Counter-pose*

OK, six hours in the car by myself today gave me entirely too much time to ponder questions like this, which isn't a bad thing, but for some reason I feel the need to follow that up with something a bit more concrete.  My latest uploads from Jordan should do the trick - they include more photos from Petra as well as a new group of photos from an abandoned glass factory, which had so much gorgeous texture I could hardly see straight.

Photos like these inspire my collage work, and they are certainly influencing my next round of work.  With this next series, I am wanting to capture the many layers that exist in any given story, perspective or concept, and it is fun experimenting with ideas for that.  I suppose this has been true for all of my work - this desire to express all the layers that exist in the world and in life - but this time around I am trying to convey a broader kind of expression.  I want there to be even more mystery, and oddly enough I feel like the best way to do that is with a simpler style.

I love imperfection, decay, messy, scribbled, torn, cracked.  I love all the nooks, crannies and corners that look like hiding places for things like treasure maps, old letters and sepia photographs with curled edges.

I am working with washed out blues, turquoise and pale, Coke-bottle greens.  I am working with gold, graphite, and micro point pens.

So tomorrow, it's back to work in the studio.

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."  ~Julia Cameron

* In yoga, certain poses that focus on a specific area of the body require a counter-pose to balance things out.  For example, the bridge pose - or back bend - opens the chest, and is usually followed by a pose that brings the knees towards the chest; the knees to chest is the counter-pose to the back bend, creating balance in the routine and in the body.  I felt the need to write a post about something a bit more earth-bound following my earlier post about the meaning of life - a counter-pose, if you will, to balance things out.

Comments

[Christianne]

I want there to be even more mystery, and oddly enough I feel like the best way to do that is with a simpler style.

This makes sense to me. It's the simplest things that carry the most profound truths, isn't it? The simple truths that keep us musing and musing and musing for years upon years of our lives.

I'm looking forward to seeing the work that emerges from this new creative season of your life!

[Donna]

I love seeing Jordan through all of the different lenses. Can't wait to see the results of your recent wave of creativity.

[Amy]

Those photographs are wonderful. I love the greens. Ooh perfect.

[Mama Zen]

I love that third picture!

[Tara Bradford]

You got some great shots! I love that place, with all its decay and character. xo

[Linda]

(*audible groan* all that incredible rust!) how did you ever come home from this incredible place?

[Renate]

Love, love, love the photos! Especially the one with the baubles hanging from the roof!