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Dalí is one of my favorite artists of all time and also a big inspiration for me. In my lost account I posted a tribute to "The Elephants" which I pretend to remake later on, but also I always wanted to create something along the lines of "The Persistence of Memory", which should be his most iconic artwork.
Persistence of Memory cannot be replicated because it's a masterpiece, but I tried to arrange some of the core ideas in here. The melting clocks, the idea of a dreaming subject or figure, the overall concept of "fading away" and even if I didn't use ants or flies, the color scheme tries to recreate the feeling of decay.
From Wikipedia:
Helianthus petiolaris is a North American plant species in the sunflower family, commonly known as the prairie sunflower or lesser sunflower. Naturalist and botanist Thomas Nuttall was the first to describe the prairie sunflower in 1821. The word petiolaris in Latin means, “having a petiole”. The species originated in Western United States, but has since expanded east. The prairie sunflower is sometimes considered a weed.
Prairie sunflowers are commonly found growing in sandy areas. They can also be found in heavy clay soil and in dry prairies. They are unable to grow in shady areas; they need to be in direct sunlight. Prairie sunflowers require dry to moist soil. This species of sunflower is an annual flower, blooming between June and September.
Southern Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium kentuckiense) from northeast Texas.
Last spring, I set out to relocate these rare orchids at a historic location in northeast Texas (see here for details of that trip). This year I returned and could not immediately relocate the site. The point my GPS brought me to looked so different than I remembered, and the site was still relatively fresh on my mind. I looked for identifying site characteristics but struggled to find any, instead seeing four very large, downed trees laying across the creek. I was dismayed, until I approached the locale from a different angle, and there, nestled among the massive, entangled branches of downed white oak were three perfect slippers. They had survived whatever storm had wrought their surroundings and felled the ancients around them. I crawled through the tangled crown of the fallen oak capture this scene, which shows their precarious existence on the steep bank of some tiny unnamed stream hidden deep in the woods.
I'm intrigued how the persistence of water carves, polishes and shapes rocks. Water finds its way over time...
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This Sparrowhawk's persistence paid off after seeing it turn up everyday searching the shrubs and sitting on the fence waiting. It dropped down and began scrambling through the shrubs' branches scattering Sparrows in its pursuit and eventually came out with one in its claw before taking off to the bottom of the garden so as not to be disturbed.
Persistence paid off as I walked around and around trying to find the right composition for this sunset. It's facing east as the sun lit up the clouds and I got a decent reflection in this little pool.
Quintessential Pt Lobos. Panoramic Sunset like you've never seen it.
I keep returning to my roots. After 40 years it gets better and better. 3 panel panorama. One of those perfect days in May!
Carcassonne, France, cité médiévale inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco, s'est parée depuis 2018 de l’œuvre d'art éphémère produite par l'artiste Felice Varini.
La perception complète de ses 15 anneaux mesurant 400 metres de long ne peux se faire que devant la "Porte d’Aude" située au versant Ouest de la cité.
Carcassonne, France, a medieval city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been adorned since 2018 with the ephemeral work of art produced by the artist Felice Varini.
The complete perception of its 15 rings measuring 400 meters in length can only be done in front of the "Aude Gate" located on the western slope of the city.
The Persistence of Memory is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí and one of the most recognizable works of Surrealism. First shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, since 1934 the painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, which received it from an anonymous donor. It is widely recognized and frequently referred to in popular culture, and sometimes referred to by more descriptive titles, such as "The Melting Clocks", "The Soft Watches" or "The Melting Watches".
The well-known surrealist piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch. It epitomizes Dalí's theory of "softness" and "hardness", which was central to his thinking at the time. As Dawn Adès wrote, "The soft watches are an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order". This interpretation suggests that Dalí was incorporating an understanding of the world introduced by Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity. Asked by Ilya Prigogine whether this was the case, Dalí replied that the soft watches were not inspired by the theory of relativity, but by the surrealist perception of a Camembert melting in the sun.
The year prior to painting the Persistence of Memory, Dali developed his "paranoiac-critical method," deliberately inducing psychotic hallucinations to inspire his art. He remarked, "The difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad." This quote highlights Dali's awareness of his mental state. Despite his engagement in activities that could be seen as insane, Dali maintained that he was not actually mad.
