For today’s moment of creativity I turned back to the Lensbaby OMNI system. This time choosing the stretch glass wand which creates streaks of color in a part of the image. I had never really understood how to use this tool until I found a video on youtube that explained it. Now I can’t be stopped.
Today’s quote is from Lao-Tzu:
Be really whole and all things will come to you.
Can’t seem to get away from Black and White. I had my eyes dilated at the eye doctor this morning so photography was not in the cards. I went looking back for something that wasn’t a flower and found this close up of some old farm equipment but it was covered in rust and yellow lichens so I thought black and white would be a better choice. Hoping to have more time tomorrow.
Today’s quote is from Georgia O’Keefe:
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
So this week I’ve decided to really enter into the spirit of creativity by playing with some of my Lensbaby toys. They make what they call the Omni System which is a device that allows you to place objects in front of the lens to get special effects. Today I was working with the rainbow effect tool. All I can say is it’s great when it works but it can be very hard to get the rainbow and then it doesn’t always land in the right place. While processing this image I thought it might be fun to do a black and white of the flowers and then bring the colors of the rainbow effect back in. It probably won’t win any prizes but did get my creative juices flowing.
This week I’m back to Nancy Rotenberg as my quote guru and today I’ve chosen one from the great lady herself:
If the Sacred Art Cows own your power, take it back. Grant yourself the passport to travel your own road with the map of your own devising. Create whatever it is you wish to create.
I spent most of the day working on a class I’m teaching on Wednesday and I must have stop ten times and thought “I need to get an image for today”. Nearly made it to bed when a little voice told me to go check email and sitting at the computer I realized I had never done it. Fortunately I had this geranium in my back pocket for just such an occasion.
Today’s quote is from Janis Joplin:
Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
This is the last of the series of seven monochrome images from the Good Night Inn property. the sofa is still there as it was sitting next to and outbuilding which did not burn. I could not tell from peeking around the fence if the clothes and other debris were still there as well. Makes me wonder if someone grabbed an armload of clothes and household items during evacuation and ended up abandoning them.
Today’s quote is from John Ruskin. I visited his home in the Lake District on my last trip to England. He was a bit of an odd duck but very quotable.
The object in life is to find that undertaking, that occupation with which you have infinite patience.
It’s gotten wonderfully quiet across the fence so I hope that means they are done with the cleanup. I suppose construction noise will be next. I liked the shapes and textures that the paint buckets and wire brought to this image. Only one more to go. Thanks for indulging me, it has been almost like having a little vacation not having to come up with any new pictures for a week.
Today’s quote is attributed to Mignon McLaughlin:
The best work is done with the heart breaking or overflowing.
The bedsprings are all gone now along with the rest of the debris. There is a small square of chain link fence in the middle of where the buildings stood. I wonder if they found a secret passage or an archeological treasure?
Today’s quote is from Thomas Mann:
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
This is day four of the seven day series from the Good Night Inn where cleanup continues to plague me with the noise of heavy equipment loading dump trucks and beeping every time it changes direction. I found nails everywhere last Saturday. Rusty nails, bent nails, nails accompanied by screws, and I took a lot of pictures of the groupings of nails juxtaposed with striping in the parking lot, etc. But it was this one nail embedded in a burned piece of wood that seemed to best tell the story. I also love the texture of the cracks in the asphalt.
Today we have a quote from Thomas Crum:
What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath.
It seems I timed my visit to the Good Night Inn property just right. The cleanup crew has just arrived. I think this one speaks for itself.
Today’s quote is from Michel Foucault:
…a work of art opens a void, a moment of silence, a question without an answer, provokes a breach without reconciliation where the world is forced to question itself.
This is the second in my black and white series from the Good Night Inn property. Where you see the lighter toned fence in the distance is where the fire burned the fence and it has been replaced. My neighborhood is on the other side of the fence. My house is just off the frame to the left.
Our quote for today is from Franz Kafka:
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.