Phase I

Notes To Self

Frustration. There is life beyond photography's technical rules. There is a way to go beyond seeing. Taking a photograph is more than clicking the shutter. Anyone can do that. Instead, let's go deeper...

One has to lose the sense of self and become open to subject and experience. Then, and only then, will sychronicity happen. The best photographs find you (not the other way around). Prerequisites are an awareness--an openness, sincerity, flexibility and a receptiveness void of expectations.

Reminiscent of Turner Paintings

DUSK

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Decided to include a color adaptation of Dusk for those who enjoy color.

Black and White

DUSK

Forget-Me Nots

Everything begins with thought. The hardest part of the work often is the planning. Would like to work out a forget-me-not series. Will make sketches first. Texture has been brought out in this black and white rendition.

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Forget-Me-Nots

FORGET-ME-NOT I

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FORGET-ME-NOT II

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Am playing with a concept...will continue this theme tomorrow. Have not achieved what I am looking for, so will try again. Will make some preliminary sketches tonight.

REMEMBER: Try Again and Again

Basics

Andrew Wyeth painted his boots walking Pennsylvania's slopes and fields.

The other night I looked down and became fascinated with the texture, mystery and form of old moccasins tossed aside on an oriental rug.


What stories they could tell of Amish country, Chicago, Philadelphia, Delaware; of hawks and falcons, cemeteries and ancestors; steeples, museums, artifacts and doorstops. They meander through moments of joy and sadness...knowing there is more to come.

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