It is possible to recognize a human figure in the middle of the composition, in the strange "monster" (with much texture near its face, and much contrast and tone in the picture) that Dalí used in several contemporary pieces to represent himself – the abstract form becoming something of a self-portrait, reappearing frequently in his work. The creature seems to be based on a figure from the Paradise section of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, which Dalí had studied. It can be read as a "fading" creature, one that often appears in dreams where the dreamer cannot pinpoint the creature's exact form and composition. The creature has one closed eye with several eyelashes, suggesting that it is also in a dream state. The iconography may refer to a dream that Dalí himself had experienced, and the clocks may symbolize the passing of time as one experiences it in sleep or the persistence of time in the eyes of the dreamer.
The orange watch at the bottom left of the painting is covered in ants; Dalí often used ants in his paintings as a symbol of decay. A fly sits on the watch next to the orange watch. The fly appears to be casting a human shadow as the sun hits it. The Persistence of Memory employs "the exactitude of realist painting techniques" to depict imagery more likely to be found in dreams than in waking consciousness.
The craggy rocks to the right represent the tip of Cap de Creus peninsula in north-eastern Catalonia. Many of Dalí's paintings were inspired by the landscapes of his life in Catalonia. The strange and foreboding shadow in the foreground of this painting is a reference to Puig Pení, a mountain in the northeast corner of Catalonia.
And off he goes-like the wind, for a one-day old. I was surprised at how fast he could move even though his back legs weren't working very well yet.
Spotted Hyena
Masai Mara
Persistence
Arches National Park, Utah
Balanced Rock has always reminded me how temporary and fragile everything really is, yet how much strength stands in the quiet moments. I photographed this scene as the Milky Way drifted across the sky, lighting the night with that soft green airglow that shows up only when conditions are perfect.
This place holds a special meaning for me — a reminder that even the most delicate things can endure through time, weather, and every storm thrown at them. Sometimes that’s all any of us can hope for: to persist, to stand our ground, and to keep our balance when the world around us keeps shifting.
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I've shot at this location more times than I care to remember. I like the composition but the conditions were never right in regards to the sky. All that changed today and I came home reasonably happy. Sunset at Gosforth, New South Wales. Australia.
Persistence and a bit of luck paying off as things finally come together. EZY1895 from Manchester to Berlin TXL cruising high above the country at 39.000ft.
A solitary leaf still hanging on to a stalk in my garden after all the rain, wind and snow since the fall!!
Interpreted in monochrome using a Topaz preset that brings out the contrasts and details of the image.
Missing EXIF info:
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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
Tis the season for permanence, perseverance, and persistence ...the holidays are approaching like a freight train, straight for us....stay strong my peeps...stay strong!
( I am SO much more cut out for the 4th of July, on the beach with a blanket and a book or Halloween, awed by the creativity of the costumes that i see, than for the cold frenzy of the holiday season. It is hard for me to explain and hard for most everyone i know to understand...)
Don’t get me wrong...i love giving...it is the getting that i struggle with.. i do not enjoy the attention, It makes me uncomfortable to have to be in any form of spotlight, and “Thank you” never seems to be quite enough. I always feel like that is so inadequate for the gifts i get. i just want to see everyone else smile...and i just want not to be judged because i am the quiet one in the corner of the room taking in everything around me and leaving now and then to regroup and breathe...even if it is just to slip into the bathroom and lock the door and absorb the quiet that is there. I will cope...and come out the other side of the holiday frenzy intact.
For those of you that love all this...the hustle, the noise, the presents, the food, the craziness....Bless you all...please feel free to enjoy every last bit of mine, while i watch you from a quieter place and smile! That is my gift to me!
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through persistence.” ~ Author Unknown
#2 of 5 new uploads....thought I'd return to some shots from our fall trip to Yellowstone....this series of shots was taken in the Lamar Valley near the Lamar Ranger Station (aka the Buffalo Ranch). Every season offers a unique perspective into the beauty of this landscape, and I cannot wait to return after Christmas for some winter shots :-)
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (or Thursday)....and wishing everyone a fabulous weekend. Thanks for all your wonderful comments & visits!!!!!