Understory tree
Delicate lavender
Succession progression
The seasonal blooming of the Redbud tree is a harbinger of good things to come.
“ Deep in the forests in spring, when the redbird makes her first call, she sees only the green of the cedar and the Redbud through brown leaves of fall.” – Maimee Lee Robinson Browne
Narrowly focused
Light source
Indication
The sunlight lines-up and animates the otherwise ordinary.
“Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Conveying things
Leaning over the
Portals of consciousness
The late afternoon sunlight highlights an architectural detail in the city. To us, things are what they are as they are perceived, not as they are in themselves.
“Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.” – Henri Bergson
All in my eyes
Spark in the eve
Sustain itself
Colored lights and reflections adorn an intimate urban edifice.
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan
Immediate knowledge
Organized complexity
Visual order
The backside of a sidewalk sign blends into the multifaceted urban geometric appearance presented by the morning sunshine.
“Organic change involves both growth and decline, while planned change is more asymmetric, frequently embodying growth but rarely dealing with decline.” – Michael Batty
Luxuriant exuberance
Mellifluous tones
Delicate wealth
As an axiom of empiricism, the cycle of life plays-out on an annual basis. We grasp the embryonic object in the essence embodied in an abstract idea, as a complete whole connected in a sequence of change.
“All day in the green, sunny orchard, when May was a marvel of bloom, I followed the busy bee-lovers down paths that were sweet with perfume.” – Margaret E. Sangster
Field of regard
Prospective viability
Visual aspect
A concern with small, perhaps trivial details is sometimes the direct result of observational proximity. Of course, it might also be possible that an inability to focus on important details of a situation comes from a fixation on the big picture.
“The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” – Chris Pine
General conception
Amalgamation
Object absorbed
An attempted expression of thought and feeling is articulated by a composed representational relationship. In such encounters, dissimilar particulars are grasped as significant by association.
“Our logical analysis, in company with immediate intuition, enables us to discern a more special society within the society of pure extension.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Familiar routine
Scoops you up
Takes you along
Another cross-town automotive trip offers a few transient photo opportunities. Among many aesthetic intentions, the ‘High Way’ image series is a study of given contingencies and how to interpret them into something meaningful.
“When you get a groove going, time flies.” – Donald Fagen
Elaborately adorned
Renaissance design
Illustrious past
Rumored to be haunted by several ghosts, the Bentley Hotel features a magnificent lobby. For some unknown reason, the current management promulgates rules that limit photography. Specifically, they stipulate that dedicated cameras cannot be used, while cell phones cameras can. I suppose they think cell phones can only produce lousy, unusable images.
“Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.” – Robert Smithson