Surrounding mist
Shroud of indeterminate depth
Obscures the horizon
A solitary figure confronts the vast indifference of the universe, a microcosm of our own existential predicament.
“Great power or strength is one of the characteristics of the sublime.” – Edmund Burke
Apparent simplicity
Intricate workings
Underlying systems
Perception is not a direct transcription of reality but a subjective interpretation, a dance between the observed and the observer.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin
Into the deeper
More subtle
Realms of existence
The explicate order, the world of manifest appearances, is merely a projection, a slice, a cross-section of this deeper, more fundamental reality – the implicate order.
“Ultimately, the entire universe has to be understood as a single undivided whole; in which analysis into separately and independently existent parts has no fundamental status.” – David Bohm
Skeletal structure
Physical phenomenon
Metaphysical presence
These lines, both literal and implied, carve out the visual space.
“The thought, in itself immaterial, clothes itself in the material garment of language and thereby becomes comprehensible to us.” – Gottlob Frege
Urban tableau
Power operates
Visual discourse
The image invites us to consider how power operates through the visual, how it shapes our perception of the world, and how it inscribes itself upon our bodies and our minds.
“The history which bears and determines us has the form of a war.” – Michel Foucault
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
Fabric of experience
Woven into
Act of seeing
The translucent layers, overlapping and interpenetrating, evoke the fluid and interconnected nature of our lived experience.
“Experience in its vital form is a matter of interaction of organism and environment.” – John Dewey
Inside outside
Boundaries blurred
Seen and unseen
The world is not simply a collection of objects, but a living, breathing entity, a world that is constantly unfolding before our eyes.
“The meaning of an object is not fixed and predetermined; it is constantly evolving and changing in relation to our needs, our desires, and our lived experiences.” – Erwin Straus
Canvas upon
Paint narratives
Silent partner
Your internal state significantly influences your external reality.
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
Enigmatic depths
Enduring power
Of the mysterious
Peering into a reality that is both familiar and alien.
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein