"BIRDS OF A FEATHER"
I changed the focus point in this picture. I previously had the image of Alfred Hitchcock as a clear reference to his film "The Birds". But something wasn't right. Eventually I had to give Hitchcock the shaft. He just wasn't working. Perhaps because he made the piece too simple. There wouldn't be much depth to it at all.
The great thing about putting in the power lines is the lines themselves. They bring a slight darkness throughout which justifies the bold image of the pole. Other darkened images seemed out of left field and didn't blend in. Now it all seems to make sense.
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I had an instantaneous reaction to the project. It is odd to realize that you have already made your mind up about an image before you actually start looking for details. (Maybe not so weird after all...people do it to people all the time.) Still, the "quick reaction" does not happen with every image...but it did in this case. Anyway, you know that anything in the sky is my drug....birds, planes, planets and stars. (I even go kite flying... Whatever. Blah blah blah) So...The birds drew me into the image immediately...but the telephone lines showed where where to land...as a viewer. The image is dynamic and I felt my heart rate pick up. I told you it's a drug thing. With all due respect for Mr. Hitchcock...that image doesn't move me, with or without text.
For me the Hitchcock image is flat, two dimensional, but the telephone lines have enough three dimensional depth that allow me to (invite me to) enter into the image. Hitchcock is literally framed....finite and constrained, but telephone image is airy and without real borders... enough that it let me daydream inside it...(which I did). It gave me room to explore.
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