I'd say the greatest challenge I face in this lifetime is reconciling dualities. This has been an issue for me for as long as I can remember. I suspect that a lot of my art has focused on dualities without my being aware of it. Back when I taught watercolor painting to adults, I created a teaching guide that I called "Art Is a Secret We Keep from Ourselves." If I were to examine all my photographs through this lens, I'm sure I'd see countless examples of dualities of which I was unaware.
But today I am ready to tackle this issue head-on, and this image is the beginning. From now on I'm going to try to be more conscious of dualities as I see them. Hopefully this is the first of a new series of work, a series that cannot be rushed but must evolve organically.
When I created this image early this morning I had not yet seen Sebas Veldhuisen's marvelous gallery of diptychs called "Valencia." Enny sent me his link privately after seeing my Duality #1 image. I am grateful to her for pointing me in Sebas' direction; his work is wonderful. CLICK HERE to see it. And there is another gallery I'd like to recommend if you find diptychs interesting: Colin Clarke's "Film Doublets." CLICK HERE to see them. There are as many different ways to use the diptych format as there are photographers on PBase!
Yesterday marked another first for me: my first submission to the Thursday Totally Informal Transglobal Challenge. CLICK HERE to see it.