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12/20/2015 08:02:02 AM |
This one takes some effort to get round to the whole beach, so to speak.
The images are so much of what facinates me and draws my attention, it feels as if I sat with you when you chose them.
The words elevate each image, and is strung along nicely so that we all arrive at the end together, even though there are quite a few curve-balls in there...
Thank you for the significant temporary footprint.
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11/10/2015 07:33:48 PM |
First the words. Turns of phrase that resonate on the harmonics of memories growing up with the sea nearby... Then the images. Sparkling abstractions and shadowy gestures of retreat swinging by the same rope.
I find it hard to respond to these images and tropes at anything beyond a viseral intuition. Impossible for critique to add or define meaning. Only to share the vague presence of salt air and indistinct sound amid the whiteness. |
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11/06/2015 12:47:29 AM |
| I know these feelings. I think we all have special places like this that tap into our subconscious. The sense of belonging, ownership, stewardship and wonderment. The scenes are wonderful in their subtlety, for it is almost impossible to capture the expanse of these places and the enormity of emotional impact. A failing of technology, not of humanity. I particularly like the swipe at creationists who ride roughshod over the splendour of these scenes and your feelings/thoughts. Nicely done. |
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10/31/2015 06:02:39 PM |
I read and looked several times, ebb and flow â€Â¦..and each page told me a different and sometimes contradictory thing and I liked this fluctuation of ideas a lot.
I love the gestures of retreat - page 8, 9 and 10 and, just as I instinctively always do, I accompanied each verset and image with my own reflection.
Great last page.
I imagine this printed in a small format, to be held in one's hand as a precious pebble
I do have several strong objections in respect to the graphics of your essay.
- I wished that the images were similar in size; pages of a little book
- the color of the lettering to be different than the poetry of the photos - either really strong color or font or totally neutral (page 2 and 11 is one of the best I think as marriage between text and image)
- page 7&9 suffer from the way the verse appears
Last but not least, I am mesmerized by these photo essays (let's not forget that you started them here) and by the way you construct yours |
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10/31/2015 12:48:31 PM |
| Don, your poetry shines and the supporting photographs bring us closer. Maybe my favorite of your essays to date. Our fragile insignificant existence and what we do with it. An indifferent planet that would be better off without us. You̢۪ve led us along but we have room to make your story our own. Terrific work! |
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10/31/2015 11:19:49 AM |
I find it difficult to comment when looking at your essays Don. You take things to a different level and I find myself lost for words.
This is a lovely selection of images and words match perfectly. |
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