What passes through our field of vision and is assimilated, beyond what we merely see but what we contemplate, reflects who we are and in what we are.
The exercise of contemplation with a camera in hand transforms the act of capturing into a way of relating the inner self to the world around it.
overlay, compare, relate, position
SOCIETY: Critique of structural problems that hinder contemplation. NATURE: Possibility of contemplating nature as a tool for self-knowledge. FEELING: Presence and assimilation of what is felt.
A lost symbolism resurfaces by uniting the longings of the universe and the inner self, intertwined as we awaken to the being we are.
SYMBOLISMS, LONGINGS, INTERWEAVINGS
SYMBOLISMS So that it speaks for itself, I bled each image across two pages.
The LONGINGS reveal a shared point in the cosmic weft, they are placed side by side, and the relationship highlighted is comparison.
INTERWEAVINGS On the left page are the two cutouts, and on the right, the same ones, overlaid.
To highlight the act of CUTTING, I displayed the original photo and where it was taken on the left page, and on the right, the cutout on a grey background.
At that point, I took possession of the CUTOUTS and created collages: with strips, mirroring, and rectangles. These were made at a later moment than the other pages.
all 32 pictures overlayed with 9% of opacity
