Friday, August 28, 2009

Organize and focus

Flowing into the black hole...nature collapsing onto itself, this nature work by Andy Goldsworthy...speaks to the time and gradation of fall in nature...these changing leaves are carefully arranged around an organic, circular form in the center of the picture plane...a strong central image, implying all things focus on this point...the emptiness of time and space...

This centrality is pushed farther by having the lightest leaves surrounding the edge, sharpening and defining the round shape...the movement visually, from yellow to orange to red and finally back to darkness...Goldsworthy is a master at arranging these simple, natural relationships...organizing what we already know into a context we may never have seen...

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