20 Replies to “Pilgrimage”

  2. jacscottstudio – Hello! I am a visual artist focusing on issue-based work that investigates the environmental issues behind fractured realities. Exploring the enigma of our existence, revealed in our ways of being, our relationship with our environs and the marks we leave behind is my preoccupation. My predilection for collaborations with scientists and geographers has led to an informed body of work that reflects a world without a sense of equilibrium. The work aims to have an oblique potency that acknowledges the world’s dark underbelly, whilst acting as a catalyst for igniting debate. I am an innate researcher who has not lost the infantile curiosity and wonder about the world - the questions and answers are in flux - I appreciate other people's viewpoints so please comment on posts that interest you - I am always happy to hear constructive criticism about my artworks and hear more information about and/or debate issues I raise. Both as metaphor and in material selection, my artistic responses focus on brooding degradation: peeling layers inviting a meditation on the narrative exposed. I try not to create more stuff – our world is already over-stuffed – so I reuse and transform objects whenever possible to satisfy my environmental conscience. This blog was initially started to complement my residency at University of Central Lancashire in Britain where I was working with scientists in the School of Built and Natural Environment examining the hidden impacts of our way of life. The residency has now ended but due to the public response I aim to continue it as long as people are interested in my art practice. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. Visit www.jacscott.com for more information about my contemporary practice.
    jacscottstudio says:

    Lovely sentiment

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  6. Elizabeth Melton Parsons – Indiana – I'm a novelist, poet, and artist. I love books, nature, art, and gardening. I'm a rock hound and there's a photo of me with a cool fossil rock on my about page, I take a lot of nature pictures. The background here is one of mine. Unfortunately I recently lost my wonderful husband, but I'm grateful to have the blessing of two beautiful sons. elizabethmeltonparsons.wordpress.com is © Elizabeth Melton Parsons 2007-2018. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Elizabeth Melton Parsons with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
    Elizabeth Melton Parsons says:

    Love the picture, love the verse. So perfect for each other.

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  8. Your observations are always right on. I live in a similar climate, in the Adirondacks, and I share your views but not your poetry! Just this morning, I commented on all the deer tracks in the snow.

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  11. Mad Rox | Art, Realty & Life in the Ozarks – Northwest Arkansas, USA – Nature Artist of Wild Ozark, REALTOR® with Montgomery Whiteley Realty. Two names, one person. Just call me Mad Rox: Madison Woods is the pen name. Artist, paint maker, author. Roxann Riedel is the real name. Real estate sales agent for Montgomery Whiteley. Living the dream with her husband in northwest Arkansas on 160 acres of rural Ozark back-country they call 'Wild Ozark'. www.WildOzark.com.
    Madison Woods says:

    I love to look at tracks in fresh snow, especially if mine are the only human kind I see 🙂

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  12. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    Love this phto and your words. This morning I woke up to newly fallen snow. At the moment I looked out my window a coyote ran past leaving his tracks. I love looking at all the tracks. Some of them I know and some I don’t.

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  15. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    The title just struck I had to laugh it is so fitting for the photo.

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  16. T.S. Castro – South East Massachusetts – About me??? Boring! I like to photograph nature and the outdoors. I preffer to be outside rather than inside, but I do have my reclusive tendensies as well.
    tosid01 says:

    Funny you should mention a Pilgrimage…Visit my blog to see why…

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  17. Mark1 – 44055 – Author, Photographer, Videographer, Actor, Father, Grandfather, Husband. www.youtube.com/markschrull
    Mark1 says:

    Your words and your photo are a poem.

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  18. I like the photo of footsteps on the snow. 🙂
    Thank you for liking ‘Plants, Flowers & Building’ photographs. 🙂
    Is there any improvements that need to be made?

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  19. cottageholidaygroup – Cumbria, United Kingdom – I work for Cottage Holiday Group, also known as Lakes Cottage Holidays. Our aim is to provide self catering holidays throughout the Lake District and Cumbria, but also throughout the UK. I currently work on landing pages for the various areas of the Lake District, update facebook and twitter accounts, and generally help with bookings and enquiries in the office. Originally from South Africa, I have been in the UK for over 12 years now. Have run my own tearoom, and two guest houses in Grasmere and Keswick. Hobbies include computers, graphics, 3D modelling, boat building, cycling, walking and movies.
    cottageholidaygroup says:

    How true if not for snow we would never know…
    Another great one!

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