colors, lines, light-------------- my favorite things.
what's the first word that comes to mind when you look at these four polaroids? for me, its mountains. which is why i titled it that as i saved it in photoshop. i usually title things with the first thing that comes to mind.... which doesnt exactly help me when i'm trying to FIND things on my hard drive..... but hey. it makes me happy.
something i've been processing lately is the question that most people have when looking at my polaroids: 'what IS that?' everyone wants to know what it is... how i did it...... but its funny because sometimes i have long forgotten what exactly i was photographing. and most of the time i end up enjoying the colors and lines and blur a lot better than what i saw with my eyes.
that's why i love polaroids.
they're mysterious, they're magical, they give you something unexpected.
they're instant, they're tangible, they're uniquely one of a kind, they can't be replicated.
they're precious, and by that i mean both cute and full of value,
you can hold them in your hand,
they surprise you,
they make you think.
so-------- this is my polaroid collection for you today
what's the first word that comes to mind when you look at these four polaroids? for me, its mountains. which is why i titled it that as i saved it in photoshop. i usually title things with the first thing that comes to mind.... which doesnt exactly help me when i'm trying to FIND things on my hard drive..... but hey. it makes me happy.
something i've been processing lately is the question that most people have when looking at my polaroids: 'what IS that?' everyone wants to know what it is... how i did it...... but its funny because sometimes i have long forgotten what exactly i was photographing. and most of the time i end up enjoying the colors and lines and blur a lot better than what i saw with my eyes.
that's why i love polaroids.
they're mysterious, they're magical, they give you something unexpected.
they're instant, they're tangible, they're uniquely one of a kind, they can't be replicated.
they're precious, and by that i mean both cute and full of value,
you can hold them in your hand,
they surprise you,
they make you think.
so-------- this is my polaroid collection for you today
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what do they make you think of?
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hi :)
(10.26.09 @ 03:39 PM)pea soup....i LOVE pea soup! :) yup, i really do...
(10.26.09 @ 03:51 PM)Oh Tropicana ... such a huge part of our lives both in the big and the small, in the shadows and the light, in our youth and our adulthood
(10.26.09 @ 04:52 PM)They make me think of when you are trying to think of something that you can't remember......... and when it finally comes to you, it either comes in a flash of inspiration or a slow recognition. Both kinds of remembering I see in your Polaroids:)
(10.26.09 @ 06:04 PM)The left hand top and bottom ones make me think of jellyfish, top right reminds of me of orange cremesicle and the bottom right hand looks like lace. They are happy!
If only my thoughts were more cohesive! :)
(10.26.09 @ 06:07 PM)Microplankton and microscopes. As if, were you to scoop up some slime from a NorCal pond and stick it under the lens, this might be what you see. A little organicness, a lot of complexity, and another world.
(10.26.09 @ 06:20 PM)They make me think of the earth, on those school books when they show the nucleus...ummm don't know how to explain it..
(10.26.09 @ 06:52 PM)Orange creamsicle sounds tasty.
(10.26.09 @ 11:19 PM)btw, does Tropicana still make OJ?
funny that your dad said "pea soup" because if I only looked at the one on the top left I thought of peas too... But as a whole (the four of them) I think of Autumn Leaves on sidewalks.
(10.27.09 @ 12:08 AM)easy. pumpkins.
(10.27.09 @ 02:08 AM)nice stuff
(10.27.09 @ 04:38 AM)They made me think of food!!
The green one reminds me of licorice, stacked up, one by one. Nyum!
The white one reminds me of a part of an egg. The one under the green one reminds me M&M's. The last one looks like cereal.
and the pictures make me hungry. :D
(10.27.09 @ 05:11 AM)Shannon! These make me think of how much I miss you! And I love the lines the best, and maybe the colors... oh I don't know!
(10.27.09 @ 08:58 AM)a journey.
(10.27.09 @ 10:22 AM)yellow wallpaper.
(10.29.09 @ 05:03 PM)