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Thursday
Jun252009

senses view: an afternoon pause (a new series)



Since very early on here at be present, be here, I have been inspired by the senses as a creative prompt for both writing and photography. Earlier this month, I invited Jon to join me on a senses photography artist date; we each then created a series of photos that represented the senses (including a sixth sense of "know" that I include in my own exercises). I have written about this experience over at the Wish Studio; you can check out the essay "Through Their Lens" here (I hope you will...Mindy's site is a wonderful source of inspiration and full of goodness from so many delightful contributors).

When Mindy asked me to be her guest, I decided to write about perspective. As I thought about this topic, I began to focus on the idea of bringing in another person's perspective into our creative world. I also thought about how we might be able to see a similar experience through the photos taken by someone else, which prompted me to invite Jon to join me.

Last week, I was telling Kristen about all this and in the way that so often happens when two friends get excited about something, a new creative idea was born. I mentioned something like, "I think I might like to do exercises like this, with someone else's perspective on the senses in photographs...maybe more with Jon...maybe my friends when I get together with them..." Then we started brainstorming and suddenly it became very clear that not only could I invite people along on senses artist dates in person, but I could, of course, invite someone along in a long-distance sort of way. Which is, for me, a very good thing as I have just a handful of folks near me who might want to join me on such an adventure.

Oh how thankful I am for brainstorming sessions like this one (thank you my dear friend).

Kristen agreed to take part in the first "senses view" diptych collaboration. With each long-distance collaboration, there will be a theme that will serve as a prompt for each of us. In-person collaborations (like the one Jon and I did, see those photos here), will more than likely simply have the surrounding environment as the prompt. Also, we chose our photos without discussing, so they are paired according to each sense the photographer assigned.

This series theme is "afternoon pause." We hope you enjoy...


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{hear}

afternoon pause {hear}


{see}

afternoon pause {see}


{smell}

afternoon pause {smell}


{touch}

afternoon pause {touch}


{taste}

afternoon pause {taste}


{and know}

afternoon pause {and know}

(Kristen on the left, Liz on the right)

Reader Comments (11)

very cool, Liz! Love the 2 perpectives! If you ever want to play along with an East Coaster - give me a holla! I'd love to collaborate with ya!

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAnna-Marie Still

its absolutely fabulous!!! FABULOUS :-) and now i am off to read your interview, xoxox

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdaisies

oh, these are so pretty! i love, love, love how they turned out.
thank you for this collaboration, it was so much fun. xoxo

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkristen

What a cool idea. You girls did a fantastic job of interpreting your vision of the senses. Loved this!

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbella

Oh, and I watched your bubble video~~ how sweet!!!

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbella

What a cool idea, Liz! I love your photos, esp. the watermelon on end.

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJudy Merrill-Smith

such pretty photos, great idea

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKelly and Kelly

two of my favorites!
this rocks.

June 25, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterthe camp

these are fantastic...
i'm off to read the interview!

June 26, 2009 | Unregistered Commentergkgirl

what a great idea - I love the two perspectives! Now I want Stbx and watermelon. :)

I love photo walks for a similar reason .. it's fun to see the same scene though someone else's eyes - both during the walk (what they stop to capture and how) and when you see the resulting photos. I need one soon!

June 26, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth

I love this idea. Your photos are so beutiful. And I love the fact that you are collaborating with people even from a far distance. You are a gem!

June 26, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJennifer

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