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I am obsessed with empty chairs recently and I got a comment from my friend. The chair you have chosen is a common type and the setting is not special or without special lighting. It is not unique and cannot be treated as a metaphor in any way.
I find this so familiar. Many have argued that photography cannot be art because it can be reproduced so easily. There is no uniqueness and it could not be an artistic expression. Another person can stand in the same place and take the same shot. Even with different exposure setting and technique, it is still the same subject reproduced in the two-dimensional space. This makes more sound argument when you shoot mundane subjects in daily life.
I will skip the detailed discussions here. Your ideas are very much welcome.
I am a stubborn person and I believe my chair is different from yours even when you stand in the same spot and take the same picture with my camera. :o)
And of course photography is artistic expression in my eyes (even without digital darkroom).
Happy Monday!
A chair in my neighbourhood taken with the Fuji S1600 compact.
AKA Star Wars Day. May the Force be with you.
And metaphors be with you too.
"To be Jedi is to face the truth, and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night." — Yoda
The cover of a Lego Star Wars video game box.
Crushing Metaphors.
Толпы контрастирующих пиров благородные звери быстрые вздохи прыгающие комнаты огромные крайности вытягивание лап столы корзины ссоры случаются,
استنزاف اضطهادات يرثى لها تيارات زاحفة يتنفس دخانًا يحول القبلات بحار متشابكة وحوش محتشدة أيدي ملطخة بالدماء تفتح الثقوب,
balayage des rochers taches parallèles décès compagnie ailes mots nuits les plus fortes invitations obscurité forces vénérables boire des libations,
neotesan pjesnik velike kolone večere duge uglačane stolice dostojanstvene šalice masivna koplja znatiželjne predstave brojanje koraka krajnji bodovi,
prace obciążone wyobrażenie kursów wędrowiec komentarze tradycyjne rady komponowanie teoria zaniepokojone stanowiska tłumaczenia rozwiązania,
秘密を構築する命令制御謝辞提案バースト表現長い意見変装明確な重要な蓋特定の役割新しい神話は罠を報告する.
Steve.D.Hammond.
A break from our regular scheduled programing (read 2 more band shots coming up...including my favorite). Nature was calling me. Too many people shots in a row gets me nervous.
"Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind,
Visions of shadows that shine.
Til one day I returned and found they were the
Victims of the vines of changes."
- - Lyrics by Phil Ochs
Algún día te escribiré un poema que no
mencione el aire ni la noche;
un poema que omita los nombres de las flores,
que no tenga jazmines o magnolias.
Algún día te escribiré un poema sin pájaros,
sin fuentes, un poema que eluda el mar
y que no mire a las estrellas.
Algún día te escribiré un poema que se limite
a pasar los dedos por tu piel
y que convierta en palabras tu mirada.
Sin comparaciones, sin metáforas;
algún día escribiré un poema que huela a ti,
un poema con el ritmo de tus pulsaciones,
con la intensidad estrujada de tu abrazo.(...)
DARÍO JARAMILLO A. ( Colombia 1947 )
La imagen es de las flores de Magnolia x soulangeana, editada con Photoshop)
...........................
Someday I'll write you a poem that does not
mention the air or the night;
a poem that omits the names of flowers,
that does not have jasmines or magnolias.
Someday I'll write you a poem without birds,
without sources, a poem that eludes the sea
and do not look at the stars.
Some day I will write you a poem that is limited
to run your fingers through your skin
and let your look become words.
Without comparisons, without metaphors;
someday I will write a poem that smells like you,
a poem with the rhythm of your pulsations,
with the squeezed intensity of your hug (...)
DARÍO JARAMILLO A. (Colombia 1947)
(The flowers of picture are from Magnolia x soulangeana, edited with Photoshop)
We're going to ride the Ferris Wheel
of Life and when it gets to the top,
We'll review each of the blessings we've
received, they never seem to stop!
Round and round we go
never stopping, never wondering
our life's struggle have it's beginning
it will always have it's end
As long as there's beauty in the sunrise,
The sound of laughter at a sweet surprise
A child reaching for our hands to hold
The ride on Life's Ferris Wheel, we'll savor
Knowing we've received blessings of God's favor,
Our hearts will be happy and
we'll never grow old!
METAPHOR OF LIFE, of knots and ropes and hooks.
Wonderful rope… I see it as a symbol of how, in a good relationship, you as a person, together with your partner, your lives become 'intertwined' and therefore so much stronger.
Soul mates will feel themselves bonded together for a lifetime.
And it goes further… all so ‘connected’, how we can touch the lives of many, many we do not even know personally or my never meet… especially nowadays.
However, connection through PHOTOGRAPHY! Many people can be touched by an image...
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October 14.
The snow blanket outside my window this morning was sweets. Perhaps the feeling was accentuated because I had gone to bed thinking of season metaphors last night. Of course, we will return to another week of sunshine and usual fall temperatures as early as tomorrow morning. Still, I think these weather caprices have a deeper value than breaking the seasonal monotony. They make us think.
As Adam Gopnik puts it, "human beings make metaphors as naturally as bees make honey." We speak of the hopeful childish spring, careless sweet summer, mature colorful fall, and cold truthful winter. But then it snows unexpectedly in fall, or the temperature falls unexpectedly in summer, and boom, we are reminded to accept that the world exists beyond our illusions. Our metaphors barely touch true meanings.
Our emotions are funny, though. Optimist skiers in my city woke up happy with the hope of a snowy winter; summer lovers unhappy because their fall nostalgia got interrupted; children wondrous with their noses pressed against the window next to their pets, and I laughed at my coincidence - I had been thinking of season metaphors after a birthday celebration with some friends the night before.
As Gopnik puts it, "what we have in modern times, after all, is really a season of festivals," and we will not stop making metaphors in our search for meaning.
I am a sucker for metaphors. Winter decided to surprise the fall with a sweet Sunday visit this October 14. To add to the poetry, I decided to post a spring photo.
I found funny this visual metaphor about big egos among our society.
I was taking macro photos, so in order to take this i had to shoot it like a panorama
This bird bath looking mausoleum flourish sports a cherub, claw feet, and a core that resembles a Titan Arum a.k.a "corpse flower".
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"Photography is a metaphor of a reality; a representation of something you see in that fraction of a second where your shutter is released and the moment your aperture is utilized to capture it." ~Tomitheos
Explore #291 November 23, 2012
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Created for MacroMondays - Theme - Metaphors
I could put multiple metaphors for this one.
Here's one, "Life is a bed of roses."
And then a transformation of Forrest Gump's simile to "Life is a box of chocolate."
A reference to Juliet's speech about Romeo's name, "A rose by any other name should smell so sweet."
Thank you for your time to view and all of your comments. Have a Happy MacroMonday and Happy Valentine's Day!