Thursday, August 23, 2012

Pre-poetry micro-challenge: Day 2 -- figure vs ground


Today's imagery seems to focus on perspective. Seeing a large thumbnail of this image, I couldn't tell if it was a gnarly tree or a river delta seen from a height, a photo or painting or mixed media, nature or vision made real, organic or inorganic. I did know that I found it beautiful.

tree or delta? end of the world, or source of life? fall and summer colours, beaten gold and copper, algae and deep, still river water, like metal leaf on canvas or wood, this should be a piece over the mantel, or a miniature on a pendant, a little shrine to nature, what's behind the tree, I wonder? The sun, and a clearing, or perhaps a picnic or a cottage, figure or ground, receding or advancing, these are the questions the eye asks. Sun-dappled shadows, playful, sinister. Molten minerals.
Tree or delta? end of the world, or source of life? fall and summer colours, beaten gold and copper, algae and deep, still river water, like metal leaf on canvas or wood, this should be a piece over the mantel, or a miniature on a pendant, a little shrine to nature, what's behind the tree, I wonder? The sun, and a clearing, or perhaps a picnic or a cottage, figure or ground, receding or advancing, these are the questions the eye asks. Sun-dappled shadows, playful, sinister. Molten minerals.

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