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- Art that relaxes Sierra Mountains
Art that relaxes is such a wonderful and beautiful thing.
We all appreciate and seek beautiful things to include in our lives, whether by owning or just seeing them, each becomes an experience. As a basic value, humanity has a desire, a soft spot and an appreciation of beautiful art that relaxes.
What is it that is so desirable? For me, I have developed a personal connection between being in a place or an event and a photograph that may have come from that place or event.
Before I made any photograph, I was inspired by the actual experience. I was touched by something that I felt an appreciation for and knew the value for me. Being touched by beauty is a gift. As a greater value than just any other thing, it has the characteristic of being art that relaxes. There is a moment of the gift of this beauty and the element of being art that relaxes that infuses into one’s personal character.
Earlier in my life I did not realize why I was attracted to photograph at a particular moment, only later did I realize that the moment experienced, I had been seeing something of beauty. I thought I had found a situation where I could capture a beautiful picture. Later on, I now realize when I am in the presence of an event or place where I feel it directly.
Art that relaxes is in our nature, our natural experience of life
What is that I feel? What happens? In the day to day events of life, we constantly filter the onslaught of stimuli that besiege our senses. So much is recognized by the brain as familiar that it doesn’t receive newsworthy status and therefore doesn’t grab our attention through the filtering that is happening constantly.
A noble moment is when we stop grabbing more and more to filter , and just see what is already in front of us. By paying attention, I find that I slow down, and I am more able to see beauty around me.
Art that relaxes is simply beautiful
Beauty comes in several forms. One form is that which demands our attention and brings us a peaceful feeling, or a joyful feeling, maybe even a feeling of awe and appreciation. Stopping along a mountain path to see a beautiful flowering meadow was that experience for me, and it brings me to my senses. Among aspens, fed by a meandering mountain stream, the “Eastern Sierra Mountain Stream” image in the “Cool Gallery, Green Growing Set” fulfills that idea for me, I mean it brings me into a feeling of being art that relaxes. By stopping after the first glance, I open up those senses and fell into that place. I heard the gentle breeze, and the sound of gently moving water. Then I noticed that I was in a peaceful syncronicity with that place and that moment. I am calm, peaceful, and happy. This has become the viewpoint of my photography, a quest to produce art that relaxes as part of this life.
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