These are wonderful images, Stickup. I work with wood, of course. And every piece has had a certain holiness to it. I study its grain. I study its color. The years it lived, and so on. I revere trees. I pay homage to them. Thanks for these images. dan
Great idea for a series. I'm a sucker for wood, and I have no formal training in the visual arts, so in that context I have to wonder: how much abstract art created by humans is as appealing and compelling as these patterns? Add in the theme of time and I think you've got your major gravitas a goin'. (And by the way, don't you see faces--maybe cats--in the first two photos?).
It was July in Switzerland when they gathered at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva to tell each other tales.
The rain and pall of darkness would inspire Lord Byron to write a poem and Mary Shelley to write of a modern Prometheus.
While Argentina declared independence from Spain, the “dry fog” persisted in New England, dimming the sunlight to such an extent that sunspots were visible to the naked eye.
The entire Northern Hemisphere from the Kankakee to the Yangtze experienced catastrophic crop failure and wide spread famine, leaving no tree-ring evidence of the year without a summer.
As always, these photos are evidence of your eye for the extraordinary . . .
Excellent. I hardly know where to begin but to reiterate - you are my favorite blog nature photographer. This series is superb. Now enough talk - I want to sit back and enjoy your work
"My mother once said to me, “When one sees the tree in leaf, one thinks the beauty of the tree is in the leaves, and then one sees the bare tree.” Samuel Menashe
Mesmerizing mandalas. Gorgeous. Could lose myself in their beauty.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful images, Stickup. I work with wood, of course. And every piece has had a certain holiness to it. I study its grain. I study its color. The years it lived, and so on. I revere trees. I pay homage to them. Thanks for these images. dan
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a series. I'm a sucker for wood, and I have no formal training in the visual arts, so in that context I have to wonder: how much abstract art created by humans is as appealing and compelling as these patterns? Add in the theme of time and I think you've got your major gravitas a goin'. (And by the way, don't you see faces--maybe cats--in the first two photos?).
ReplyDeleteJimmy Stewart and Kim Novak count rings on a redwood in Hitchcock's Vertigo.
ReplyDeleteIt was July in Switzerland
ReplyDeletewhen they gathered
at the Villa Diodati
by Lake Geneva
to tell each other tales.
The rain and pall of darkness
would inspire Lord Byron
to write a poem
and Mary Shelley to write
of a modern Prometheus.
While Argentina declared
independence from Spain,
the “dry fog” persisted in New England,
dimming the sunlight to such an extent
that sunspots were visible to the naked eye.
The entire Northern Hemisphere
from the Kankakee to the Yangtze
experienced catastrophic crop failure
and wide spread famine,
leaving no tree-ring evidence
of the year without a summer.
As always, these photos are evidence of your eye for the extraordinary . . .
Hello :)
ReplyDeleteA good idea , your photos are really wonderful..and i like the choice of your tittle too..:)
Superb work..:)
Brilliant! Gorgeous set of rings of time. Wonderful textures!
ReplyDeleteExcellent. I hardly know where to begin but to reiterate - you are my favorite blog nature photographer. This series is superb. Now enough talk - I want to sit back and enjoy your work
ReplyDeleteWOW, I love these shots!
ReplyDeleteHow are you?
Happy intl women's day!
Bonjour
ReplyDeleteSeries tree interesting.
Love the textures and colors! It looks like each tree has it's own fingerprint...
ReplyDeleteReally nice photos...
Very nice. Instead of the Milky Way, the Woody Way!
ReplyDeleteIf these were paintings hanging in some museum they would be worth thousands. Nothing can replicate the organic beauty of nature!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully captured. I love the textures and colors!
ReplyDelete"My mother once said to me, “When one sees the tree in leaf, one thinks the beauty of the tree is in the leaves, and then one sees the bare tree.”
ReplyDeleteSamuel Menashe
the bare tree! the Essence of the Tree of Life...