Found Mundane
Melancholy
Everyday poetry
In its stillness
Seemingly oblivious to the chaos that surrounds it, a defiant splash of color sits against a muted backdrop.
“The world is full of magic, but we have to know how to see it.” – Ray K. Metzker
Introspection
Fleeting existence
Chrome gleams
Deeper truth
We see not a clear image, but a fractured one, a reflection of our own fragmented selves.
“Art is the highest manifestation of the will, and thus the most direct route to the innermost nature of things.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
Commodity as Fetish
Metallic sheen
Devoid of warmth
Lost intimacy
With its inverted lips hovering against a textured backdrop, this photograph presents itself as an object that resists easy assimilation into the prevailing social order, while simultaneously betraying its entanglement within it.
“Art is the social antithesis to society, not deducible from it.” – Theodor Adorno
Peacock Lamp
Juxtaposed against
Window revealing
Twilight landscape
This juxtaposition creates a tension between the artificial light emanating from the lamp and the fading natural light beyond.
“Art is natural beauty interpreted through human temperament.” – Birge Harrison
Rhythm of Life
Organic pulse
Symbolic weight
Confronting dissonance
The music plays on even when we are out of sync.
“Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.” – Susanne Langer
Authentic Beauty
Rays splayed
Stark contrast
Inherent contingency
Each glint is a tiny mirror reflecting back not the intrinsic essence of the water, but the dominating light of the sun.
“The beautiful in nature is the trace of the objectively non-identical.” – Theodor Adorno
Poetics of the Prosaic
Conceptual weight
Discarded tire
Half-buried
The tire, marred by time and exposure, becomes a vessel of sorts, cradling a collection of debris – plastic, organic matter, perhaps a frayed rope – all partially obscured by a film of sand.
“To see something as art requires something the eye cannot descry.” – Arthur Danto
An Elephant in the Room
Certain gravity
No sentimentality
No anthropomorphism
The elephant, in its stillness, seems to embody a timeless wisdom, a knowledge beyond the realm of human comprehension.
“The camera should record reality, not our ideas about reality.” – Edward Weston
Still Wipers
Delicate balance
Ephemeral nature
Visual symphony
A reminder to embrace the beauty of the moment, to appreciate the fleeting nature of existence, and to marvel at the intricate dance of the cosmos.
“Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.” – Brian Greene
Vibrant Plastic
Portal vessels
Streamlined forms
Immersion promise
Tools that allow us to become one with the water.
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller