tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post4360547192386461511..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Epiphany Long Time In the Making . . .Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-73093091344377599482011-09-08T07:47:43.661+02:002011-09-08T07:47:43.661+02:00S'il reste du thé chaud d'hier, ou plutot ...S'il reste du thé chaud d'hier, ou plutot si tu as refait du thé ce matin, j'en prendrais bien une tasse pour discuter avec toi de toutes tes découvertes : ces fleurs fanées... en plastique, incroyables ! Et cette coulée de petits carreaux de mosaïque, et surtout surtout, ce portrait fané que tu as posté en dernier, quelle merveille ! Je comprends ton éblouissement ! Pour une fois je vais dire le truc le plus 'bateau' qui soit : "thanks for sharing !"Nathalie H.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-65896144466613559852011-09-08T06:26:42.117+02:002011-09-08T06:26:42.117+02:00As far as cemetery photography goes you are the ma...As far as cemetery photography goes you are the master, Owen. I love your cemetery wanderings always, and this one had something so sweetly chilling about it. That photograph of the young woman whose eyes seem to be refusing to give into time taking them from sight forever...no wonder you were thunderstruck. <br />The one with "Souvenir" on the plaque brought to mind that term about bearing a heavy cross.<br />The droopy plastic flowers are bizarre.<br />And the pieces of tile just set my mind to whirring away. I think that is just one of the most mysterious and remarkable things I've ever seen, through your lens or any other. <br />Wonderful post.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-34228213786199904802011-09-07T14:58:11.647+02:002011-09-07T14:58:11.647+02:00Biche Lynne, ewe quack mee up ! Am off to work wit...Biche Lynne, ewe quack mee up ! Am off to work with a smile today... thanks to ewe...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-52123211703968190502011-09-07T14:56:12.620+02:002011-09-07T14:56:12.620+02:00Bonjour Sophie, ah, ce serait difficile de re-crée...Bonjour Sophie, ah, ce serait difficile de re-créer cet effet fascinant. Si j'avais ça dans mon "Photopaint" (je n'ai même pas Photoshop), je m'en servirais fréquemment je pense. Cela fait très plaisir d'avoir ta compagnie ici ce matin, si tu voudrait une tasse de thé, l'eau est encore chaude dans la bouilloire... (punaise, c'est dur à prononcer, bouilloire, pour un étranger immigré... :-)<br /><br />Et oui, tous ces petits carreaux de mosaic... pour moi c'est le mystère complèt... vraiment bizarre, je n'en avais jamais vu nulle part comme ça... peut-être un carrelleur était enterré là?<br /><br />Merci à toi, et content de te lire...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-61256692477677044072011-09-07T14:48:17.001+02:002011-09-07T14:48:17.001+02:00Oh, PS, and Deborah, wonderful observation about t...Oh, PS, and Deborah, wonderful observation about the Shroud of Turin, I hadn't thought of that association. I better not let the Vatican know about this, or they may want to investigate the miraculous process here, and probably confiscate it... for the time being I may be the only person on Earth who knows where it is. I'll bet people walk by it often without even noticing...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-70374279467938208532011-09-07T14:46:05.678+02:002011-09-07T14:46:05.678+02:00Hello Deborah,
Always delighted to hear from you, ...Hello Deborah,<br />Always delighted to hear from you, I confess to busy-ness also diminishing the time I can spend blogging, but it's funny, when I can get here, and out into the larger spheres, I'm constantly amazed at the exchanges, the contacts, however brief, however fleeting, and the lucidity, the warmth that comes through... for whatever reasons, there are a lot of wonderful people connecting through these blog mirrors... but it is not easy to stay in touch, or keep the contacts alive... one sometimes feels totally saturated. I guess what you are saying about the local cemetery not yet visited is sort of like all the parisians who have never been up to the top of the Eiffel Tower, it is there, they will get there someday... But I am a firm believer in today is someday... and tomorrow may never come. Go take a look, I encourage you, you may learn something fascinating about a local family, you may want to go track down a descendant still there and ask them about something you saw there, or it may just give you some food for strong meditation... and take a picture, send it to me... share your discovery...<br />:-)<br />Hope all is well with you between here and there and across borders...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-1815936302116081472011-09-07T14:39:03.575+02:002011-09-07T14:39:03.575+02:00Hi Veronique... I think one should always take a l...Hi Veronique... I think one should always take a look in local cemeteries, history is visible in many small ways in such places, on a human level, on a heart moving individual level, and not the abstract ideals of history books. Not to mention the often searingly beautiful art to be found. <br /><br />As for people who move to beautiful places on the Cote d'Azur, a pox on them... (I'm just JEALOUS !) Sheesh is right... some folks have lots of luck... I guess one must learn to love the luck that one does have, and I have plenty right here in good old Picardy... and it doesn't bother me one bit that St Tropez is not in my back yard... :-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-73393072532827797462011-09-07T13:17:45.491+02:002011-09-07T13:17:45.491+02:00Deer Owin,
