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Entries in Abstraction (2)

Wednesday
Nov252009

After Stieglitz

Clouds form an abstract expression in the skySky #1 | Mark Lindsay

The sky is the most ephemeral of things. A masterpiece of abstraction that is ever changing, each iteration is achingly short-lived. We are drawn to behold a particular moment of sky precisely because we know it won't last. We so want to grasp at it and to keep it, but, alas, it cannot and will not stay for us.

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Thursday
Nov192009

The Dance of Abstraction

Scratches and marks of skateboards form an abstract artworkSkateboard Traces #2 | Mark Lindsay

Sometimes I get sick of the literal images of this or that. As a visual artist I am bombarded with images. Like listening to the lyrics of a ponderous song one more time, my mind gets heavy with content. That is why we have improvisation. That is why we have jazz. That's why visual artists have abstraction.

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