Posted by David on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 6:00 AM.
Andrew, on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 6:57 AM:
Not to take anything away from our dear photographer -- who now produces beauty with regularity -- but I wonder what it is about plants? They do so much of the work for those who photograph, paint, or draw them. Any part of them is whole, and so to bring just a visual slice of a plant organism into our compositions is to borrow from what is already composed, balanced, and in possession of integrity. A man I study t'ai chi from told me, "It's good to look upon living things." These two thoughts seem fitted to each other.
Laura Z, on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3:34 PM:
Maybe it's to balance himself so he doesn't go (further) over the edge with the whole noir thing? :-P
Andrew, on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 6:57 AM:
Not to take anything away from our dear photographer -- who now produces beauty with regularity -- but I wonder what it is about plants? They do so much of the work for those who photograph, paint, or draw them. Any part of them is whole, and so to bring just a visual slice of a plant organism into our compositions is to borrow from what is already composed, balanced, and in possession of integrity. A man I study t'ai chi from told me, "It's good to look upon living things." These two thoughts seem fitted to each other.
Laura Z, on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3:34 PM:
Maybe it's to balance himself so he doesn't go (further) over the edge with the whole noir thing? :-P