tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249657679940822851.post977976682016849537..comments2013-08-31T05:32:10.750-07:00Comments on The Bertie Project: Daily Practice 249/365Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862623910757236075noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249657679940822851.post-25859139191797126882010-09-08T20:29:07.421-07:002010-09-08T20:29:07.421-07:00Jacki,
Thank you so much! The insights you share ...Jacki,<br /><br />Thank you so much! The insights you share about your responses to my work mean a great deal to me. I learn so much from them, and from looking at your work as well.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />PaulPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862623910757236075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249657679940822851.post-74948710237081496792010-09-07T21:13:41.816-07:002010-09-07T21:13:41.816-07:00Paul, I'm sorry that that happened to you ... ...Paul, I'm sorry that that happened to you ... and glad that you're going to continue posting here! I want you to do what's right for you, and yet I selfishly look forward to your blog (even when I don't keep up as well as I'd like). There's something so special about the profound expressiveness of your work!J. M. Goldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11124250317393120336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249657679940822851.post-45749243270994480382010-09-07T17:58:03.709-07:002010-09-07T17:58:03.709-07:00Lizzy,
Thank you so much for sharing your thought...Lizzy,<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this issue. I understand that ambivalence you feel about titling work - for a long time I didn't title work either, but there is something about the marriage of photographs and words that is quite compelling to me now. I certainly don't want to direct viewers to a particular interpretation of the work, but at the same time I've come to a point where the work for me isn't complete without the title. <br /> <br />I've had the same thoughts about the whole "gear head" approach that seems common to photography, but which would be completely foreign to painting, drawing etc - thank you for expressing them so eloquently. And thank you for the kind support about the work and my approach to it - I feel very much the same about you and your work. And there's the rub about the internet thing - I want to hate it, despise its effects on my mind, but I also have to appreciate the opportunities it provides to "meet" people like yourself.<br /> <br />No fear - I will still post here!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />PaulPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862623910757236075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249657679940822851.post-88893530173848664012010-09-07T02:25:55.627-07:002010-09-07T02:25:55.627-07:00AWESOME! ;) Just kidding, Paul, i completely agree...AWESOME! ;) Just kidding, Paul, i completely agree with you here. Perhaps i'm unique in this, but i just want to inspire the viewer 'to feel.' For me, photography ... well, art in general ... is about emotion. When did we start intellectualising this? As a viewer, i'm not really interested in your equipment, your settings, your aesthetic perfection ... unless they inspired you in some way (like when you veer away from the norm). I'm interested in what you felt when you shot that photo, what it meant to you. And i want to share in that feeling, because of the image it's inspired. For the longest time, i did not title my work, i didn't want to influence the viewer. I'm still of two minds about it. I've learned a lot about my work through what others feel from it. When the reaction has been unexpected, it's made me revisit my work. That's a good thing. Photography is art and everything that word implies. When we look at a van Gogh or Picasso, are we thinking whether or not they followed the Rule of Thirds? Are we interested in what type of brush they used? or size canvas? Give me the adventurous artists any day. The ones who put their souls more than their minds into their work. That's why i enjoy coming here. So, if you do nothing else on the internet, please keep posting. :) Lizzyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300586836372077575noreply@blogger.com