Post by deb193redux on Jun 26, 2013 13:42:55 GMT -5
yes. a good fit. it does take the mid-distance and cast it as deep water, while I do like the way the original piece cast it as wet sand.
I think NO on orca biger. One of the things that draws me to the pieces I have collected is restraint. All pictures are representations of objective reality. Representations may vary from photo-realism to abstract to surreal. IMO they may also be high or low consensus in that not all will see/agree of the mapping of representation to object. when someone takes a low consensus representation and "confirms" it, raising to high consensus, by adding some minimal elements - I find that very creative. So maybe even smaller orca - the point being not to represent orca, but to use idea of orca to confirm representation of seascape.
I would actually say that when one crops/cuts a piece out of picture jasper it is often with the effect of confirming the scene. dis-confirming and counter-factual elements can be left outside of the cropped area. Some would elevate this kind of confirming while disparaging any paint on agate, but I try to celebrate all kinds of creativity.
To illustrate the point about cropping, I bought this slab this week:
there are several scenes, I think one with a pond and some trees shrubs on the far side is the highest consensus scene, but any one person's eye could fixate elsewhere. By cropping I direct fixation on my chosen scene. I confirm my image in that it looks more like a pond and trees on far side without all the other elements around it.
some would discuss additive process (i.e., paint) from subtractive process (i.e., cropping), and hold the additive process as less pure. (This is especially true when the additive is a resin to stabilize a stone, vs subtracting/abrading to polish.) but sculpture that builds up form clay strikes me as equally valid as sculpture that carves out of stone.
anyway, I vote smaller orca, or even several tiny dolphins. Taken to extreme, just a fin above water, or a small sail shape on horizon. it is a balance form minimal addition needed to get high consensus, and having an interesting element.
I think NO on orca biger. One of the things that draws me to the pieces I have collected is restraint. All pictures are representations of objective reality. Representations may vary from photo-realism to abstract to surreal. IMO they may also be high or low consensus in that not all will see/agree of the mapping of representation to object. when someone takes a low consensus representation and "confirms" it, raising to high consensus, by adding some minimal elements - I find that very creative. So maybe even smaller orca - the point being not to represent orca, but to use idea of orca to confirm representation of seascape.
I would actually say that when one crops/cuts a piece out of picture jasper it is often with the effect of confirming the scene. dis-confirming and counter-factual elements can be left outside of the cropped area. Some would elevate this kind of confirming while disparaging any paint on agate, but I try to celebrate all kinds of creativity.
To illustrate the point about cropping, I bought this slab this week:
there are several scenes, I think one with a pond and some trees shrubs on the far side is the highest consensus scene, but any one person's eye could fixate elsewhere. By cropping I direct fixation on my chosen scene. I confirm my image in that it looks more like a pond and trees on far side without all the other elements around it.
some would discuss additive process (i.e., paint) from subtractive process (i.e., cropping), and hold the additive process as less pure. (This is especially true when the additive is a resin to stabilize a stone, vs subtracting/abrading to polish.) but sculpture that builds up form clay strikes me as equally valid as sculpture that carves out of stone.
anyway, I vote smaller orca, or even several tiny dolphins. Taken to extreme, just a fin above water, or a small sail shape on horizon. it is a balance form minimal addition needed to get high consensus, and having an interesting element.