Dali-Land

I love the archetypal material that Dali-Land contains: a primordial bird at top, a diving bird below, an infinity sign, a fish on the edge of the universe, a hand mirror and a blouse. Do you see others? What I find most amazing is that a close-up shot of water can contain symbols with meaning. I wonder how I saw this image on moving water, consciously or unconsciously. What internal sonar took me to this image? Is it synesthesia that explains why, in the absence of thought, I photograph that which is never hidden but usually unseen?

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Dali-Land

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Clouds Over Arno

I took this image the first night of a visit to Florence, Italy in July, 2004.

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Kandinsky-ish

I watched the water until the pink turned to satin against my skin. When I felt the circles dilate as they formed and reformed, I became one with the motion, and then free of thought, I snapped the shutter. A few days later, I came upon a postcard that gave me a jolt of recognition and excitement, for the painting on it looked just like my image –- archetypically, anyway. When I turned it over and saw that the artist was Kandinsky, my only question was whether he had the same form of synesthesia as I.

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Durée

I often think that I can tell just by looking at a work of art if the artist is a true synesthete: the work must contain an element of time. by which I mean that it must evoke the passage of time inside of me. The image "Durée" provides the sensation of the passage of time. In addition, it fulfills a principle I seek in my work: when I look at it, I must feel that I can walk into the image, turn around, and come back -- a journey which requires the passage of time.

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Homage to Jim Dine

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Pink Icing

"Pink Icing" is a good example of how I make my choices when I take an image based on what I feel. In this case, what I felt was pink satin against my skin but I named the image "Pink Icing" because when I looked at it later, I saw that it looks like pink icing. There is also a little cello music on the right produced by the brown and black colors.

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Red Umbrellas

When I look at the umbrellas moving in the breeze I feel my eyelashes flutter.

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Music & Wood

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Whiting Tree

I took this picture when I felt myself dissolve into and become the shadow.

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I Dreamed I Could Sing

If you look to the right, do you see a woman singing? In many dreams, I am an incredible musician which is why I named this image, "I Dreamed I Could Sing.” This image is included in a wonderful book that explores dreams and the artists who have use them in their work in the twentieth century called Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind, edited by Lynn Gamwell.

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