States of being
Planes of existence
Engage with the intangible
These are not just supports for ascent; they become markers in a visual field, hinting at an underlying order, a structure that resonates innately.
“My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.” – Agnes Martin
Entities emerge
Sensibility reveals
Continuum field
The flowers stand out, asserting their unique existence, yet they are inseparable from the field that sustains them.
“The perceived thing is always inscribed in a world, and it is this world that the work of art makes present.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Fractured mosaic
Brutal beauty
Momentarily arrested
The shimmering refractions within the cracks dance like fleeting thoughts, reflecting a world splintered into a thousand perspectives.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Lived world
Tactile sensation
Sensory richness
The beauty we perceive is not simply a superficial quality, but a manifestation of the profound and enduring relationship between ourselves and the world around us.
“To see something as art requires something the eye cannot decry—an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.” – Arthur Danto
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
Meditation on being
Elusive nature
Of the real
This spectral dance of form and color whispers of a reality just beyond our grasp, a fleeting moment captured and yet somehow dissolved.
“Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.” – Susan Sontag
Interpretation shaped
By the “lens”
Of our own being
Metaphysically, this little lens becomes a profound object. It’s not merely glass; it’s a portal, a concentrated point where realities converge.
“If you are interested in photography, you have to be interested in life.” – Jay Maisel
Physical presence
Direction indication
Bearing the imperative
This image hints at deeper metaphysical considerations about potentiality, action, and the nature of reality itself.
“An Index is a sign which refers to the Object that it denotes by virtue of being really affected by that Object.” – Charles Sanders Peirce
Unseen melodies
Take shape
In the tangible air
The market stalls in the background, draped with cloths and displaying wares, are the “already-there,” the backdrop against which the aesthetic event unfolds.
“The aesthetic object is not a thing among things; it is a world.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Metal rack
Vibrant tapestry
Visual force
An image that captures the tension between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, embodies the Will to Power, and hints at the flux and impermanence of existence.
“It is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that existence and the world are eternally justified.” – Friedrich Nietzsche