Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts

Friday, January 25, 2013

Acceptance and Peace ....

Think I had it wrong the other day (black-white-fading-shades-of-grey) ... I had black and white right, but not the grey:

"Been thinking a bit more about black, white and shades of grey. The latter --black, white and grey, in art as well as life-- seems to be in the forefront of my thoughts and dreams these days. Having really bad headaches lately, thus I am taking some opiate derivative for pain as a prescription medication --apparently opiates don't have the adverse side effect of thinning the blood? So maybe my thoughts and pondering are a bit swayed by the medication? But sitting here tonight, it occurs to me that perhaps 'black' is denial or outright despair while 'white' is hope and infinite possibility (light, in it's purest form) ... the shades of grey are just the difference in between. "

Grey isn't limbo or confusion --the in-between-- I think rather that grey is acceptance and maybe, at long last, peace.



"Night train arrives in a blanket of twilight fog"
@Copyrighted photograph, Jan. 2013.  All Rights Reserved:  Isabelle Black Smith.


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Moonlight Illumination ...


A toast ...





"Moonlight Illumination" a.k.a. "Ghosts in the Machine 2"
@Copyrighted Photograph, 2012.  All Rights Reserved:  Isabelle Black Smith.





"Life can only be understood backwards;
but it must be lived forwards." ~Soren Kierkegaard




Song: "The Shape of My Heart", By Sting




7/5/2012 ... Sometimes you find the wisdom you most need to hear in the most unexpected of places.  Thank you, Paul.  Your quote from Bukowski fits perfectly with the answer I have been seeking all along.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Strange Days ... Photography

Think this photo says it all.  I seem to be going through a black and white phase in my photography.  Perhaps a metaphor for where I am at in my life these days.  The need to simplify ...



@Copyright Photo, 2011.  All Rights Reserved:
Isabelle Black Smith.

"Strange Days" ...