Original Art Photography Series by @velimir #166 'To Know'
The name of this art photograph is: 'To Know'
When I was a young boy, my father told me that knowledge lies in books. Back then, I wasn't too keen on reading. Eventually, as time passed, I started reading quite often. I remember a friend of mine, a drummer in my first band, who read a ton. None of us could ever match this guy. God knows what his father told him. :D I guess it was summer of 1989 when a few of us went to his place on the island of Hvar without our parents. One day after lunch, out of a pure boredom, I decided to dig through some old drawer. That effort produced some forgotten books. Among them was "Illusions" from Richard Bach. I read that book in a stretch on that same hot summer afternoon. Also several times since. There is a passage explaining free will and one's own responsibility, that I loved. Careful now, it might set a direction for you. :D
Let me paraphrase it in my own words, I prefer it that way (sorry Richard): "Your life is a notebook. You are free to choose whether you want to write most beautiful lines, draw most beautiful images, take care of every page like it was a very precious gem; or, you are also free to just scribble pages away, cover them with oily fingerprints and even tear them off if you like. It is completely up to you."
Enough said, right? :)
This image is in hi-key, meaning that the dominant tone is white. I added a touch of colour to it. Blue on the sides and some peach in the middle. This is for to emphasize the importance of reading, and learning the things one likes. However, this doesn't mean that you need to learn things someone else believes are important, against your will. You learn what you like and do learn out of pleasure.
The book and the hand are centred and also emphasized by the warmest colour. It is where observer's attention flows, while the borders are colder and much less receptive. Tonal plasticity is not accentuated in this photo, as I didn't want to create contrast dynamics which would injure the hi-key vibe or it would set it out of balance in a better case. A little colour is quite enough to model the space and point out the idea.
So, are you ready to start painting pages of your life with the most beautiful pictures you can? Guess what - those are your thoughts!
Enjoy! :)
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Before i comment, i must say that i have really been missing out on your posts lately and its due to my forth coming papers. I have to defend it, so its been keeping me occupied.
Nice post really. I love the pic. Passes the message properly.
The explanations of the necessities of the different colours makes sense. I really liked the part you said This is for to emphasize the importance of reading, and learning the things one likes
Lol @God knows what his father told him.
Sorry to digress abit, I am writing my exams next month, so i am preparing for it. These days now, if you dont read what the man likes, you dont get to pass the course. Its a shame that this is a generation that encourages students to do what pleases the professor, not what you enjoy. From where i school, lecturers dont spend time on learning new wayd to connect to theor students. Fun, pleasure, excitement – call it what you will, the essential ingredient in any training endeavour is engagement. When it comes to talent management, if you don’t spend the time to make the learning experience a compelling and enjoyable one, how can you expect your learners to spend any time on it?
We should all encourage the next generation to do things they love. Aside from the sheer joy of exercising the imagination, personally, reading for pleasure improves literacy, social skills, health and learning outcomes.
It gives people access to culture and heritage and empowers them to become active citizens, who can contribute to economic and social development. It can improve our sense of connectedness to the wider community. So i must say that you live what you preach @velimir because the way you have wide imaginations and connect with us here is really very nice. The way you see things we wouldn't have seen from your pictures and posts, i must say that you must have been an intelligent student that thinks out of the box back then and you still are. About that your friend, i know their type, they just have two heads, no matter how hard you try, they would always have the highest grades :). Haha
For me, the benefits of reading are more likely to be felt when reading takes place through free choice. The outcomes of reading will occur more often and more strongly if reading is enjoyable in the first instance.
Its sure a beautiful post with a very delicate and important meaning. The world should see this.
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Nice and impressive comment
Your father was right, knowledge should be drawn from reliable sources. But the main thing is that in our time - it is not necessary to get knowledge from books, now knowledge can be obtained from the Internet. I'm sure we'll see the times when the book will become something rarity.
Good words that our life is writing down a book, we make our own life. If you want to make your life sad - so it will be. If fun, you are the creator of your destiny.
Sometimes life is still linked with a blank sheet ... They say that you can see the sheet - but you can not change the emphasis by which you wrote it.
Thank you, as always deep thoughts
Welcome to the episode # 166 Folks,
I am also unable to understand what your friend used to eat :P Today's Art which is "To Know" is of much importance. In holy Book Quran Almighty Allah says
Let me rephrase this art in this way;
Oh man you need to change yourself? Do you want to be successful in life, or if you want to know about your environment?
Then remember there is only one way for all these confusions you need To Know through books. Knowledge can change one's destiny that is why acquire it from any where or from any place.
P.S; Today's Art addresses the importance of Knowledge
Amazing stuff @velimir :)
The colours are perfect! Alluring and pleasant.
What I like the most is that we see the book from it's cover - the unknown person let us see the book- but only from the cover of it. It hides a message to us regarding ourselves and the way we look on others - regarding ourselves - we might hold the book that is our identity and we might think we know who we are just perfectly, but what we SHOULD know is that it's only the cover, the things we can see at the moment. If we work on it- we can get to deeper, surprising and richer layers in ourselves "when the waves grow stronger, the stronger is revealed" - the stronger parts in ourselves.
When we look upon others - we might see just the hands, and they may look crude, we may look a little more and see the book the person holds and think that we get him, that we understand him, but it's only artificial, it's the cover and no more, there is a lot more to find about each individual if we try hard enough and move though tougher situations in life with him. The red warm color concentrated on the book delivers the feeling of worthiness in each person perfectly, in my eyes.
Thanks for a really outstanding picture velimir!
Nati.
Great post, as always :D
Rightly said @velimir. Every book, regardless of its genre, has a message to pass and it also takes you to places (abstract or physical) that you might never go otherwise. While it serves as a pastime to ward away boredom, it has proven to be much more than that. Finding out about other cultures, basking in the glory of innovation across borders, pushing your minds to the limits of your beliefs and taking up more flexible theories and possibilities; books have given me so much knowledge-induced power.
You cannot afford to go through your entire life in the dark, so know what type of information you are interested in or those that would be useful to you, and read until your brain capacity literally increases.
AWESOME art
Yes, it is just amazing. Thoughtful art..thanks for sharing
Cool art, very interesting post. Although I'm not quite sure what to make of the paraphrased Bach.
It gives people access to culture and heritage and empowers them to become active citizens, who can contribute to economic and social development. It can improve our sense of connectedness to the wider community. So i must say that you live what you preach @velimir because the way you have wide imaginations and connect with us here is really very nice. The way you see things we wouldn't have seen from your pictures and posts, i must say that you must have been an intelligent student that thinks out of the box back then and you still are.
I really love this post very much. It's so easy to focus and fill our life with complaints or looking at all the negative things that has happened that we fail to look at the bright positive things that we could be grateful for. I will have to look up that book "Illusions" by Richard Bach. Thank you for this post :)