Relaxed, artistic, quiet as it is. I felt for the little jungle, totally imperceptibly, owing to its inexplicable beauty. Everything hectic in the township seemed to come to a halt. I felt the needles of my timepiece moving like snails. After all, time still wore on and the globe as usual spun at the normal speed. The next thing I knew was that all such worldly elements as astro-serviced televisions, internet-networked mobiles, high-pitched printers and so on were far and remote. For a moment, my mind melted into the peaceful and silent Mother Nature. I even could hear the wind whispering with the leaves and taste the fresh air. It was rather insane to accept the reality that the busy world was just 20 km away. It had been a very long time for me not sitting down to relax myself and enjoy the nature. The feeling was really great.
The formidable Creator is really amazing. The colors, textures, forms, shapes, patterns and their interactions found in the evergreens, made me indulged in capturing the mesmerizing nature with my little digital camera. It was a pity that I did not bring along with me a better camera. Hopefully, all these bits that I managed to capture with my old-fashioned device will turn out fine.
Fortunately, the pictures turned out well. I briskly showed them to one of my friends. I tried to describe the ambience of Rimbun Dahan and share the feelings I had to him. I was a complete simpleton to persuade my pal to appreciate the nature with just a few evidential photos. With the big smile across my face while explaining, he managed to figure out although not wholly know how I felt. However, my surprises were not original because my friend pointed that all that I admired has all been around us and not only in Rimbun Dahan, if we really see it with our own eyes and feel it with our own heart.
I totally agree with him. We see things every day, but do we see them and feel them with our own heart? Coming back to art and design, different people have different definitions about art and design. But I think the basic and essential part of this field is merely to instill positive thoughts (e.g: happiness, optimism) and improve life as a whole. Before an artist or a design can achieve this goal, he must espouse himself with the nature and enter the inscape of nature by means of “seeing things with our own eyes and feeling things with our own heart”. Positive thoughts generated from such appreciation will eventually improve life. Yes for sure!
Light and shadow. We can use this effect as lamp or lighting design.
It should be very comfortable if it is a chair!
Focus Point!
Lets feel the Energy of colors!
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ReplyDeleteNature vs Art
ReplyDeleteThere is much truth in your saying that man is woefully naïve in appreciating the natural beings around us, if you allow me to paraphrase your statement. This is, however, a fuzzy viewpoint as there have not been any publications proving whether man himself is lacking the relevant knowledge or they choose to be so under the obligation of getting the world into proportion. Personally, knowledge will unequivocally help boost your enjoyment to a higher level. It does not mean, if one would say so, non-scholars cannot understand the beauty of nature without the basic know-how. Here comes a topic of curiosity. Everyone is endowed, for sure, the inquisitive mind impelling one to find out truths by himself. So, curiosity should extend to the natural creation. Even a little creature may do unlimited wonders, so do nature. A famous work displaying awesome and yet artistic carved illustrations on a grain has made an overwhelming number of ignorant men kowtow to the wonderful craftsmanship as though the delicate histological formations in a plant cannot surpass his art. Astonishingly, it would take your whole life to study the basic structure of plant-parenchyma if you dare. On one hand, if Adlerian’s concept of inferiority complex can justify this human nature, more of such behaviour will become easily intelligible. On the other, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ constantly provides a firm psychological ground to verify this phenomenon, too. To acquire a better skill, we must learn from the nature. A successful artist should by all means understand the principles underlying all creation under the sun. Taking a retrospective analysis of my secondary art syllabus, most concepts, if not all, are generally derived from the nature. Stripes on zebras fabricated wonderful wallpapers. Dangling fruits inspired the nature-artists to shape lamps, lanterns and so on. Fruity scents travelling through the forest gave a brainstorm to many a modern fragrance manufacturer. Last but not least, the famous film ‘Avatar’ is such a success owing to its world of nature modified from the original version. Sooner, we’ve forgotten the origin of these beautiful products.
We are unduly indulged in the mod cons. We end up transforming ourselves into slaves to technology rather than anything else. As we scribble, human or man-made element will inevitably become the focus point. This is not unexplainable. Biblically, we have gone astray. The author would not want to give a lengthy sermon, but there is no argument for admitting this fact. In a nutshell, art should marry nature if you still own a prospect of being able to produce great designs!
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Natural Dim Light
ReplyDeleteI quite like the natural dim light accentuated in one of your photos. The nature has a lot to offer if we are still disposed to making more of it. The natural rays strike the palm sized leaves and make a perfect lamp in the middle of nowhere. It's too perfect to imitate. There's a lot more left to future discovery. It's up to you guys to unravel the mystery of nature.
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