Comments on: Devastations dark and bright http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=devastations-dark-and-bright a multi-disciplinary dialog Wed, 23 May 2012 16:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-207845 Steve Durbin Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:14:02 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-207845 tao, Thanks for commenting. The first two images are definitely a more balanced combination of dark and bright elements, but I think of them as primarily dark. It was interesting to me that also predominantly bright images could convey something of devastation, though with a different feeling to it. I quite agree with what you said about "imagination space," and I like that way of describing it! tao,

Thanks for commenting. The first two images are definitely a more balanced combination of dark and bright elements, but I think of them as primarily dark. It was interesting to me that also predominantly bright images could convey something of devastation, though with a different feeling to it. I quite agree with what you said about “imagination space,” and I like that way of describing it!

]]> By: tao http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-207826 tao Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:51:34 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-207826 I am searching for still life paintings randomly find your pieces. I think both first and second pictures are closer to the name of "Devastations dark and bright". The the black and the white with the dark and bright just shocking into people's heart. The second one is part of the first. It seams intenting to make people to focuse onto that but it loses something moreover . A good picture is not only give people a visual feeling but also could give people a imagination space to think about it. The first piece did that in my opion. I am searching for still life paintings randomly find your pieces. I think both first and second pictures are closer to the name of “Devastations dark and bright”. The the black and the white with the dark and bright just shocking into people’s heart.
The second one is part of the first. It seams intenting to make people to focuse onto that but it loses something moreover . A good picture is not only give people a visual feeling but also could give people a imagination space to think about it. The first piece did that in my opion.

]]> By: June Underwood http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-205711 June Underwood Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:11:10 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-205711 And, as I forgot to note, not only does #2 feel more like devastation, but more to the point, I like it best. And, as I forgot to note, not only does #2 feel more like devastation, but more to the point, I like it best.

]]> By: June Underwood http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-205710 June Underwood Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:10:00 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-205710 And Wikipedia has a thorough coverage of the possibilities, probabilities, less probabilities, time-lines, and usual speculations. Like you, crossing the street is something I worry about more. And Wikipedia has a thorough coverage of the possibilities, probabilities, less probabilities, time-lines, and usual speculations. Like you, crossing the street is something I worry about more.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-205679 Steve Durbin Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:26:16 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-205679 Perhaps it's too late to say so, but it's not that I set out to convey devastation. I just liked the look of these places and wanted to photograph them. I guess the concept did occur to me while photographing, though, and probably influenced these images. As far as Yellowstone blowing up, it's true they are monitoring the doming up under the lake and other indicators, but I think we're talking the usual geological indefinite tense. If I were worried about that level of risk I wouldn't cross the street. Perhaps it’s too late to say so, but it’s not that I set out to convey devastation. I just liked the look of these places and wanted to photograph them. I guess the concept did occur to me while photographing, though, and probably influenced these images.

As far as Yellowstone blowing up, it’s true they are monitoring the doming up under the lake and other indicators, but I think we’re talking the usual geological indefinite tense. If I were worried about that level of risk I wouldn’t cross the street.

]]> By: June Underwood http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-205672 June Underwood Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:51:08 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-205672 Steve, Just to put in my vote -- for sheer devastation, number 2 is it. Hell might be a bit like # one, but #2 looks like the day after the battle (Civil War, perhaps), before the victims have been removed. The remaining verticle tree seems to me to enhance the sense of the waste of war (or of Ma Earth, indifferent to her offspring). I'm not sure Yellowstone is about to blow -- it's one of those mysterious "hot spots" which may not be as dangerous as the upswelling cracking earth along the Pacific Rim. I need to check Wikipedia -- Jer tells me it's pretty good on such things. Steve,

Just to put in my vote — for sheer devastation, number 2 is it. Hell might be a bit like # one, but #2 looks like the day after the battle (Civil War, perhaps), before the victims have been removed. The remaining verticle tree seems to me to enhance the sense of the waste of war (or of Ma Earth, indifferent to her offspring).

I’m not sure Yellowstone is about to blow — it’s one of those mysterious “hot spots” which may not be as dangerous as the upswelling cracking earth along the Pacific Rim. I need to check Wikipedia — Jer tells me it’s pretty good on such things.

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2009/04/devastations-dark-and-bright.html/comment-page-1#comment-205655 David Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:30:20 +0000 http://artandperception.com/?p=3982#comment-205655 Steve, I look forward to one day seeing your work featured on the Food Network. Steve, I look forward to one day seeing your work featured on the Food Network.

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