March 1, 2015
(This is part
of a 365 project during my 70th year where I write and illustrate a blog on
each day's gift.)
Windows are not only for looking out of but also for looking
onto.
Icy conditions made travel impossible today but, along with
cancellations, it brought visual delights. Just because I couldn’t drive
anywhere today, it didn’t mean that I couldn’t sit in my car—with my camera.
When the snow turned to icy rain this morning, tiny droplets pinged against the
windshield, which then tossed the icy pellets back into the air. It was a magical ice
dance that could very well have been set to music if I had filmed it with
video. Instead, I examined the ice formations on the glass with my macro lens.
The icescapes were beautiful alone but my
imagination began to go wild as I snapped some photos. Then, when later I looked
closely on my computer screen, I began to see beyond what was originally there.
What would happen if I merged two icy landscapes or if I flipped one
and made a mirror image. So many paths I could take.
My final image plays with the mind the more I look at it. It
reminds me of art I’ve seen at the AVAM (American Visionary Art Museum). Some readers might draw conclusions
about my sanity. More accurate would be conclusions about my imagination.
My gift today was ice dances and icescapes.
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