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Hope
comments (30)
I can see that this is well done, but it is bit allegorical for someone as literal minded as me.
Kathryn: Martin, thanks for your comment. I respect you literal minded folks that keep the rest of us grounded
My first reaction was "It looks a bit bleak to be titled "hope".
Then I paired it with yesterday's image, and could see the figure approaching...perhaps there was no rift, afterall, or perhpas a change of mind.
Kathryn: Perhaps a change of mind, Ray. Thank you for looking and leaving your interpretation.
Cool effect. How did you do it? Its amazing..
Kathryn: Richa, thank you so much for your comment. To answer your question....
Hell I have no real clue. It was the creative process that was coupled with listening to some pretty dark music that spoke to me of despair and despondency. And in all of that, over the period of a week and using 6 or so images and rethinking a few ideas, I found hope. I can tell you I did not use any PS filters, just some weird blurry photographs I've taken.
I think this is beautiful! At first glance the figures are "hidden in plain sight" - but when they emerge you can't NOT see them! this is an interesting variation on your Dec. 5 post.
Kathryn: I think your response to this is beautiful.
Hidden in plain sight...and to emerge, but then not be seen. Now that does make me think. Thank you for that, Patrushka.
...we're often ready to give up too fast
remember, hope should die the last...
Kathryn: V, ever wonder about the fine line between hope and delusion?
There appears to be many visual layers to this. The more you gaze upon it, the more it opens up to you. The tones and light are stunning. A beautiful image Kathryn.
Kathryn: Thanks you so much for leaving me your impression of this image. I did not know if it would open up to people the way it did to me...
I can't say I fully understand, but that doesn't really matter. Excellent image.
Kathryn: I am with you on the not fully understanding
It took me ages to see the figure because the dark area was too prominent and in just typing that I think I see the titles meaning. But I think I would have liked it with less darkness. Love the effect of the top area.
Kathryn: Thanks for looking and giving it a try, Aussie. I appreciate your comments and thoughts on the image.
This people is thinking too much ... He's brain is leaving in smoke ... Should tell him or she to be carefull ... Nice effect !!! Ann
Kathryn: Up in smoke, huh, Ann?
Great shot Kathryn. The more you look at it, the more hopeful you feel! Tremendous effect.
Kathryn: Thank you, Richard. I am so cutious to know what it is you feel hopeful about when you look at it.
Multi-layered, multi-meaning multi-mystery. It's a challenging image K' and one, that to me, projects something quite different from hope. richard.
Kathryn: Multi-layered, multi-meaning, multi-mystery. What does it project to you, R. Color me a curious Kathryn.
It's definitely an abstract, Kathryn, so that means we all have something of our own interpretation to bring to it. For me, it's like the beginning of all creation! Back then, I think there WAS hope!
Kathryn: Oh Ginnie...your interpretation is divine (all puns intented)! Is there still hope?
this sends a shiver up my spine, too.
Kathryn: terry, and your comment sends one up mine.
nice abstract
Kathryn: Thanks, Cha Cha. Nice comment.
It looks more like stress gone haywire. Or does hope got to do with the approaching figure?
Great picture. Nice dabbling in the weird and wonderful.
Kathryn: Maybe stress gone haywire is hopeful for the truly stressed. Thanks for the comment, Louis. I do love to dabble in the weird and wonderful. Know where I can get a deal on more wierd and wonderful?
It has a spooky feel to it. Very well done
Kathryn: Tracy, I think you might be right..a bit spooky.
This is like those 3 dimentional drawings... the more you look the more you see. Very interesting.
Kathryn: Gale, you have to teach me the trick to seeing things in those 3D drawings. I've stood in stores holding with trying everything from taking off my glasses and letting my eyes go out of focus to staring cross-eyed for 5 minutes. I've seen a lot of things in those 3D pictures that way, but never what i am supposed to see!
It's such an etherical (is that the word?) image. Very creative and thought invoking.
Kathryn: Scarlet, I don't know if it is or not, but I like it. Thank you for leaving your comment and taking time to look at and think about this image.
i like the concept of this series
though i don't feel this image on an aesthetic level, i know it can be effective in communicating the desired mood talking about moods...you can change your default shmood under the 'preferences' section
Kathryn: Thank you, Doc. You finally got that shmood thing into my thick head!
Fair enough on the image...and thanks for being honest. I really appreciate that.
Very interesting processing. It has a nice dream feel to it. Lovely.
Kathryn: Gail, dreamy..thank you. The processing was essentially layering together 6 or so imagines...in various versions.
A strange, dark, dramatic composition. Without a doubt a great creation. But, this time, Kathryn, this it does not work to me. I like much your creativity!
Kathryn: Fair enough, Jose and thanks feeling secure enough to tell me that!
This is just great. I am fascinated by it all. Photo AND title.
Kathryn: Thank you kindly. I wonder what it is about this image and title that fascinates you.
Very evocative image, Kathryn. At first glance it feels more like despair but by naming it 'Hope' you imbued it with a world of possibilities. Wonderful!
Kathryn: Suzanne, thank you for your comment. I wonder, have wondered, about the relationship of despair and hope. At times they seem almost symbiotic in their relationship.
An amazing abstract piture Kathryn. I like the textures used emerging from the head. The glow just below the head adds interest to the otherwise dark shades.This shot has a hypnotic feel...
Kathryn: Thanks Aps. I used the same technique I described to you ....
Fascenating picture, the more I look the more I see and it might mean more hope than...
Kathryn: Astrid or it could mean that you hope it means more hope than...
Thanks for taking a look and leaving a comment! Nice to know you find it fascinating.
Spooky & weird Kathryn
Kathryn: Chris, your comment...it sounds you are using adjectives to describe me. Next thing I know you'll be calling me Spooky & weird Mulder!
Thanks for looking!
This doesn't work for me like the one on the 5th. I actually find it rather depressing and menacing. Still you have done yet another highly original composition Kathryn and I have spent a fair bit of time looking at this so keep on doing what you are doing.
Kathryn: Fair enough, Bill. I think we all find hope in our own ways. Thanks for your comment and really looking at the imagine and considering what it means to you.
Gosh, that's clever
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Alexander Pope. 1733 Fine words, unless one is an atheist. For me, where there is a struggle for understanding through visual art, there is always hope ;o)
Kathryn: Life's to come can take many forms, even in this life, Mike. So I am going to think of Pope's words in a less specific way and more abstract way, though I am not an atheist. The divine structure of nature has made me a believer.
I had not thought of the struggle for understanding connection with hope. You've given me something to think about because your comments essence draws heavily from constructivist learning (my area of research). Thanks for that, Mike.
Thats a totally strange image in my eyes..i can see a face, hair, head & shoulders..well creative!
But then, what is it? ~ may i ask? Rab
Kathryn: for me, it is hope..I don't know what it is for you. What is it for you?
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