Monday, February 11, 2008
Two Umbrellas and a Plant Pot
Comments:
The two umbrellas might have warranted more dedication but it might have been a cliché. This is not, of course and instead they provide something surrealistic in an ordinary view of an ordinary place. Being so ex-centered helps that role.
Surreal can be applied to this and many others of your Tokyo shots.
Do you carry flowerpots round with you?
I was going to say that 'the whole is greater than the sum of the parts' but that is pretty obvious but somehow something has to be said about how these simple and separate parts come together to make an interesting image.
Each little back yard has its quirky features. The gate is intriguing as it is open at the top going into a passageway: so it's not a door - or is it? It all hangs together rather well - sorry!
And besides the flower pot there seems to be a little plant coming out of the crack between the floor and blocks. Quite the scene, with everything working together beautifully, as mentioned.
I am really fascinated by the floor here -- it is like a work of art.
Like Christina, I find the floor patterns equally of interest. The flower pot seems to balance the umbrellas nicely. A lot to look at here, and many more questions as to the strangeness of it all and the little hints of that there is more to this 'story'. The tonality also seems to work well with this image.
I suspect that reality is quite dull - lots of bare concrete and what is probably an ugly bright plastic box. Your resulting abstraction is, however, beautiful.
I like the way that this is both a bullet composition (the door) and an edge composition (the named items, plus the circle in a square lower left).
The plant is the critical bit, I think. I makes the space seemed owned.
Not only can I give you walls I can give you plenty of floors too! Must be all the underground activity that brings the best out in the pavements. Thanks for the comments. I initially walked right passed this scene but stopped and walked back as I thought there was some potential in it. I had only noticed the flower pot on the first pass so seeing the umbrellas was an added bonus. With so much concrete covering Tokyo's surface you do tend to find a number of potted plants here there and everywhere. They are also left alone rather than uprooted for 'evening japes'.
For me the interest lies in the variety of materials; the aluminum (?) door frame, the concrete, the stucco wall, the plastic tub. There's a lot to look at here.
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Do you carry flowerpots round with you?
I was going to say that 'the whole is greater than the sum of the parts' but that is pretty obvious but somehow something has to be said about how these simple and separate parts come together to make an interesting image.
I am really fascinated by the floor here -- it is like a work of art.
I like the way that this is both a bullet composition (the door) and an edge composition (the named items, plus the circle in a square lower left).
The plant is the critical bit, I think. I makes the space seemed owned.