Laura Loves Listening to Landscapes
iPhoto fills up with images I captured along the coast; tidepools, wave scapes and close-ups of sea marfackt. Do I aim the lens at people less often? Or is landscape painting and photography a different mode, away from my work world?
Perhaps I love the landscapes because there's a play between light and earth - something serene and soothing about the land laid out in soft light. Hillsides on a Ruebenesque couch.
When I absorb the complementary colors and the fractal play of patterns from minute to macrocosmic, well, I like that feeling that it all fits. A painter wants no inch of paper or canvas not working.
Landscapes cause me to listen to the big picture. Of course, I mean the everchanging landscapes I see when I drive or gaze on vistas. Somehow, when they are captured on camera they become mere postcards.