THE SHAPE OF THINGS

FINDING PLACES IN THE MIND

     It is often the juxtaposition that delights.  Hot orange aloe vera bloom against the white froth and blue of the Pacific along a jagged and rock festooned shore makes a lovely sight. Each element alone has a beauty, but in concert they create a texture that then leaves an impression. The power of each is amplified by its relationship.  Don't words on a page, or thoughts in our mind work that way?

     It may be fine point, but I like to see how public space is filled with shape and then consider the "message" that shape conveys.

     A gate, a divider, becomes a study in separation and picture of contrast.  Both light and dark play with each other.

A rain chain reaches up, to catch rain falling down.

  Curve, straight line, glass, stucco.  Texture

Up and down, against a timeless wash.

If we could detach from our being, and simply observe, would we find that we are a bit like figurines placed against backdrops?  Pause someday and think of yourself as a moving actor in an intricate texture. Does it change what you see?  Are there shapes you 

may have missed? Ponder, it is a private art.