Day 7 – Reflective abstraction
“The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but the second type I shall call reflective abstraction, using this term in a double sense.” ~ Jean PiagetIn case you […]
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“The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but the second type I shall call reflective abstraction, using this term in a double sense.” ~ Jean PiagetIn case you […]
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” ~ Lucian FreudAre you curious what this is? Any ideas at all…… It has a slightly different name […]
“We stand at the crossroads, each minute, each hour, each day, making choices. We choose the thoughts we allow ourselves to think, the passions we allow ourselves to feel, and the actions we allow ourselves […]
“Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate.” ~ Gerhard Richter This is me again playing with double exposure. […]
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” ~ Edward de Bono A week or so ago I posted this image, Only Abandoned, which gives you […]
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau So what do you see? In case you can’t work it out let me explain. This is a the […]
“Relax the mind. Don’t immediately try to make meaning or be practical. Truthfully, how practical is life anyway? All our work, and death is the final result? So let’s enjoy the unfolding shape, the elemental, […]
“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Starry Starry night Paint your palette blue and grey ~ Don Mclean I took this picture in the car park at my daughters school. I liked the relationship between the drain and arrow. When I […]