October 2019 - Arnold Arboretum - Title: Fade to Grey
It was still pre-Covid when I put this collage together in 2019. This is a "continuous" collage of about 25+ frames.
I was not happy with this image and it certainly would not have made the cut for my planned show.
To save this scene I made an intuitive choice to place snowflakes in the sky. The pastel flakes were meant to represent the passage of time and possibly "energize" the image. "Colorful Fall would quickly fade to grey" was my rescue move. I tried it out, dismissed it, and moved on.
Had I saved it? I didn't think so--it seemed considerably worse.
Opening the file again 8 months later in June 2020 - I was taken aback.
By the Spring of 2020, I was on edge for obvious reasons, like everyone else.
Instantaneously I read something else in the innocent spiky shapes.
I was not happy with this image and it certainly would not have made the cut for my planned show.
To save this scene I made an intuitive choice to place snowflakes in the sky. The pastel flakes were meant to represent the passage of time and possibly "energize" the image. "Colorful Fall would quickly fade to grey" was my rescue move. I tried it out, dismissed it, and moved on.
Had I saved it? I didn't think so--it seemed considerably worse.
Opening the file again 8 months later in June 2020 - I was taken aback.
By the Spring of 2020, I was on edge for obvious reasons, like everyone else.
Instantaneously I read something else in the innocent spiky shapes.
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