Paving strip
Temporary parking sign
Intricate marks
Each stroke, each overlapping tag, is an act of creation, a momentary imposition of order, or perhaps a new form of disorder, upon a pre-existing surface.
“Just as our soul, being air, holds us together, so do breath and air encompass the whole world.” – Anselm of Canterbury
Tourist brochure
Hinting at a world
Beyond its own frame
Look beyond the empirical facts of a brochure to ask not just what we see, but how what we see acquires meaning and what kind of being it possesses within a larger interpretive framework.
“To see something as art requires something the eye cannot descry – an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.” – Arthur Danto
Swirling colors
Dissolving forms
Perception boundaries
The image, with its fluid forms and vibrant hues, could be interpreted as a visual metaphor for transcendence characterized by a heightened sense of awareness and a breakdown of boundaries.
“We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime, within man, is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Individual existence
Imposed unity
Resonates deeply
Even in the seemingly mundane the echoes of eternity can be found.
“The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, and in relating itself to its own self relates itself to another.” – Soren Kierkegaard
Entropic forces
Embedded metal bar
Human intervention
Cracks and imperfections hint at the ceaseless process of becoming and decay, a constant flux that underlies all existence.
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
Vibrant colors
Rough texture
Light shadow play
Move beyond the surface of appearances and delve into the very heart of being.
“Color is not a quality of the object, but the way in which the invisible makes itself felt.” – Michel Henry
Mosaic of moments
Ceaseless dialogue
Water and land
Each frame captures a fleeting instant, yet collectively they suggest an eternal process.
“The world of immediate experience is a world of qualities, intensities, tensions, and rhythms.” – Maurice Natanson
Urban landscape
Fragment of history
Relic pregnant with meaning
The sign, with its promise of “building,” suggests a history of construction, of enterprise, of human endeavor.
“The meaning of a sign is the habits it involves.” – Charles Sanders Peirce
Light harnessed
Time captured
Creative impulse
In this act of seeing, we come to understand that photography is not just a way of capturing the world, but a way of capturing ourselves.
“The past is carried forward in the funded present.” – John Dewey
Ephemeral quality
A promise
A threat
Perhaps it is enough that the promise exists, a silent testament to the human desire for recognition, however fleeting.
“All watched over by machines of loving grace.” – Richard Brautigan