Tentative bravery
Organic thrust
Pushes forth
The image is a reminder that beauty resides not in permanence, but in the ephemeral dance of light and shadow, growth and decay.
“Collecting photographs is collecting the world.” – Susan Sontag
Sentimentality sanctity
Dissonance narratives
We hold dear
In its ambiguity lies its power. The backdrop, a blurry swirl of light and dark, suggests motion, perhaps even chaos. Yet, the decanter remains still, a bastion of order in a turbulent sea.
“Art should comfort the disturbed and the comfortable.” – Banksy
Constructed to
Channel light
Contemplation object
The layered, almost fractal structure evokes a sense of the exotic, a trace of the “elsewhere” that handcrafted objects often carry.
“Interpretation is not interpretation but a pretext for not looking.” – Susan Sontag
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
See the world
Not as it is
But as it can be
In a world of shadows and substance, the unseen holds as much power as the seen.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
Windshield seemingly
Transparent barrier
Surroundings portal
The bus, with its weathered exterior and reflective windshield, becomes a canvas upon which the world paints its fleeting impressions.
“The window is a dream of a house that is always elsewhere.” – Gaston Bachelard
Labyrinthine corridors
Haphazard arrangement
Mundane forgotten
Each object, once cherished and possessed, now cast aside and forgotten, is a symbol of our own mortality. We, too, are destined to become mere relics of the past, our lives reduced to a fleeting moment in the grand tapestry of time.
“The absurd is the true dialectic of existence.” – Soren Kierkegaard
Evokes transience
Arrival departure
Passage of time
The image becomes a catalyst for a dynamic interaction between the creator and the observer.
“Art is not a mirror reflecting reality, but rather a window opening onto it.” – Mikhail Bakhtin
Lalique Crystal
Hood Ornament
1932 Auburn Speedster
In the history of ancient Greece, Chrysis was the priestess of Hera at the temple of Argos during the Peloponnesian War.
“Don’t ask me to explain what I hesitate myself to define.” – René-Jules Lalique
Light darkness
Clarity ambiguity
Known unknown
The light bulb, with its warm glow, stands out as a beacon of clarity and illumination.
“The meaning of life is not found in abstract ideas, but in the concrete experiences of everyday life.” – Erwin Straus