“E”

There is a collection of Murano Glass in a house I visit from time to time. When the sun shines through the glass the reflections get amazing. This piece is a fish with colored glass and air bubbles inside. When I turn the image over the shadow looks like the letter E. I like that.

Looking is something any photographer worth their salt does constantly.  While making a photograph or just walking about you notice things most people overlook.

Here are a couple of letters and an arrow pointing to the right made by the two letters close to one another.  However, it is a portion of a logo, the FedEx logo and the arrow implies the movement of packages and freight. It could also be an “Exit” sign. Subtle to some and maybe not so to others, but the suggestion of moving is planted in the mind of the viewer.

Next time you’re out and about, slow down and look around and notice the details.  You never know what you might see for the first time, right in front of you.

Many ideas and images came to mind for my turn at the Daily Photo Game. Fire, burned forests, flames, fire-lookouts, firemen, and various patterns that emulated Robert’s triptych image, including various plays on the number 3. My interest in art lies in concept and this image spoke to that vocabulary more than any other. Objectifying the word fire, spelled out in a lush green hedge, this image has a quality of irony that suited my fascination of where I would take the Game’s conversation. With all the fire’s burning in the Northwest this year, the image nods to that tragedy as well.

Eyeglasses, Martin and Bob have both chosen them as their recent subject for the game. I have worn eyeglasses my entire life it seems. Like Bob I’m sure my friends and associates might not recognize me without them and without them I was unable to see. At 20/400 I was nearly blind, reading the Big E on the optometrist’s Snellen chart was not possible.   My eyesight changed for the better as I got older and now I almost don’t need them to function, often putting them down while working and hours later wondering where they are. But I still remember the many years my glasses were my constant companion and my ticket to survival. So when I see the letter E I am often reminded of my many visits to the eye doctor, his E charts and my eyeglasses.