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Excerpt from brainproject.ca:
We have all been raised to self-reflect and consider who we are, what we want and where we are going. Our view of ourselves is frequently based on how we were raised, educated and treated as children. As we age, we see ourselves further reflected in our families, friends and more generally in how successfully we have navigated employment and financial stability. We often subscribe to the media’s rigid, impenetrable polished ideals that are framed in clear-cut definitions of identity and beauty. “Self Reflection” visually depicts these tendencies while gently reminding us of how aging and disease can also provide new self-images. Though clouded, our self-portraits can also become softer and more deeply beautiful.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Ebb and Flow by Ray Vidal
This digitally illustrated mural series is called Ebb and Flow. It is about the constant flow of energy that skateboarders and breaker dancers channel to create something cosmic that can change the course of someone’s life. How these activities can bring you closer to being at peace with one’s own self, realize what is important in your life and how to work hard towards your goals, hopes and dreams.
Skateboarding and breakdancing help you reflect on the present moment in life and where you want to be. Its ebb and flow can teach you to question, learn, listen and trust in each other and learn from our failures, hardships and uncertainties. When you are engaging in the space may it bring you a sense of contentment, gratitude, belonging, knowledge, understanding, connection, safety, self-reflection and feeling of oneness as a community.
April 17th, 2024 on US Gypsum's Narrow Gauge Railway in the Anza Borrego Desert of Southern California. the empty train has arrived to the quarry, allow for some time to kill waiting on the next photo opportunity. Aimlessly wandering off I went into the sandy, arid desert between the railroad and the foothills of the Fish Creek Mountains to see if I could find anything that would help me properly convey the topography.
The thing I love about this unique railroad is just how deafeningly quiet is it out here, noise from cars rushing by on the highways, no urban sprawl, none of it. The only noises generally heard are people out enjoying the day shooting guns for target practice, the occasional Navy fighter jets flying overhead in the not so far distance. Minimal distractions and lots of time for self reflection absorbing everything around, being immersed by nature.
After casually walking amongst the desert brush and occasional cacti, eventually I caught eye of what I initially could only mistakenly assume was another cacti of sort, sprouting high out of the desert floor. It even has these beautiful, bright orange flowers blooming at the end of the stems. A closer examination is a must. Sharp, prickly needles jut out everywhere from its stem, like a plant prepared to defend itself in war. How cool is this I thought!
The cactus lookalike plant stands at almost 10 feet tall, towering far overtop of me, as to how I tally tower above the ground level shrubbery. Through today’s power of technology, I took some photos of the flowers for further researching later that night when I got back to the hotel.
What I had discovered was not a cactus after all. But rather a plant that is more closely related to the likes of blueberries and tea trees, than compared to a cactus growing in the arid desert environment. To someone like myself growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, this was a fascinating learning moment. I likened it to imagining a wild cacti growing among the green deciduous forests of Pennsylvania - where neither would theoretically belong.
In all actuality the Ocotillo is a native plant found commonly throughout the southwestern United States - stretching as far east as Texas. Thanks in part to Tropical Depression Hilary dumping rain across much of Southern California's deserts in August of 2023, the spring wildflower bloom that followed in April of 2024 was a complete 180 from what I had seen in my previous year's visit. Had it not been for the heavy rains, the likelihood of having ever paid any notice to this fascinating plant would’ve never happened and instead probably settled for some cliche photo with awkward framing that would involve a cacti in it somewhere.
there is something in this photograph that speaks of cycles and of healing -- something that feels "right" to me today. i took this originally last march.
dahon© 2010
one of my favourites of the opera house shots.... taken on a trip to the opera house again yields great pics!
Details:
Taken with the Sigma 10-20 lens
Shot @ 10mm
1 RAW file [0]
2 Extrapolated Exposures [-2,+2]
Combined, Tonemapped & Boosted through Photomatix
Minor Sharpening, Crop & Curves applied through Photoshop
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Sometimes we need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
...from a series a photos I took in an art lesson: forgot my sketchbook but had my camera with me :)
Inspired by the whole mirrors deal, I might have a more serious attempt at some multiple portrait shots using these kind of setups sometime, but actually bother with lighting/backdrops ect.
The beginning of a larger idea...watch this space!
Self reflection.
Toronto, Ontario
Kentmere 400 with Y2 Yellow Filter
Nikon FE
Nikon 50mm F1.8 E Series
Epson V370
Can't resist a well-positioned set of mirrors (on tour in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary prision.
For FGR: Warped Self Reflection
Yeah, I know the spoon has been done, but it's been a long day. And I've admittedly been getting less and less enthused about this project as other friends are finishing theirs.
I'm kinda ready to be done taking photos of myself. But I have more than 100 days left. I know I can make it, I just don't know if I can "make it" well...
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The season is upon us :D
These photos are incredibly old, but I remembered them when I saw someone holding a red cup earlier.
Ahh, Starbucks Christmas :-)
Happy Saturday!
'SC vs Oregon today... eek. Go Trojans!!
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