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  • Simple but pleasing I like it,

  • Thoughts confned

    Taken for granted simple things are often complex, made difficult through circumstances.

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    Movement,  Thought, Understanding, Centred in our universes, we are confined.

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    interlectual confines

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    “I am trapped, confined in the matrix of my time, whilst thoughts orbit around the centre of I”

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  • “Simplistic Complexity”

    “Evening Entrance to Cockburn Street  – Edinburgh”

     is the latest picture based on the concept of

    “Simplistic Complexity”

    A  concept has been distilling over a number of years now.

    entrance to cockburn street edinburgh
    “Evening Entrance To Cockburn Street”
    – Edingburgh

    This concept is on the premise that we use vertical line to make sense of our surroundings and to orientate.

    The colour information is distilled and the vertical lines added in high contrast.

    The concept grew out of a series of painting  called City Signatures which in turnt gave birth to

    Edinburgh cityscapes and finally “Evening Entrance to Cockburn Street = Edinburgh”   is the latest

    the journey continues.

    Does it have a presence ?

  • A visual experiment – dyslexia

    Dyslexia a disability – not just different but a disability

    – why? because:  “They say so –

    They insist that you need to conform to their perceived normality, they are the norm you are not.
    – Because you see things different and deviate from the norm you have a
    disability, you cannot just be different.

    The following simple visual experiment to permit  the “normal” the reader in experiencing the effect.

    Prufrock

    The vowels have been allocated different colours.
     

    How easy did you find it to read?

     Did your reading slow down?

    Imagine having to do this every time you read a piece of text.

    Disability or enhanced ability – you decide.

  • Dyslexia, Art and the meaning of Life

    It has been suggested that the phenomena of dyslexia may be the next stage of human evolution; individuals who are gifted with the phenomena

    of dyslexia often see more than others.  At times they may read slower, but imagine if you had to decode every page first would it not slow down your reading?

    In the beginning was the word but there was always another element the spaces between the words, a hidden code, just like without silence there can be no music.

    Reading without the spaces i is just one big word-search, difficult to understand.  As an artist every written page, past present or future is a unique piece of art.

    This is the first piece that was created Hamlet In Dyslexia,

    Each dot represents a space whilst the dark flowing lines represented the “rivers” often experienced on a page sometimes static

    at other times skipping and dancing down the page.

     

    The next piece created focused on the vowels in a piece of poetry by T S Eliot each vowel allocated a colour.

    The aim here was to simulate the promotional effect that is sometimes experienced where certain letters

    seem to jump of the page whilst others seem to hide in the distance giving the text a 3D effect.

     

    The final piece in this post is Numeric Symphony in Red and is based on the effect that when you look at a table of numbers  they seem to come together

    and dance.Numeric Symphony in Red

    Curiously although this is based on numbers most viewers who have dyslexic traits can see the numbers

    quickly whilst those who have not the gift see dancing shapes.

     

    finally  I would like to leave you with a comment I heard or imagined cannot remember which :

    ” Dyslexia is frustrating, – Frustrating waiting for others to catch up”.

     That all for now, as usual look forward to hearing your views.

     

     

     

  • Day 106

    Love the emotional feel of these images

  • A Gender Mystery – Retail Therapy,

    Two Pictures the gap between

    A Gender Mystery – Retail Therapy,

    Words That May Help.

     

    Swinging her feet over the end of the bed she headed to the shower, after the ritual cleansing she dried her hair and slipped into a bright yellow dress with white spots.

    With increasing anticipation she grabbed the collected regalia required for the spiritual experience about to occur.

    The celestial journey began as she stepped out of the door.

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    A Gender Mystery – Retail Therapy

    Sylph like she glided between the aisles, as if drawn by some mystical force she moved on eyes glazed and yet somehow curiously focused.

    The first stop was the seat at the cosmetic counter where she talked briefly to the high priestess of glamour, who with potions and colour heightened her radiance and lifted her self-confidence.

    Uplifted, but thirsty, she headed to the watering hole for refreshment. After standing in line she ordered a skinny

    latte.

    Across the crowded room their eyes met , picking up her refreshment she made her way over to her fellow disciple.

    Sitting down, eyes locked, watching every nuance of facial expression intently, making sure that nothing was misunderstood, they exchanged observations.  Refreshed they departed to explore more aisles of pleasure,

    prepared and armed with knowledge shared.

    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, steps truncated, mind started to blur, it was time, exhausted, and yet inspired by the visionary gifts

    of humankind’s ingenuity.  She made the journey home.

    The journey ended, crossing the threshold, as many times before, now time to meditate and reflect.

    Retail Therapy, – he would not understand, – the mystery and wonder of window shopping.

  • An embarassing exhibition – the 4 seasons

    4 Paintings that formed the centre piece of a solo exhibition held in Perth Scotland

    Image of Winter
    – WINTER –
    Image of Spring
    – SPRING –
    Image of Summer
    – SUMMER –
    Image of Autumn
    – AUTUMN –
    The press had taken photographs, conducted interviews,
    and the invitations sent out for the private viewing,
    Interest had been expressed a good turnout was anticipated.
    Eventually the big day arrived, the studio had provided nibbles and wine
    unknowingly, the gallery had sold all four of the featured exhibits.
    The buyers, in a hurry left for London  with the paintings before the opening.

    The exhibition went ahead with four blank spaces all rather embarrassing, but none the less a talking point.

    Do you have one to share?