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I was attempting to take pictures of my cats. I then decided to try and take a picture of one of their eyes. Later, I noticed my reflection in my cat's eye.
You know the moment you have a new camera and you need to snap something but no-one is around so you snap yourself? Well, so do I.
Herengracht 20/01/2024 17h23
Smartphones and people. A moment of self-reflection during the walk past all the light artworks. Corner with the Leidsegracht (in the background).
ABSORBED BY THE LIGHT
Gali May Lucas (UK)
Amsterdam Light Festival
Amsterdam Light Festival is an annual light art festival in Amsterdam. Artists, architects and (light) designers from all over the world bring their light artworks and installations alive during the festival every winter.
Edition #12 is from 30 November 2023 till 21 January 2024. More than twenty light artworks will illuminate the iconic canals of Amsterdam. For Amsterdam Light Festival 2023-2024 we have asked artists to consider the effects of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) on our everyday lives. The ways in which we communicate, engage and create are all impacted by technology and AI. What is the impact on the human condition? How does society change because of this digital evolution? And where are the boundaries? The different perspectives will be highlighted during Edition 12, with the theme: LOADING… Revealing Art, AI and Tech.
The route consists of more than twenty light artworks by the hand of international artists. From renowned names to surprising newcomers and everything in between. We dive deeper into our relationship with personal tech, the mobile phone being at the forefront – we cannot live without it, but sometimes you wish you could throw it in the canal. Subjects such as swarm intelligence, self learning algorithms, facial recognition and motion capture are also explored. What will be next? That is still loading…
Every Grain of Sand
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear,
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
- Bob Dylan
Selbstreflexion Selbstreflektion Leere Vitrine. Part of the set: "Viennese Museums before my very eyes".
DMC-G2 - P1280625 12.2.2012
More Blog-style updates.
Staff are back at Uni (Uni of Chichester) and the studios are open! I can now dance with the open space and train properly, ready for next semester! So here's some acro/capoeira practice shots.
Macromondays: Theme is Coloured Glass
This is part of a coloured glass paperweight. I liked how the paperweight reflected itself in each bubble... it also reflected my home made light tent tho :-(
Posting early this week, tired, need bed and can't be sure will get on tomorrow. Will add my comments on all your shots tomorrow night!
“To be honest, I just want to record the time we have spent together, the beautiful memories that I’ve been able to share with this person,in a desperate measure that I don’t want to forget any of this.“ Cacher by Thy Tran (¾)
in case anyone's curious about the stuff that never makes it onto my stream, here's a year of outtakes, second choices, and benchwarmers from 2007's self portraits. my favorites from each month.
The title says it all...plus there are 4-6 actual reflections in the water droplets. Taken in my yard while trying to familiarize myself with my new camera a Canon 50D. After 3 1/2 years of hard use my 20D had its first serious problem a shutter issue and is being repaired the problem is....i am leaving on a trip next week and had to have something to take. I had hoped to hold out until i could afford a 5D mk II.....but the 50D is a nice camera and hopefully my 20D will be able to be used as a secondary camera.
Taken with a Minolta 16 camera in week 108 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
The Minolta 16 (II) takes 16mm film in it's own cassettes. I made a DIY film slitter to cut down some 35mm film, which I then loaded into an empty Minolta cassette.
This "dark" picture shows an artist who reflects herself.
When I look at pictures created by an artist
I can see in what kind of things he is interested in.
Interested is another word for attention.
Normally the mind does not reflect about its bondages.
But few people want to find out what is happening to them.
Analysing pictures reveal the subconscious.
The secrets of the psyche can be descovered.
Who am I?
If this is your question you may look at your own pictures.
What kind of subjects do they show?
Outside world
Outside world (family – friends - animals)
Outside world but you
Outside world as a mirror of your mood… (this is the border to the inside world.
The inside world is the psyche with many facettes.
Some will be presented later.
The result may be:
Lucid Living
HKD
Die Kunst spiegelt, womit die Psyche sich beschäftigt.
Diese Beschäftigung ist meistens unbewusst.
Das Wissen um die jeweils momentane geistige Verfassung erlaubt es, in die seelische Tiefe zu gehen und die Gründe aufzudecken.
Sind die Gründe bekannt, kann die Aufmerksamkeit befreit werden.
Die Lebensenergie kann in andere - in diesem Fall in hellere - Beschäftigungen fließen.
HKD
I'm back!! OK, I know it's only been 4 days, but my withdrawal pangs are severe. Call it self-centered, but I can hardly stand not being in a tiny bit of touch with my friends out there in Flickr World, no matter if I have recent photos to post or not. I need to drag myself out of these doldrums, even if means going way back to pics I've missed. It's not that I don't appreciate & enjoy all your wonderful images, but if I'm not participating, something is missing for me. I've never been much interested in spectator sports either. So below is a great big hug for all of you. I've missed you and hope all is well at your houses.