Cool. Kinda glad you picked this one, in a way, though I thought the other one would have been "louder." I also like that there were two landscapes with interesting dawn/dusk colours. There's something about that early/late moment that always throws the world into a bit of abstraction; you see different colours, you stop and watch things changing, and you can't help gaining a new perspective on the choices you've made or are about to make.
I agree with the feeling of reflection that comes with this image. I can't help feeling reflective when I look at it, because any time I've seen a similar thing in real life, I've felt that way. Like I need to stop, breathe, evaluate, and "decide how much I want to give". I like the progression of these images this month. It feels like a tighter narrative somehow. Like it is becoming somehow more personal and more intense as well.
the intent behind the 'boxing' of the text is to indicate that the image and text are separate and together. i think it also makes a statement more clearly, as if an opinion or idea has been applied to the image, or that something is being introduced into the reading of the image. i have played around with getting rid of the box, but it weakens the text somehow. and i'm not so much interested in integration as interaction...
and i will admit to liking the implications of the word stamp: - to impress, mark, or imprint with some design, characters, etc., so as to decorate or to show authenticity, ownership, sanction, or the like - to impress or mark distinctly or indelibly e.g. "the incident was stamped in her memory" - to put an official seal or a stamp on (a document, letter, etc.) - to characterize or reveal distinctly, as if by imprinting
that said, could you try to explain why the boxes bug you?
(which also isn't to say that might not happen at some point - patience, wenda. patience. there are still 9 months to go)
While many of the comments above are about reflection, what I find remarkable about the image is that there is no reflection. The eye sees the lower half of the image as water, but it's just a flat rectangle of color, waiting for words to be stamped on top of it.
Cool. Kinda glad you picked this one, in a way, though I thought the other one would have been "louder."
ReplyDeleteI also like that there were two landscapes with interesting dawn/dusk colours. There's something about that early/late moment that always throws the world into a bit of abstraction; you see different colours, you stop and watch things changing, and you can't help gaining a new perspective on the choices you've made or are about to make.
which "other one"? i might still use one more - it depends on timing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the feeling of reflection that comes with this image. I can't help feeling reflective when I look at it, because any time I've seen a similar thing in real life, I've felt that way. Like I need to stop, breathe, evaluate, and "decide how much I want to give". I like the progression of these images this month. It feels like a tighter narrative somehow. Like it is becoming somehow more personal and more intense as well.
ReplyDeletethe intent behind the 'boxing' of the text is to indicate that the image and text are separate and together. i think it also makes a statement more clearly, as if an opinion or idea has been applied to the image, or that something is being introduced into the reading of the image. i have played around with getting rid of the box, but it weakens the text somehow. and i'm not so much interested in integration as interaction...
ReplyDeleteand i will admit to liking the implications of the word stamp:
- to impress, mark, or imprint with some design, characters, etc., so as to decorate or to show authenticity, ownership, sanction, or the like
- to impress or mark distinctly or indelibly e.g. "the incident was stamped in her memory"
- to put an official seal or a stamp on (a document, letter, etc.)
- to characterize or reveal distinctly, as if by imprinting
that said, could you try to explain why the boxes bug you?
(which also isn't to say that might not happen at some point - patience, wenda. patience. there are still 9 months to go)
While many of the comments above are about reflection, what I find remarkable about the image is that there is no reflection. The eye sees the lower half of the image as water, but it's just a flat rectangle of color, waiting for words to be stamped on top of it.
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