Yoo are two kind.Deer Owin,<br />Yoo are two kind.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-13609731943900163012011-09-07T09:40:14.574+02:002011-09-07T09:40:14.574+02:00Tu as raison, la dernière image est extraordinaire...Tu as raison, la dernière image est extraordinaire, et donne envie d'essayer de reproduire cet effet. <br />Pas gagné ! <br />La mosaïque est originale aussi, jamais vu pour ma part. <br />Merci de ton regard original et tendre sur le temps qui passe...Pastellehttp://www.lumieresdelombre.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-22625890013641813932011-09-07T07:18:55.221+02:002011-09-07T07:18:55.221+02:00Been way busy lately, Owen, and not visiting much ...Been way busy lately, Owen, and not visiting much in Blogland, but it's always a treat to come here and take a wander through a cemetery with you. I often think about you when I walk past the one in our village - I've never been in it!! Mostly because it's there, and I'm there, and I know I'll get to it one day, so there's no rush right? I hope this isn't something Freudian. <br /><br />Quite a fascinating photo, indeed. Like the shroud of Turin, somehow...Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-3998982888033470972011-09-06T23:31:16.999+02:002011-09-06T23:31:16.999+02:00Dear Owen, Amazing photography, as always. I feel ...Dear Owen, Amazing photography, as always. I feel better about visiting several cemeteries while I was in Nice last month ;-) Thank you for sending Catherine my way over the weekend. Can you believe the lucky girl has just moved to Cap d'Ail? Sheesh. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)French Girl in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347995356689205203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-40569175751916164002011-09-06T13:51:02.238+02:002011-09-06T13:51:02.238+02:00Ah Lynne, Lynne, I think jerry must have rolled in...Ah Lynne, Lynne, I think <b>j</b>erry must have rolled in his grave to see his name spelled Gerry, but that's ok, he had such a big heart that he will forgive you, and I will follow his most kind of examples and forgive you too... I'll bet that slough was the perfect place to hear his echoes crying on the wind, and I'll be willing to bet there must be a blue-light cheap hotel nearby too...<br />Fondly, your little brother...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-9896107141480057142011-09-06T13:47:22.218+02:002011-09-06T13:47:22.218+02:00Chère Karine, bonjour... et oui, je pense que de t...Chère Karine, bonjour... et oui, je pense que de toutes les ouevres d'art que j'ai pu voir dans de très nombreux cimetières depuis des années, ceci, cette photographie en disparition de la femme en chapeau, est parmi les plus extraordinaires que je n'ai jamais vu. La façon par laquelle ces points en noir et blanc se sont formées n'est rien d'autre que divinement merveilleuse. Je ne sais pas à quoi la comparer... le pointillisme de Georges Seurat peut-être... si l'on grandit un de ses tableaux, les images de Seurat deviennent vite des collections abstraites de taches colorées, sans sens, mais quand on prend du recul, les images sautent aux yeux avec une clarté surprenante... Voilà, peut-être on vient de découvrir un nouveau style d'art, inconnu jusqu'ici... le pointillisme de photos en décomposition sous effet de météo et temps ? Faudrait présenter cette théorie devant une commission nationale sur les definitions d'art moderne ?<br />:-)<br />Bon, pardon, je reve un peu là...<br /><br />Une belle journée à toi Karine...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-72375560655535168462011-09-06T13:34:19.660+02:002011-09-06T13:34:19.660+02:00Hi Stickup, I'm thinking there must be some ol...Hi Stickup, I'm thinking there must be some old "pioneer" era graveyards out there in the wilds of California... sure would love to see some scenes from them through the lens of a fine photographer... I'm just saying... I don't know who might be apt to take on such a mission... just thinking out loud here... Just seems like some folks spend their time at the beach watching surfers or at rock concerts and stuff...<br />:-)<br />:-)<br />PS Was going back through your archives last night, showing more of your wonderful work to la Grenouille; sure is some amazing art there. Even la Grenouille loves your ass(es)...