photographs

So much depends upon a red dovecot…

Posted November 9, 2005 by hil

A bunch of local tertiary students had an installation of dovecots at Floriade this year. I was really happy with this photo of one of the dovecots.

Dovecot

It reminds me of that lovely William Carlos Williams poem, ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’:

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

Or even Dylan’s ‘Buckets of Rain’:

Little red wagon
Little red bike
I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.
I like the way you love me strong and slow,
I’m takin’ you with me, honey baby,
When I go.

I also liked seeing these ones as different faces. It would be fun to animate them!

Making the most of Floriade’s Rock & Roll theme were The Extremes:

And this captured some of my feeling about Floriade:

A Meander towards a Fourth Dimension

Posted October 5, 2005 by hil

I like the old stonework and bluest of blues in Oxford Blue, a photo by Robert Silverwood. And it reminds me of my ~~Cyber Hall~~ drawing which was to be a virtual Union building site map for the Indiana Uninversity Alumnii Association. It was my friend Amy’s initiative, and we worked closely together on it, as we did at Pemberley.

A ~~while ago~~, Amy was musing about Kosso’s question, ~~are you a createc~~?

‘I’m not as programmery but can find my way around under the hood. I
have less graphics savvy, and lean a little more to the verbal side.
Maybe there should be a scale with those three dimensions or aspects to
measure one’s createc quotient (C.Q.).’

I think there is maybe a fourth dimension as well, which Amy has in spades. Its an openess to the fluidity and feedback loops in the non-linear creative process: the ability to share and trigger creativity in others, and be open to and build on ideas coming back.