Something new...

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F Series 0026

The question was:

What will we post for the beginning of this new year 2009 ? ( in the Gregorian calendar, of course)

The answer came like this:

Let's share with friends from our little yet vast planet, just one photograph and one artwork.
The photo of the pink lotus (waterlily), with its deep symbolism of purity, awakening, rebirth, and its fascinating beauty felt quite appropriate in those times where we probably need a fair amount of fresh insight and light. Then there are the two bees, probably drunk of nectar, bathing in this abundance of light and scent. All together in a symbiotic relationship.

Is this natural harmony?

Anything to Learn from this?




The second is a monochrome artwork - ink on paper.
It is not something familiar to most of us, yet it can trigger many associations and thoughts in our brain. This work has been part of exhibitions in few countries, and there was quite a diversity in the responses . Many different interpretations.

F Series is the name given to this body of work.
The letter F stands for Flowing, Fearless, Fluid, Free, Fractal, Fundamental, Formless, Faceless, Frameless, Fascinating, Feminine...

If you are attentive, you will notice that most of the images we look at, in our daily life, are geometrical constructions, and also portraits. Cities and man-made products are fully based on geometrical shapes (rectangles and squares, ad infinitum...). And who live, manage, control these structures are represented by their portraits. From our ID cards to TV shows, the face, the portrait is king. The rest of the body become secondary, not nonexistent but far below the number of facial expressions.

Only a different way to Look at things, at the world and specifically at Nature ( not man-made creations) , will free our mind from these very deeply rooted patterns.
Looking at flowing waters, shapes created by wind and water on this planet, or simply in our small garden, you might day after day, notice shapes that are formless ( paradoxical?), free flowing, labeled more recently by the name of " fractals", all this becoming quite fascinating.
And so far away from our traditional daily decor: PORTRAITS in a FRAME.

This could be the beginning of Learning the Art of Looking.

So, something new for this New year 2009...


L'Homme d'Art


PS: ah, also these two images are in High Resolution, so for anyone looking for a desktop wallpaper...just a click...