Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the disappointment in fulfillment and the fulfillment in disappointment. For today’s images I chose a couple of the hot glue filters that I didn’t think had reached their potential previously, and took them out in nature. Not knowing what would constitute fulfillment, and searching forContinue reading “The Disappointment of Fulfillment is Intimate”
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Misguided Yearning for Contentment Without Agitation
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the agitation in contentment and the contentment in agitation. The last time I looked at Agitation, it was as the contradiction to Calm. It was July and I was playing with my first two reflection balls. Recently I have been feeling quite contented and yesterday,Continue reading “Misguided Yearning for Contentment Without Agitation”
#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh
Contradictory Abstract Nouns Today, I start looking at the last of my chosen Halloween themed abstract nouns: finding the weakness in strength and the strength in weakness. This morning’s thoughts took me full circle to watching Hellraiser to start the Halloween season. Those movies are all about carving and weakness of the flesh. I’ve alwaysContinue reading “#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh”
#Writober Day 17: Fear the Pontianak
This Week’s Contradictory Abstract Nouns So we made it through “the big 5:” beauty, happiness, wisdom, love, and truth. I have to admit, combining those big contradictions with all these other October challenges was hard, but I like the honeycomb and mask symbols that came from the work. Since there are only two week leftContinue reading “#Writober Day 17: Fear the Pontianak”
#Writober Day 6: Surrendering Zombie Guilt
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Zombie. In a way, my filter shapes are like zombies eating my brain and mindlessly replicating (on every glint of light). Not having a clear idea for today’s photo-shoot, I did some research and found some interesting online resources I thought I’d share: PBS did a series calledContinue reading “#Writober Day 6: Surrendering Zombie Guilt”
#Writober Day 4: Trying New Tricks
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Trick. So what new trick do I want to try today? Yesterday’s ideas of wisdom being connections of ideas inspired me to try sewing, typing with an old typewriter, and writing on transparencies. Then I thought about all the fun I had with inkblots, and tried making inkblotsContinue reading “#Writober Day 4: Trying New Tricks”
#Writober Day 3: Naive Skeletal Wisdom
Contradictory Abstract Nouns This week I am exploring the naivete in wisdom and the wisdom in naivete. Yesterday, while reading The Senses: Design Beyond Vision edited by Ellen Lipton and Andrea Lipps, I read, “Sensory design activates touch, sound, smell, taste, and the wisdom of the body.” That really opened up this week’s study forContinue reading “#Writober Day 3: Naive Skeletal Wisdom”
Grief in Happiness and Happiness in Grief
Exploring the Big 5 abstractions is proving an interesting challenge. Turning my attention to happiness, I found some interesting websites: Happiness Academy World Happiness Foundation happiness.com https://www.dayofhappiness.net/ https://happinessday.org/ outlines 10 steps to Global Happiness: They define global happiness this way: Of course, none of those definitions actually define happiness which I contemplated a bit inContinue reading “Grief in Happiness and Happiness in Grief”
Do Our Ideas About Beauty and Ugliness Change When We Close Our Eyes?
This morning I did a search for “the ugliness in beauty” and found a couple of really interesting articles: The Biological Response to Beauty and Ugliness in Art [Excerpt] by Eric Kandel 2012 from Scientific American Experiences of Ugliness in Nature and Urban environments by Fatima M. Felisberti from International Association of Empirical Aesthetics TheContinue reading “Do Our Ideas About Beauty and Ugliness Change When We Close Our Eyes?”
The Ugliness in Beauty and the Beauty in Ugliness
I thought about continuing last week’s study of love and apathy, there is so much to think about and explore, but I decided I’ll let that simmer as I continue through my planned overview of the big five. This week I’m looking at the ugliness in beauty and the beauty in ugliness. Remember back inContinue reading “The Ugliness in Beauty and the Beauty in Ugliness”
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