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-70431846273845255082011-09-06T13:29:41.707+02:002011-09-06T13:29:41.707+02:00Thank you for the song, BrOwen. I could hear Gerr...Thank you for the song, BrOwen. I could hear Gerry's faint cry on the lonesome wind that was whispering through the empty shacks in the slough...Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-91922595297286109682011-09-06T12:13:50.404+02:002011-09-06T12:13:50.404+02:00comme je comprends quand tu dis que tu as été émer...comme je comprends quand tu dis que tu as été émerveillé owen adoré ! j'adore la dernière photo qui avec ses quelques milliers de points nous rappellent que cette femme est venue sur terre !<br />et je suis d'accord avec toi sur les fleurs artificielles : elles paraissent parfois plus vraies que nature :-) j'en avais fait la réflexion à edouard il y a quelques temps !<br />avec toutes tes photos tu deviens le gardien privilégié de ces âmes puisque le temps se charge de les faire disparaitre petit à petit !:: Karine ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/14136116349598940204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-24646138671957710482011-09-06T07:12:48.957+02:002011-09-06T07:12:48.957+02:00I'm never one to tire of "cemetery things...I'm never one to tire of "cemetery things." That last image is brilliant; I've never seen anything quite like it!Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-485226845083619782011-09-06T03:55:08.427+02:002011-09-06T03:55:08.427+02:00Dearest Saj,
I see nothing can shroud your keen vi...Dearest Saj,<br />I see nothing can shroud your keen vision and sharp wit, nor cast a pall upon your joyous spirit, however grave the situation, your smile comes shining through, and if you are thinking of getting out to dig in the local cemeteries, I guess you aren't too buried by work. Well I do hope you'll have time to undertake all that you wish to accomplish, but just be careful not to get wrapped up in all the danger tape out there, or kids that are not yours will be crying out, "Mummy, mummy!"<br /><br />Be well good Saj...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-26981830684801841452011-09-06T03:39:25.596+02:002011-09-06T03:39:25.596+02:00There is a cemetery just down the road from my (ne...There is a cemetery just down the road from my (new) workplace which I keep meaning to go and prowl around, it is full of headstones with 'danger' tape round them. I thought as much. :-)The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-46161426129820562392011-09-06T03:37:04.103+02:002011-09-06T03:37:04.103+02:00Oh so true, you must capture them...quite a few of...Oh so true, you must capture them...quite a few of the cemetaries here have been damaged by the earthquakes and you are right about details being lost once that happens! You could say they wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-14991212376177877512011-09-06T01:21:21.096+02:002011-09-06T01:21:21.096+02:00Milady M.,
I was wondering if anyone would notice ...Milady M.,<br />I was wondering if anyone would notice that. I almost wrote something to the effect of that it looked to me like the fading photograph was taking on that form almost to blend in and camouflage itself against the dappled, spotted stone behind it, almost like a chameleon blending in with the background... very haunting that one...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-45106806006703464732011-09-06T01:18:25.064+02:002011-09-06T01:18:25.064+02:00Tag Robert, indeed, I found all those scattered mo...Tag Robert, indeed, I found all those scattered mosaic tiles very intriguing, mystifying really, I just can't imagine what happened there. I can't believe they were just scattered on the grave like that as abstract decoration, but why they were never pieced together... an unfathomable mystery lies there...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-3856899154737907872011-09-06T01:16:23.213+02:002011-09-06T01:16:23.213+02:00Hey Laurie, thought you might enjoy these, and I s...Hey Laurie, thought you might enjoy these, and I see you've been rather far afield in your cemetery travels... keep them coming...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-53713109363794384532011-09-05T23:36:04.878+02:002011-09-05T23:36:04.878+02:00Back to the present (out of that Purple Haze:-) th...Back to the present (out of that Purple Haze:-) the thing that struck me about your photo of a dissipating photo, is the way the graininess is continued outside of the frame on the stonework, black speckles on white; the stone appears to be affected by having the plaque attached to it. Curious.Lady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttp://www.ladymondegreenssecretgarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-73778050844499162992011-09-05T23:11:36.010+02:002011-09-05T23:11:36.010+02:00hauntingly beautiful indeed. the mosaic feels diff...hauntingly beautiful indeed. the mosaic feels difficult to forget, as it seems to struggle itself to be finished. thank you for sharing ! <br />please have a good tuesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com