Feeling a little abstract at the moment, so continuing the Abstract Theme (*)
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Abstract (1 of 6) - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Feeling a little abstract at the moment, so continuing the Abstract Theme (*)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Friday, December 9, 2011
Abstract - Saint Lawrence River / Lévis / Quebec (Sun 28 Aug 2011)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Abstract (1 of 3) - St Kilda / Melbourne (Fri 06 Apr 2012)
Abstract (2 of 2) - St Kilda / Melbourne (Fri 06 Apr 2012)
Abstract (3 of 3) - St Kilda / Melbourne (Fri 06 Apr 2012)
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Abstract (3 of 6) - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Abstract (4 of 6) - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Friday, June 29, 2012
Follow Your Own Path - David Brooks / NYT (Wed 27 Jun 2012)
David Brooks makes some interesting observations (*) about growing up, locality and following your own path:
Don't try to be everyman. Don't pretend you're a member of every community you visit. Don't try to be citizens of some artificial globalized community. Go deeper into your own tradition. Call more upon the geography of your own past. Be distinct and credible. People will come.On Black Abstraction (*) - I had known of Georgia O'Keefe through her relationship with Alfred_Stieglitz (*) (I have a book on his life, but can't remember it's title or where it is now). When I walked into the Gallery Hall with her paintings, I knew I would spend some time there. There were many colourful paintings of abstract views of flowers, desert scenes and buffalo skulls. Black Abstraction caught my gaze and I just stood in front of it and thought of many things. Maybe I thought the dark painting reflected how I felt after recent experiences.
Becoming a little abstract and self absorbed (as i do this time of the year). The path through the painting represented my journey since Jenny left us and I had become stuck (*) in this place (I had known this for some time). The little bright white dot gave me hope that there was something still inside me and all it would take was a small sign to get me on my way again. Funnily enough, it would come two days later on a Subway Train. It was such a tiny gesture (*) by a complete stranger.
Maybe the importance to me of such a tiny and simple gesture, indicated how low I had sunk in my journey in life without Jenny there beside me. I don't know really, like most things. Anyway I did like the painting and I am glad this post gave me the opportunity to put the photo here and to research it's background a little more.
To finish, I love this quote by Georgia O'Keefe on Abstraction:
Abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.Maybe I could say the same thing except apply it to photography, as my words seem totally inadequate to describe where I have been, what I have felt and where I think I am heading.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tesco Blue - Truro / Cornwall (Sun 06 Sep 2009)
I like the abstract and it would come as no surprise that I love Jackson Pollock's painting, Blue Poles which is owned by the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra (more here).
I remember as a kid, the 1973 controversy of Gough Whitlam's (the then Prime Minister of Australia) support of the $1.3 million purchase of a painting, that some said only took a couple of hours to drip, not brush. Also remember seeing the movie, Pollock when it was released in 2000.
When I am travelling, often look for abstract photos. This is one that I took on the day we arrived by train in Truro (on the Cornwall Coast), from London. It had been painted on the wall of the local Tesco that sided a path along the river we had just walked.
Like Bloody Gum, the photo Tesco Blue is a tribute to Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam (my Grandmother and Father would have been horrified to read my admission) and the amazingly fabulous Blue Poles.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Friday, February 1, 2013
Abstract Construction - London / Canada (Fri 02 Sep 2011)
An A3 print is wonderful. The random palette of shapes and textures is what makes it. This small jpg does not do it justice.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Skippy Girls - Things can only Get Better - D:ream
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Abstract (2 of 6) - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Abstract (6 of 6) + one - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Abstract (5 of 6) - Blackwattle Cafe / Glebe (Sat 28 Apr 2012)
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Vision and Happiness - Giovanni Sollima / Nick Galvin (Sat 02 Jul 2016)
Everyone should do this. When you play you need a vision of something. It can be human, it can be a tree, it can be abstract, it can be happiness ...via Giovanni Sollima breaks rules with the ACO by Nick Galvin.
Friday, August 9, 2013
Abstract - Red, Green, Yellow and Grey - Barcelona (Tue 06 Aug 2013)
Took me a while to remember what it was. Any guesses?
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Water - Yu Garden / Shanghai (Wed 17 Nov 2004)
Dark and abstract. These kind of photos always interest me. Such a long time since I looked at these photos, it took me a little while to remember what it was.
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