Wow, lots of typos: 1. God made us, 2. spaces like Larry's grove, 3.so the narrative becomes.
Clearly not a lot of natural selection for the spelling center of the brain. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a beautiful place to have in your backyard. A grove of trees can > be a sacred space. > > An aside about spirituality: There is a theory that as humans evolved > and became more intelligent, we faced increasing anxiety over the > prospect of death. Changes slowly occurred in the brain by natural > selection that allowed for "religious/spiritual experiences" whose > biological purpose was to help us live with the prospect of death. Of > course, I've deliberately phrased this in purely evolutionary terms; > a religious person could simply say that God made up with the ability > to apprehend his presence. Whatever your beliefs, spaces live > Larry's grove still elicit great feelings of both elation and > tranquility. These feelings are also difficult to catch with only a > camera do the narrative becomes so important. As for me, there is a > wild bamboo grove that somehow started growing off the running/walking > trail I use here in Rockbridge County. It's a favorite place of mine > but I have never been able to capture its presence adequately in > pictures. > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:57 PM, steve harley wrote: >> >>> on 2011-09-20 23:21 Larry Colen wrote >>>> >>> >>> i also wonder if you've seen James Balog's work depicting big trees by >>> assembling multiple images taken while ascending, or otherwise; i met him >>> when he'd just come out with _Survivors_, his series of animals on white >>> backgrounds (we used several of his photos in a magazine i produced), and i >>> have since been intrigued by each of what i think of as his experiments in >>> context (though, as experiments, they often are better at breaking ground >>> than at being aesthetic masterpieces) >>> >>> just a taste here, but interesting text: >>> >>> <http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200511/trees.asp> >> >> I decided to try another tack, and tried shooting them at night using my >> studio strobe. Here are a couple of different treatments: >> showing the canopy: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6169096452/ >> just disappearing into the darkness: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6168563119/ >> >> The whole experiment is here: >> >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627594004271/ >> >> I think that the answer really will involve shooting them from an entirely >> different angle, though I might be able to do something incorporating >> people. If I had some gymnastically inclined folks, I could incorporate the >> tree into some sort of human totem pole .... >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
