strangely this lifeless husk shines anew in shattered crystal memoryMy personal coach and artistic critic, Val, suggests that I use the Ginsberg Sentence to sharpen my writing. I combine this 17 syllable sentence with another (failed) attempt at a black and white photo.
Memory is a fact of nature. Correction: "selective memory" is a fact of nature. Fossils tease us with exciting bits of memory, obscuring more than they reveal. This leaf, encased in ice, shining again in winter, as it shone in the fall sun, showcases the best of the past season. Yet most of the leaves have not been saved, they are crumbled, buried, on their way to compost, as this leaf will be when the ice gives up it's hold.
Still we treasure the beauty, save up the golden moments, until we, too, give up our hold.
5 comments:
I do like what you wrote and it is so true. Like this leaf, we exist for a while and become compost in the end. Sounds morbid but in truth is a fact of life. But we shine and bring joy to each in a different way while we are here.
I feel this pic shows that no matter how much the world falls apart around us, there are always precious moments to remember. We can choose to let them go with the spring or keep them frozen in our hearts.
Keep up he good work. You are an inspiration to us all.
Good job mom! This was really well-taken pic and the glimmer of color works with the ice. I only suggested b/w as a means of learning to control a photo and you definitely do this in this piece. Also the sentence worked nicely. It has a good length, but is short enough to distill a thought. Keep it up and stop calling your art "failed attempts" at anything. It's all experimentation and practice.
Striking in composition and commentary!!
Thanks for the encouraging feedback. I will hereforth desist from calling my experiments and practice "failures". I guess that's why they (we?) are called "practicing artists"!!!
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