William Stafford - Ask Me

Ask Me by William Stafford

Some time when the river is ice ask me

mistakes I have made. Ask me whether

what I have done is my life. Others

have come in their slow way into 

my thought, and some have tried to help 

or to hurt: ask me what difference

their strongest love or hate has made.

I will listen to what you say.

You and I can turn and look

at the silent river and wait. We know

the current is there, hidden; and there

are comings and goings from miles away

that hold the stillness exactly before us.

What the river says, that is what I say.

Illustration Friday for This Semester

For my illustration class, we were supposed to choose 5 words to illustrate from the website: www.illustrationfriday.com. Then we were supposed to post them someplace online.
Here are my illustrations! Of course, I could have done better, but I ended up having to do all but the space one in one night...

03-21 - "Red"

02-21 - "Space"

02-14 - "Twisted"

02-07 - "Prehistoric"

01-31 - "Exotic"

Photographer Spotlight: Tim Flach

I've had this one bookmarked for a while now. Check it out ...

It's the work of Tim Flach.

Flach is a British photographer who has been capturing images of exotic animals for the last two decades.

He is most well-known for his highly conceptual images.

With his animal portraits, Flach uses techniques similar to human portraiture that capture a variety of of gestures and expressions which seem to echo our own movements and emotions.

He is even an author of four photography driven books: Evolution, Equus, Dogs Gods, and More Than Human.

I think Flach's images are stunning! Light, form, and composition are consistently beautiful.

To see more work by Tim Flach, check out his website:

http://www.timflach.com/

And here is how I found out about Flach. The New York Times posted an article featuring his work:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/an-evolving-view-of-animals/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=LE_AEV_20140401&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=2&

Artist Spotlight: Phillip K. Smith III

I just came across this piece by American installation artist, Phillip K. Smith III, and wanted to share.

The piece, located in Joshua Tree, California, is titled "Lucid Stead."

Smith uses mirrors to give an illusion of transparency.

I think it's really cool he was able to use something as simplistic as mirrors to make it look like we are looking straight through the slats of the building.

By day...

And by night...

To learn more and to see more images, check out this article about Phillip K Smith III:
http://www.urdesign.it/index.php/2013/11/25/lucid-stead-light-installation-by-artist-phillip-k-smith-iii-in-joshua-tree-california/