Photography assignment

Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 12:21pm


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Photographs that shows the passage of time or impermanence

Some ideas - this really is just scratching the surface though:
Peeling paint
Lichen
Weeds
Weathered stone
Yellowed paper
Symbols of human aging

This theme is based on the essay posted yesterday about Wabi-sabi

Common elements of wabi-sabi are:
Imperfection (especially quirks and anomalies in a manufacturing process)
Nature (rustic simplicity)
Melancholy
Impermanence (The transitory nature of things and of us)
Our individual insignificance in the grand scheme of things.
Attentiveness to others (the mind shouldn’t wander when communicating with someone)
Asymmetry

The theme is only a suggestion - please post anything that you think is interesting -words or pics

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 1:24pm
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This is a copy and paste from what I posted in yesterday's essay, just an hour or so ago.

Thank you for introducing this concept. It's one that I would really like to explore further in my photography. I find it fascinating.

I am presently visiting my mom in florida. A couple photos from here.

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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 2:07pm
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I've always liked photographing old and everyday things. I only came across the whole wabi-sabi idea a couple of years back and it seems to provide a good philosophy that underpins my own preferences.

Thanks for cross posting - I often get busy and forget to check back on the thread for a couple of days at a time.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 5:07pm
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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 8:33pm
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Where is the church window?

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Submitted by elenacarlena on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 10:09pm
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Wink

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Submitted by stevej on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 7:05am
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Submitted by elenacarlena on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 12:19pm
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Biggrin

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Submitted by stevej on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 8:05pm
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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 12:45pm
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Submitted by stevej on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 8:06pm
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One day I will make it to Lincoln

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 8:33pm
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around the cathedral and castle...... be prepared for a long climb from the station (if you're not coming by car). Something of a trek with luggage, but there are some good pubs up at the top.

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Submitted by stevej on Mon, 07/11/2016 - 6:09am
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make for a good incentive. Will remember to travel light if and when we make it.

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Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 6:20pm
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while I read this, I noticed how I read outside on my ideapad.... sampling a product from my job after running my errands.

Maybe it's the Black Cherry Soda (hybrid for daytime pain, while creative and focused but not too stoney) but more maybe it's the knowledge that while some of us are stepping into the future while claiming our past do so whereas others will remain in the past while denying science and continue to imprison and enslave because of something found in nature.

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Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 6:50pm
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2,000 zero zero party over oops out of time

I thought for sure that we'd be done with wars and cars. I've felt that way as long as I can remember, longers since I was aware of Santa. That in the future there'd be less pain. Less things. Things would be ideal, compact and useful. And that's not even the Carl Sagan affected side of me either. Smile

But I didn't think I'd be in my back yard freely smoking an herb in a time while others are still rotting in jails over the same damn thing. Calming my nerves after a bloody week of public executions and public murders.

LWOT: (Like, way off topic:) That fence is hideous but we can't figure out how to engage the neighbor in helping. And that is why we aren't adopting a dog. So at least the rescue dog idea is accepted by all, just we need to get this fence project.... so at least I know me and my son aren't the only ones ready for a rescue. We just gotta save up for the fence side.

I never thought we'd be worried about fences in the future either. Beam up, Scotty.

Thank you for this nice sanctuary from an awful, dark time.

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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 8:31pm
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keeps me sane - that and a really cool family. I am really lucky - no fence problems either fortunately.
There is always going to be crap in the world and we all need an escape from time to time.
Look on the bright side - you are in Colorado and I'm stuck in Indiana Smile

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Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 9:18pm
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Portland, OR.

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Submitted by stevej on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 7:06am
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I was talking to a friend in Colorado just before I replied to your comment and we were discussing the weed thing - Wasn't thinking.

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Submitted by elenacarlena on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 10:11pm
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somehow? It goes well with your Adirondack chairs, IMHO.

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Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 9:53am
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but good fences make good neighbors unless they are neighbors who don't help out with any of the fencing. Biggrin

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Submitted by elenacarlena on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 12:28pm
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your trees like ours did (a problem when the "fence" is a screen of trees)!

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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 8:25pm
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To be honest I got out of the habit before I became a citizen here - the risk was to high. I would have probably been tossed out of the country and that would have really pissed off my wife Smile

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Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 6:24pm
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Mine, taken from a crappy phone last Sept in Newport, Oregon before 7am.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 6:32pm
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for last night's, and today's lovely photos! And, especially for your excellent and informative essays, Steve.

Wabi-sabi philosophy is very interesting. In some ways, it's similar to the various philosophies practiced by many martial artists.

Have a nice weekend, All.

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Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 8:22pm
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Thanks Smile
It has very strong ties to Zen Buddhism so I am not surprised about the martial arts connection.
(It is also very closely connected to Haiku poetry, the Japanese Tea Ceremony [Teaism] and raku pottery.)

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Submitted by riverlover on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 2:37am
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much of his great stuff is minimalist in very stirring ways, almost every view in and out is a vignette, who knew a wall could talk?

Check out Notre Dame du Haut, his church design.

Check out Villa Savoye, hard to imagine messy anything.

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Submitted by stevej on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 7:01am
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never connected him to a wabi-sabi aesthetic though I must admit. Always pegged him as Internationalist/brutalist

I like this building a lot
(Sainte Marie de la Tourette)

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