honorable mention
Joanne Scherf
Photo © Joanne Scherf
title
Axis Mundi: Playful
Playing the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
An early spring storm creates playful interaction with an isolated tree at the end of a peninsula. The tree, though bound by roots, reaches skyward toward the heavens as the branches absorb the energy and mirrors the human expression of being playful.
In addition to private collections, my contemplative and metaphorical landscape images are often used for healing, meditation and hospitality environments. Overall I just simply choose emotional expression over observed reality as I capture the spectacle, reveal the familiar from a new perspective, catch the unique and convey it to others.
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entry description
I hear the wind among the treesPlaying the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
An early spring storm creates playful interaction with an isolated tree at the end of a peninsula. The tree, though bound by roots, reaches skyward toward the heavens as the branches absorb the energy and mirrors the human expression of being playful.
about the photographer
As a visual explorer of contemplative imagery I seek to reveal the wonderment of the commonplace as if a new discovery. I re-direct photography's traditional outward focus of reality toward a more reflective inward gaze to one's inner consciousness or inner landscape to visualize the intangible. My images are contemplative, metaphorical, or inner landscapes of my internal vision as I view the world. They are more about translations rather than just "seeing". I consider my images to be equivalents of emotions expressed over observed reality, conveying the true essence of an object, scene or vision. Capturing subjects of landscape and environment, I interpret and share the drama and beauty of the mundane, often creating abstract images that transcend the ordinary.In addition to private collections, my contemplative and metaphorical landscape images are often used for healing, meditation and hospitality environments. Overall I just simply choose emotional expression over observed reality as I capture the spectacle, reveal the familiar from a new perspective, catch the unique and convey it to others.
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