Clarity.
I think that is my word for Now. Because I don’t want fuzz and haze and blur. I want clarity. I want all the blur to be made sharp. And all the grays to be polarized. And all that’s form and shape and surface to be tangible, not abstract.
Clarity.
So all the little images I quietly make these days are finding themselves pulled–not so gently nudged–towards contrast. They are pushed towards their essence, brought down to the distinct and clear focus of sharp black and white.
And they help me see better. I’m not distracted by color and shade. I’m given the full scope of the image, even though it’s stripped of so many elements. I don’t miss them. When I pull these elements away, I can see more clearly.
Clarity.
This is what I do to tell the world that it’s not all clear for me right now. And it doesn’t all make sense and I’m not sure what to do with it and I don’t have all the answers so please don’t ask and I’d rather you help me than me help you because there’s nothing there but gray and questions.
This is what I do… My soul needs it, so my hands find it in whatever my eyes see.
It may not be pretty. And it may not be colorful. And it may not be vibrant. But it is clear. It is clear and you can see it and I can see it and it is undeniably and inarguably there.
Clarity.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures of SSI. Would you becwilling to sell me the digitals? I’d love to do a gallery wall with them.
Uh yeah!!!!! I’ve got a big art project that I’m saving $ for right now. Whatever we work out will go in that piggy bank!
These are great mandy. I’m loving all of the beautiful photos you take & share, and really love that they’re even more than ‘just’ the beautiful image, but more of a working-out of things.
Aren’t you glad you gave in & got an iPhone?
I am.
If art is not an expression, what is it? I’m trying to dig deeper into what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. These blacks & whites are a bit symbolic for me. And, yes ma’am, I’m glad I got an iPhone! More importantly, I’m glad Verizon came out with it this year. I was holding out.
I love all these photos. Black and White images do focus our eye on the objects in the picture. I also enjoy abstract expressionist paintings, filled with only color, and no discernible objects. With art I don’t try to understand what I am looking at, or listening to, I either have an emotional connection to it, or i don’t. That keeps things clear.
I also love black and white films because our focus is on the characters. I wish they were making more of them. I can’t imagine a 3-D, colorized, version of Casablanca.
Color has so much emotion to it. Maybe that’s also why I’m attracted to b/w right now. hmmmm……
Play it again, Sam.
I love these. My life could do with a lot more clarity right now.
I hear ya, Tracie.
i was thinking your pics on the way to work this am. it’s so true b&w cause me to see better and with more clarity.
It helps, doesn’t it?
sweet photos. and therapy maneuver.
Awesome Mandy. I love your pictures and I love your post. And I agree with you, clarity is the word.
Thanks Brenda!
everything about this post is sheer beauty…