November 29, 2015
(If we live with an open and
grateful attitude, every day will bring a gift. This is one of 365 gifts during
the year I turned 70.)
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| A Rorschach? |
My calendar with no medical appointments or social
events leaves me time to browse through some of my images and play with them.
Some people play games or an instrument. I do both of these, but I also have
fun with my photos. Often the process flows from beginning (raw image) to end with
little memory of what happens in between. As I look at an image, press keys,
zoom in, vary colors, crop and transform, the flow seems to be an intuitive
journey from unknown, to what if, to possibility. Sometimes my left brain
switches on to get from one middle step to another but most of the time my
right brain gets an aerobic workout.
Today guides me to color and texture, a contrast to
the weather drabness outside. Finding balance in a day usually has a connection
to contrast between two elements—chores and play, monochrome and technicolor, pareidolia
and reality, past and future.
When I work with patterns and textures, sometimes
they become a Rorschach for me. I remember when my youngest daughter was about
2 ½ and I gave her a dish of vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup on top.
With her spoon paused midair, she giggled and shouted, “Man’s face, Mommy!” Adults
can learn from the very young. Every day for me has a Rorschach surprise,
whether it is in the clouds or in the gumballs on the ground. It becomes a day
of constant little surprises.
Play is training for the unexpected.” Marc Bekoff
My
gift today is creative time.
> Day 356: Then and Now
You can find links to my other posts on this project here:
http://bjschupp.blogspot.com/2014/12/365-gifts.html
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