The invitation in the Weekly Photo Challenge is to show us something cheeky … “go find a little irreverence in your world”.
The dictionary definition for cheeky: “impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way”, suggests that characterising something as cheeky requires a certain level of interpretation. So, in this photograph taken on our back veranda, how do you read the pairing-off of these locusts on a metal sculpture of a leopard? Perhaps impudent, perhaps irreverent, but is it art?
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December 11, 2017 at 9:30 am
What a finding!
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December 11, 2017 at 6:52 pm
Thanks Rupali. Lucky to find it 🙂
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December 8, 2017 at 9:59 pm
Of course – it is living art!!
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December 9, 2017 at 4:41 am
😊
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December 8, 2017 at 8:44 pm
That the locusts arranged themselves that way isn’t art, my opinion. That you took a photo of the event IS art, in my opinion. The first is happenstance, the second is a conscious act of capturing it. It’s a very cool thing, no matter how you look at it!
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December 9, 2017 at 4:40 am
I also tend to think that art is not random. Perhaps art is the framing rather than the ‘event’? Anyways, I think the locusts were pretty cool too, and the question was a little cheeky ☺
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December 9, 2017 at 7:32 am
I had to think about the “art is not random” idea and I agree, there have been some “happy accidents” in the art world. It’s not so cut and dried, I guess. It was a cheeky question. 🙂
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December 11, 2017 at 6:49 pm
You’re right, its not so cut and dried … complicated actually 🙂
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December 8, 2017 at 7:53 pm
Brilliant. Happenstance or art? Who cares?
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December 9, 2017 at 4:36 am
😊
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December 8, 2017 at 2:40 am
Brings to mind the quote: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton. Love it!
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December 8, 2017 at 4:43 am
Thanks. Lovely quote. Likely the locusts would agree 🙂
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December 8, 2017 at 2:13 am
I wasn’t sure if the locusts were part of the sculpture – an amazing composition!
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December 8, 2017 at 4:36 am
They certainly made it their own 🙂 Thanks Eliza.
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December 8, 2017 at 12:18 am
Perhaps just convenient!
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December 8, 2017 at 4:33 am
🙂
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