Double Rhythm
it is the double
rhythm of things they appear one way across the room
across the
landscape across the nighttime sky
but when we come up
close they reveal something different
a painting is a good
example we see it across the room
we are drawn to
it we see it up close the painting is no longer
a still life pots on
a table but rather it breaks up to be pieces of colorful paint
you saw it you know
what it is but it isn't as it appeared
sometimes we find
people are like that we see them across the room
we like what we
see we are drawn to see them better when we come up close
they are also not as
they appeared sometimes this is called double rhythm
April 6, 2015
7 comments:
Intriguing... It is so true, images can be deceiving at times.So wise of you to quote "they are also not as they appeared."
Hope you had a lovely weekend!
Happy Easter :)
xoxo
Absolutely love this, Annell, because it reminded me of a wonderful experience. My former husband and I went out for the evening. Walked into a huge room and across the room was a huge colorful painting, rich with movement, alive with suggestions. I crossed the room, only to discover the picture had somehow disappeared. That was explained in a plaque near the image where I learned that the technique used was called palette knife painting. I had been watching a teaching art program on TV for weeks, trying out some of the things I learned there, some of it about using a palette knife instead of a brush. Went home and tried it. It was difficult, I was a beginner, but it turned out to be one of my favorites from that whole experience. Thank you for reminding me and helping me see the essential lesson in the memory. Double ryhthm, yes,
Elizabeth
It is interesting that you compared a person to a painting in this context. I like the freshness of comparing those two things. Loved Elizabeth's experience too with palette knife painting.
Well... that was different, interesting, and a wonderful read.
ZQ
I like this observation, reminder don't hurry with conclusions, look at things/events/people from different points of view...Thank you, Annell.
I like this double rhythm, especially with the example of paintings you mentioned. People are the same way too, they look and act different up close.
A wonderful musing on perspective..it's in the eye go the beholder I suppose xo
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