I made this image last night. I showed my neighbor today, before I was ready to show you. The first thing that she was drawn to is that little ghost-like shape near the middle left on the bridge’s trestle. She saw it as a spirit. She called this picture, “Voodoo Bridge.” That’s the title of this post. I don’t have a better idea.
Truth.
I saw this image as an illustration of something that I always say about nature. She never loses. She seeks stasis. Eventually everything goes back to her.
I was further influenced by something I was watching on Amazon Prime about Alexander the Great and his explorations. Apparently, he travelled into the current Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. It’s mostly desert today. But, once upon a time it was green, filled with water. Cities, towns and villages flourished. About 1,000 of them. Today, they are relics. Piles of stone.
My neighbor saw the picture differently. She saw it as something mystical. A little spiritual. And, haunting. In many ways, I like that better.
Which brings me to one of my muses. The late Beatle, John Lennon. Whenever he was asked what his songs meant, he replied, “Whatever you want them to mean.”
There you have it. The artist brings everything to the work. The viewer makes his or her own meaning from it. That is the beauty of it. Many artists don’t like that, especially after they’ve taken the time to make a statement through their art. Too bad. That’s the way it is.
One more thing. A kind of housekeeping note. For as long as I pursue this path I’m not going to talk so much about technique. For me, and many of you, the pictures have become transcendent. Art is art. Besides, if these new works were paintings, I doubt you’d ask me what kind of brush I used. Or, what brand of paint.
Would you?
STORYTELLER 
Loved that pic. I wonder how can i do something like this
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Thank you. I’m not sure that you can because this stuff comes out of my head. I suppose you can start by taking a lot of pictures, downloading free software call Snapseed and using their laying function to play with the pictures that you took.
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I use too mant photo editing softwares including snapseed. Just haven’t tried yet. Will surely do
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Thank you.
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There is a lot going on in this picture 😊 The two figure seem to be calling me across that bridge.
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You, my neighbor and musical miss. Apparently, I’m too earthbound… or I just know what the picture is made from.
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Out of a very spontaneous feeling at first glance, there comes celebration and birthday to my mind.
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Interesting. So many people think it’s mystical or spooky. I think it’s about nature, but I just made it. What do I know? 😂
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Hai!! it just look like
… the nature which is affected by buildings and bridges and hides the real beauty of nature…
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Thank you. I’ll have a look. 😁
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AMAZING!! ✨🙏
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Thank you. One of my favorites in this series.
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