Horizontal Diragonal
by Uther Pendraggin
Title
Horizontal Diragonal
Artist
Uther Pendraggin
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Take your horizontal prejudice and put it somewhere.
A dragon in and of the clouds. Because of what?
Because there is no such thing as dragons. As such, seeing them requires you to ignore reality. Ignore "the rules," so why must we pay attention to them at the same time?
This image is not about the beach or the ocean or the sunset or the horizon.
It's about the color and the balance and the imbalance.
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October 21st, 2018
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Uther Pendraggin
Because, what is the point of a picture of a sunset? There's another one right outside, every day. But a sunset is beautiful... Why? because it plays with colors and light and shadow and contrast. So why does it HAVE to be presented as it "is"? Why must it forever be a sunset? Why can't it live out it's momentary eternity as an image all unto itself? Just the beauty of the colors and the shapes. And why are those colors (the ones we perceive) the only acceptable colors? It's not a picture of a sunset. It's an assortment of colors that make your heart skip a beat. PLAU UPD
Uther Pendraggin
VIVA, how happy I am that this image brought a deeper appreciation for you. Just as the conversation allowed me to look at his with fresh eyes! That is the power of community. PLAU Uther
VIVA Anderson
Do you know, Uther, I look at this, and totally get the diagonals as fearsome...Kudos to you. Powerful image. And, you set me off, not looking for diagonals in my work, but, you gave me pause to think of the knife, held always at an horizontal when used to create fear, and/or death itself......and from there I went to my own work, looking to explain one in particular as relates to fear, and b/c of your diagonal, I was reminded that my work's description includes the stabbing of Julius Ceasar........i know, I know......a long tangent from this to that, but.....your diagonal hit my nail on its head.........'the most unkindest cut of all' is the title......my own 'fears' expressed in abstraction. Thank you, Uther........and, congrats on the feature in All Things In Moderation.....cool !..............VIVA. (I'm posting this to Drew's thread too.........as, if you don't mind, affirmation of you, affirmation of me...being on topic about fear).
Uther Pendraggin
Oh and thank me very much for the feature in that very enjoyable group, All Things In Moderation. You should consider joining that group. PLAU UPD
Uther Pendraggin
Hey, It's me, Uther Pendraggin . I wanted to comment here because I REALLY like this one. I LOVE that it is a sunset type picture, but it breaks the rules. I love that the horizon is not horizontal. And I love the striation of the colors. I DIG those birds in the clouds. Dragon birds. Draggin Birds. Hmm... Thanks for stopping.
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