May 2009, JBThe depth of surface ... and the surface of depth. Within lies that which is ineffable. A simple surface belies a depth. The Brunelleschi 'frame of mind' finds itself quickly fixed in space, while the mind that lies behind, the place of other presences, enters freefall velocity. Extreme seeing, in the manner of extreme sports, is a whitewater ride into the black space ... the 'back of beyond' as is colloquial hereabouts ... the black of beyond, the unknown depth, sublime, terrifying, terrific ...
A photographic surface is a kind of meniscus. Apparently flat, yet sitting slightly raised above the real, with a universe trapped between ... admission requires mental shapeshifting, a recognition of the vastness that lies within ...
2 comments:
'Extreme seeing'........ demands a remove from preconception that few folk are free to achieve I think. That 'whitewater ride' is surely worth the effort though.
The description of the photographic surface as a meniscus is quite beautiful and provoking
Thanks Roger ... glad to have provoked ...
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