PESO 2007 - 48b - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Friday, November 30, 2007, at 01:35PM, "Bob W" <pdml at web-options.com> wrote:
>> >    http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/48b.htm
>>
>> What exactly were you trying to say with this!
>> 
>> ;-)
>> 
>> Seriously, I like it as is.  I wouldn't change a thing.  Simple,
>> chaste, natural, caught as is without alteration or meddling.
>> 
>> Lovely.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> frank, who apparently likes OOF bits

Thank you, Frank. 

It was a quiet still moment when the birds had departed. I was hoping to evoke some of that quiet, and the sharp clarity it poses in relief. 

I think the consensus so far is that 80% of respondents from this list are not fond of it, 60% on other lists seem to like it. I'm ambivalent. I have a few others from the session I like as well or more, but I found this one striking. I'm done with it now. :-)

>Stylistically it calls to mind the oeuvre of the enigmatic existential
>French poet, actor and film director Eric Cantona, who once said "When
>the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will
>be thrown in to the sea". 
>
>He also said "I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality,
>abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery".
>
>Godfrey is very much like Eric Cantona in many ways, but Cantona has
>better legs.

I like that, Bob. I'll have to work on my legs... back to the bicycle! ;-)

Godfrey
In NY for a few days, limited connectivity and too much going on.