Branches, Trees and Forest
Wishing you peace and joy as we celebrate our winter holidays at the time of the turning of the light!
A card for everybody, but especially in gratitude for all the doctors, nurses, social workers,volunteers, dieticians, dentists and all the people who work with such dedication in hospitals and medical offices during this very stressful time
This is one version of a picture which I made about an old legend, a few years ago. The later version will follow before long, and perhaps even other versions some day. For this is a story that has many versions and even more interpretations; many meanings for different people, sometimes even more than one meaning for one person! And who can say ? At its simplest, it is a place where you can go to find peace.
The edge of the woods… Did you think that meant looking in to the woods, or looking out towards the town from inside the woods !
SOME QUOTES ABOUT EDGES:
When you walk to the edge of all the light you have
and you take the first step into the darkness of the unknown,
you must believe that one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid for you to stand upon
or you will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton
“Life” is a concept, like the Universe, that expands as soon as we reach what we think is the edge. – Kamand Kojuri
Sooner or later, we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life waiting there for us . – Rachel Naomi Remen
This is a picture probably best left undescribed, but if you do want an explanation . . . read on!
It shows a view of trees through one of those long roll-up patio blinds . Actually, there is a view of trees through that blind, but it’s not those particular trees. They are somewhere else! This is a composition using two different photos. The colours of the top one, the blind, are intensified.
Sometimes our distant memory actually does confuse or put together two different events!
Everything that we see, that we experience, is seen through filters of one sort or another: the amount of light (physical or mental) which we can shed upon it; our own personal and cultural history and our memory. Of course, generally speaking, we have to proceed, day by day, taking things as they appear to be but it is good to remember that whatever we see, it is always from a certain angle, from one physical, emotional or mental point-of-view, at a particular degree of magnification!
There is no such place as Kefiristan! This is to show an example of making a picture of branching trees out of something else that branches : dregs of some kinds of liquid, in this case of dregs of kefir (a fermented milk drink) in a glass, turned upside down. Many slightly thick liquids, such as kefir, thin yogurt, some flour-thickened liquids, pea soup, and some paints will leave a pattern like this on a glass or bowl. The photo below is the original, turned upside down. If you want to try it, use a clear glass.
Both the trees and the dregs are examples of the Branching Pattern found in nature, and anywhere there is Flow, (such as information flow). More about the Branching Pattern will soon be added to Patterns in Nature in the Top Menu on the Home Page.
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