Louis Kahn:
I once gave myself an assignment: to draw a picture that demonstrates light. Now if you give yourself such an assignment the first thing you do is escape somewhere, because it is impossible to do. You say that a white piece of paper is the illustration; what else to do? But when I put a stroke of ink on the paper, I realized that the black and white was where the light was not, and then I could really make a drawing, because I could be discerning where I put the black.
Not sure if I totally grasp what Louie is sayin'... your photo, on the other hand, is both succinct and articulate... I'm reminded of a favorite couplet from a song ( In the Gallery ) on the first Dire Straits recording....
ReplyDelete" and then then you get an artist... who says he doesn't want to paint at all... takes an empty canvass... and sticks it on the wall... " Mark Knopfler