Openings Connecting: AWAY

Sunday, October 31, 2010

AWAY

good to go away.

not too far,

not for too long.

into that transitional time
that meshes the separateness of seasons
and reconnects particles of self.

no expectations.

new surroundings.

two familiar and generous friends
savoring quiet
and
time to walk and shoot,
shoot snaps to share.

crisp and wild winds clearing heads...

then

sleeping well alone in an upstairs room to the roar of waves.

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Caterina GiglioNovember 1, 2010 at 5:48 AM
oh lovely, the roar of waves and good times...
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Blue Sky DreamingNovember 1, 2010 at 8:59 AM
The sitting area grabbed my heart...all the photos spoke of time away but the sitting area said there was a place inside that was as much a sanctuary as the outside. Beautiful to me.
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ELFINovember 1, 2010 at 1:23 PM
magnifiques photos! c'est beau..
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SethNovember 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM
The first and last photos are breathtaking. And I love your words in this post too. So very poetic.
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ELKNovember 1, 2010 at 7:29 PM
oh this window into your life is clear and refreshing..stunning photos !!
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layersNovember 1, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Such beautiful photo imagery here-- especially the trees-- and the poetic words to match. looks like you are having a wonderful 'away' right now.
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ArtPropelledNovember 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Oh that last image is breathtaking! Savoring quiet.... time to walk .... reconnecting particles of self ... bliss.
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herhimnbrynNovember 4, 2010 at 5:04 PM
beautiful images and words. I could curl up in that chair right now.
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rumaNovember 5, 2010 at 7:30 AM
The first work is the daybreak. Or sunset.

Even if it is the whichever, it is fusion of the colors that are good for "Opening".

Thank you.
ruma
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Renee HowellNovember 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
aaaahhhhh
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Maggie NealeNovember 13, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Lovely clear air in this post with images and words. Yes, good to get away, healing and regenerating.
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LauraNovember 15, 2010 at 5:21 PM
oh how lovely neva, truly, truly. I'm going away for the weekend with my husband...just the two of us to the mountains...and I am so deeply looking forward to our time together in our sacred mountains we love here in nh.

I want to invite you to join in and add your voice to my gratitude quilt for thanksgiving...directions are at the top of my blog! I hope you'll share a square of what you are grateful for in THIS moment!
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rivergardenstudioDecember 11, 2010 at 9:40 AM
What a lovely place, and sleeping in the upstairs room listening to the ocean, what could be better? roxanne
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FOUR DIRECTIONS/FOUR VISIONS: Two Graces: First showing for me, JUNE 3, 2011

With no directions home, I found Taos in the late 60s. It felt like home immediately. It still does. I know this sentiment is familiar to countless others.

The mountain stopped me in my tracks, and I stayed for several years. Since that time, I circle back annually.

To me, that circle is symbolic of this body of work at Two Graces. This is a time in my life when I've been fortunate enough to experiment with art making. Not surprisingly, I found myself drawn back to the images in the Ektachrome slides that I'd taken in the early 80s of Chaco Canyon, the San Francisco de Asis Church, dusty roads, and the ever changing skies of Northern New Mexico. The spirit of this adobed land lingers in my core and manifests itself within these works.

This past Michigan winter was spent creating enlarged negatives from my thirty year old slides, pulling part of my past into the present via today's tools of scanner and computer. Using traditional silver-gelatin darkroom processes, these resurrected and modified negatives acquired a new life. The majority of these prints are the result of this mediated reincarnation.

The smaller images took me into photographic processes from the mid-1800s. These handmade platinum/palladium prints are created coating vellum, for translucency, with these metal salts and exposing them to ultraviolet light. They are then bathed in the alchemy of the darkroom. The tonal qualities are unique in each print. Finally, 24k gold is layered to the backs of the prints, emanating the warmth, glow, and depth of these beloved places.