Abstraction

Today I have continued to experiment (play) with my Photoshop Elements program. First I took a detail shot from yesterday. It is of where the tin roof angles.



Then I duplicated it, flipped parts, and reassembled it.



Then I played with different filters.




The filter I liked best was the Neon one.




I duplicated and flipped some more and came up with an interesting composition. Yes, I know it could be even more interesting but that is enough play for today.

This is fun; who knew how much could be done with an image of a roof?

Jump Starting Creativity continued

ON THE EDGE


AFTER I DIE



ONE AND ONE


IS LIFE EASIER?

In all of the above the image came first and the words followed. Except "AFTER I DIE" the words were a question: "What will I miss after I die?" It was part of an exercise in writing. I had great difficulty dealing with that question because I have always thought of death as a form of moving beyond were one was. The best I could come up with was not an image of what I would miss, but what I might be moving on to. Hmmm, I guess I was out standing in my field, alone, again.

Jump Starting Creativity

But I Digress

The Light At The End Of

My Tunnel

Out, Standing In My Field

For the last several years the focus of my life narrowed; creative time in my studio was not a priority. Now I am able to extend my life interest again. To get my creativity jump started I have been playing; doing throw away exercises.

The first ones I am going to share with you were done in either my Photoshop Elements program or the Paint program that came installed in my computer. Some of the images started as words, and for others the words came after the image was started.

It is amazing what will fall out of your brain when you are playing without restraints. Each one of these images could be expanded into a much larger work of words and visual expression.