Monday, 29 March 2010
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
By Barbra Streisand
see relatedThe Trouble with Hiding
I don't know why I titled it so, but maybe it will come out in the writing. I tend to upload pictures that I will reference for inspiration. They'll be hanging out in my photo file, and I'll go stare at them to see if it sparks my muse. This one has sat for awhile.
I would love to be able to tell you who painted it. I can't. I wander the art at the state fair every other summer. It's my break from the heat and the family. They're all listening to music or twisting through the sky on a stomach churning ride that I wouldn't be caught dead...or rather, they'd find me dead from holding my breath on the ding dang thang. I am much better off roaming the art. I know I should take note of the artists that I photograph, but the heat makes my mind go onesided and my multitasking ends. I am on a mini vacation at the time, so I guess I get a pass.
Anyway... (shakes head from heat memories), I walked right passed this picture. It looked completely green from my view point. I circled around the other art and eventually wound back by it. I was stunned that I was seeing faces, then found myself smiling and taking this shot. I get amused at my amusement at times and then people walk up on me standing there smiling and chuckling to myself. I used to think I had to explain myself to strangers when this happens. The conversations are lively when I do however, so it's a toss of the die whether or not I should. Once again, the heat is a big determining factor in this issue.
I walked away thinking about how we don't see the whole picture at times. We can easily miss the hidden beauty or what the message was suppose to be when we pass by with our view at a certain focus. Isn't it grand when we shift our view and we're touched on a personal level.
Ah ha! That was it! This picture has done it's job. No artists were harmed in the process.
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You have me questioning my medication-or at least the need for more. what i see is a turtle atop a chicken foot.
@I_once_was - Okay. Hand over the meds. This I gotta see.
yah thats kinda creepy..but worth a second looky-------
@Jaynebug - oh allright I'll ms paint the outline of what i see and thus you can join in or really alert the authorities... you'll have to part with an email adress though
that's drawn
A neat painting, Lyne -- with all the neat faces hidden in the green! I think the trouble with hiding is a very apt title, and I certainly understand the heat ending the multitasking! At least our photo halls have a/c - lol !
http://i-once-was.xanga.com/724451941/patterns-within-medication/
I'm no art critic but I know what I like. Take this one and burn it.
You know I'm only kidding. I love it! 
@I_once_was -
You're just fine. Perspective is interesting.
@dikdoktor - oh come on! i saw something in the thing! ;)@Jaynebug - :) thought you'd enjoy why I'm not your typical being.
@slmret - That's why I head into the exhibits. Huge fans!
@dikdoktor - I think the artist is/was a young person, but I can't say for sure. It was interesting how it looked blank from the angle where I passed it. Might have been my height.
@I_once_was - Thank goodness for Y O U!
@I_once_was - Go make me a Sub. I want ham, cheese, onions, hot peppers, roast beef, lettuce, tomato, - You go and be creative!
@dikdoktor - peach chutney roast beef - boston butter lettuce thin deli-like tomatoes with a little basil pesto....warm baguette? ;) instead of chips and a dill spear perhaps a crisp sweet tater flower and a pickle swan?
@dikdoktor - @I_once_was - Good night sweet children! Enjoy your snacks. Try not to mess up the place too much while I'm gone okay?
@Jaynebug - tries to hide sparkle in eye.
There are times when we have to be a few distance away before we see the beauty of a picture. Definitely, this one's a beauty.
I get it.
I'm always amazed when I too take the time to look at things from another perspective. There was a very creative mind behind this piece of art... Thanks for sharing!
I wish I could apply this philosophy to my life at times. I try, I try. (P.S. I like the little lion face in the middle of the pic!)
The Lion Comes Out Tonight.... and Where the Wild THings Are...
I loved your blog! I loved how you were explaining your mini vacation at the fair!
It's a great painting.
A beautiful lesson, to change our perspective sometimes, so as to see the hidden beauty in everything around us.
Sometimes that happens with me, in pictures I take of trees. I'll see something in the bark that intrigues me, and photograph it. Then, when I get home and put the pics up on my computer, I'll see faces--sometimes human, sometimes animal. I love it when that happens! This is a beautiful painting; I see why you were drawn to it--and drawn into it.