"Challenge And Confront" [Gross and Shapiro - Tao Of Photography - Reflections - Sec. 2:2]
To freshen up, try challenging the rules –
List ten or twelve, bend each as if you’re fools;
Then scan results to pick up insights new,
Or new techniques to boost the viewers view.Or see connections other folks ignore;
Transporting things inside to out of doors;
Increase, decrease degree of abstract frame;
Omitting detail by which meaning came.Sometimes we value things just in themselves –
Reality ignored, but which now tells
Us lots about our take-for-granted world –
Enriched we are by pup in arms now curled.Or make collage of photos – juxtapose –
Let editing augment what mind now knows;
Use lens-collapsing view, or cut and paste
In Photoshop, or camera multi-plate.Come out and play, constructing different views;
Invite the viewers in to play with you;
Like Hebrew language, art invites you in,
Enriching what is there with what you bring.Thanks Lord for this.
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