I have only just seen the two images, they both appeal very much, but I
strongly believe there does not have to be "a point", nor does the viewer
have to "like" anything. Ideally, the images should cause the viewer to
react (whether positively or negatively). Which is what they have done in a
few cases here.
Nice work, Moose. As always.
Piers
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From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 October 2013 09:18
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] And Now, for Something Different.
On 10/29/2013 11:52 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Is the point of the photo about the composition, subject or the
> processing?
I don't believe there is a point. It's simply an image. Light from it enters
our visual system, and things happen inside.
> Not really sure why I'm supposed to like it.
I don't think I asked you to like it. I asked whether folks like it or not.
I think whether we like the sense experience of anything is essentially an
internal, emotional response, at least at first unmediated by cognition.
After that first impression, we may allow ourselves to go further into the
response, and/or logically analyze what we think about it.
Most logical analysis seems to me to be rationalization about that initial,
unmediated response. It may take the form of bolstering it with reason, or
of finding reasons to disagree with it.
On 10/30/2013 6:26 AM, DZDub wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Is the point of the photo about the composition, subject or the
>> processing? Not really sure why I'm supposed to like it.
> I think that if you have to ask that, it's not working for you.
Sounds probably right to me. OTOH, that's all cognitive stuff. I assume
there are also non-cognitive feelings. Might there be some combination of
off putting and compelling, causing dissonance that leads to questions that
distance from the image itself?
> Joel (and it's OK) W.
Of course.
On 10/30/2013 7:22 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Thank you. I was feeling artistically stupid or something.
There are no right or wrong responses, only concern that our
feelings/opinions don't agree with some Authority, internal or external.*
No Arbiter Moose
* Reactions to images may be quite powerfully psychologically and/or
emotionally involved. Edward F. Edinger wrote quite an interesting book,
"Living Psyche: A Jungian Analysis in Pictures". There are a number of other
books as well, exploring the use of images in accessing aspects of the
psyche.
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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