I like the symmetry and the lines. As I passed over it, I wondered how many had crossed before, where they were going, where they had been. Did the bridge carry them to bigger and better things, or was there sad news waiting for them on the other side? I imagine that bridge has some stories to tell, but like the water flowing in the river below, they have drifted away and lost to time. -Ghost
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Very linear, direct, needing to get somewhere. What thoughts would be encouraged?
Quite interesting to reflect upon the thoughts of past ghosts stepping along the stones.
@SW-User Is this your Japanese garden? It’s beautiful
SW-User
@Ghostinthemachine Yes, just one image of a typical zen garden. I love the totally non-utilitarian structure of many of the gardens. Your bridge seems so direct, our path determined before we even choose.
Maybe something to be said for both.
PS. There is some sort of quote on the use of linear perspective in art that I will have to find. But time for bed....
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@SW-User Looked up the words spoken of linear perspective. If anyone is interested:-
The collective will of an epoch precipitates into the arts. The rules of linear perspective characterized by a fixed station point symbolize rational, enlightened man at the center of his measurable world........The act of fixing the station point brought the temporal world into focus. The light of the visible world was gathered in a single point. The world was now measurable........A fatal blow came from Cezanne who unpinned the fixed station point. Unpinning the station point was the most definitive act of the Modem epistemology........Linear perspective was invented in order to look backward to antiquity for precedent, Cubism was invented to engage the present in all of its multi-cultural fullness. Perspective is precedent, rules, history, models, arrogance; Cubism is searching exploring, experimenting, discovery, and doubt. Perspective is ultimately a tool of archaelogists and historians, Cubism is a tool of inventors."
(From "Cezanne Picasso Braque: Birth of a Language" by Jim Blake)
