It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. Continuing this year’s theme, I’m writing about the A to Z of Depth. Height and Depth may seem contradictory, but “high” is right there in the definition: “of color: high in saturation andContinue reading “Depth’s Highs and Lows”
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Changing with the Moon
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Phases of the Moon. For today’s images I used the disc on a tiny brad filter I created last year over clear plastic to represent different phases of the moon with the blue light curtain in the mirrorworld. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Today’s prompt atContinue reading “Changing with the Moon”
How Gravity Affects Composition
In my last abstractions post, I talked about The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts by Rudolf Arnheim, and the ideas of centric and eccentric composition. Arnheim goes on to talk about how forces like gravity can effect composition which I found interesting. Arnheim says, “Walking downhill, dropping, orContinue reading “How Gravity Affects Composition”
Satisfied with Staying Dissatisfied
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the dissatisfaction in satisfaction and the satisfaction in dissatisfaction. No matter what, when I hear the word “satisfaction,” the Rolling Stones’ song is instantly in my head. Why is “I can’t get no da da dum da da da dum satisfaction da da dum daContinue reading “Satisfied with Staying Dissatisfied”
Squares in Motion
Today’s Poetics challenge at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an ekphrastic poem. I chose Laura’s third option and began my poem based on the title of an image by an artist I wasn’t familiar with, Bridget Riley, before I looked at the piece. Then I looked at the piece and finished the poem.Continue reading “Squares in Motion”
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