-level structure, transforming tangible moments into digital artistry that carries a profound message.
It’s an urban symphony on four levels complete with intricate details and a secret hamster inside the DJ table!
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I am currently engrossed in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. In fact I am just wrapping up book 7. Well ok, wrapping up is probably a generous description, I still have over 300 pages left. But it has been a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable read. There really isn't too much mind-bending I have to say about it tonight. Mainly, the idea of an infinite number of universes spinning on an axis with a tower at the middle of it, has at least a bit in common to how I approach photography.
It is a fascinating idea to imagine various existences running alongside our own, many so similar as to be indistinguishable from our with the exception of minor details. Other's completely and utterly alien. Photography is sort of the same. We can stand at a spot on a bright, sunny blue day and capture the photo we see. We can use a wide angle lens to stretch it just a bit. We can shoot black and white or even infrared to filter out specific visions. We can also cross process or chop the image up in photoshop. We can shoot it with primitive cameras or advanced ones. Pinholes, Holgas, a Nikon F4 or D3 (You sank my battleship by the way). And if we explore enough, we can even discover a world right in front of us that was completely invisible to us at first. Invisible but there, running right alongside the one we could see.
And so I found this one at the Ira Keller Fountain in downtown Portland on just such a bright sunny Spring day. This one was uncovered by my Zero Image pinhole and Efke infrared film through a red 29 filter. This is one of my favorite fountains... nay... one of my favorite spots in this entire city. I think it is a masterful piece of architecture and it fits this city so well, one on the edge of such an area as the Columbia River Gorge. I have many fond memories that have been found here over the years, and many of those involve fond photographs as well.
So even if King's sci-fi, western, fantasy novels are not changing my life, they are at least a bit in sync with certain aspects of my photography.
And as Roland would say,
"Bird and Bear,
and Hare and Fish".
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Long-exposure picture of light, mirrored. These are more clearly exemplary of geometry than the other diptyches I've made...putting these together truly blew my mind, because the original photos were completely not geometrical at all -- they were completely chaotic. I guess it makes logical sense they would look geometric when mirrored, but it's still rather mind-bending to me. I'm still trying to figure out what exactly these mean...like, what they say about the universe and/or the human mind. It's just so bizarre to me that simply mirroring can image can make these profound geometric images appear.