The Waterway

Posted by burgessart on June 7, 2013

Posted in: Art / Arts, Art Collectors / Lovers / Patrons, Artists, Arts, Photography, Ways of Seeing. Tagged: arts, burgess, juxtaposition, otography, photography. 10 Comments

The Waterway

I began to wonder why I like this photograph and I think it is the juxtaposition of this man-made structure against nature that I find interesting. It is the long, straight and hard-edged sitting in an undulating, rounded and randomly placed tree surrounding……..with the vastness of the sky overpowering all.

Or maybe it is our subconscious mind reminding us of childhood memories of slippery dips and playgrounds…… or even present day yearnings for distant places.

How does it make you feel?

10 comments on “The Waterway”

ChefThomas on June 7, 2013 at 6:19 pm said:

It almost seems like a ancient Roman construction, with it’s symmetry and function. A little day-dream and history caught with an image. … great picture ….

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- burgessart on June 7, 2013 at 6:56 pm said:
  
  Thanks Thomas…..now see it in another way…..good observation.
  
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  - ChefThomas on June 7, 2013 at 7:00 pm said:
    
    Hey … What can I say, I am a dreamer. Art is supposed to transport us, move us to “THAT” place …. A unique place for each of us …
    
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    - burgessart on June 9, 2013 at 9:45 am said:
      
      So true….. I’m sure your food can take us to that place too.
      
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Hansi on June 8, 2013 at 12:01 am said:

Nice shot. As they say, there’s no straight lines in nature.

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- burgessart on June 9, 2013 at 9:51 am said:
  
  Thanks Hansi……..your right.
  
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tiramit on June 8, 2013 at 12:41 am said:

Nice one! It’s cutting through the terra firma like a score on a coconut sprinkled chocolate cake…

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- burgessart on June 9, 2013 at 9:54 am said:
  
  Wow…….. that is great metaphor…….thanks
  
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clinock on June 14, 2013 at 4:28 pm said:

Has a surreal and hallucinatory feel for me – like the waterway has been superimposed – fascinating image…

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- burgessart on June 14, 2013 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  John….guess that feeling comes from the fact that the waterway was only recently build and has not settled into the landscape…..I feel the same way.
  
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