Tuesday, November 30, 2010

November outcome -the remains of orange

So now that i've been cured of November-dread by embracing grey, what will happen to orange, you might think?

Don't worry, it's in good hands

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

colors of the Ardennes

My quest for beating the November greys brought me to the Ardennes last week, where i feared to see autumn at its most ruthless -but that turns out to be quite pretty

autumnleaves

and surprisingly, despite cold and mist, there was still lots of green

landscapelines

the most spectacular forms of green coming from the much loved moss, which was everywhere, from hanging on trees

mossontree2

to just hanging

moss hanging

to taking over entire hills

mossyhill2

The house we were staying in was mostly about red

reddoorwithopening

window in pizzashed

which was very warm and comfortable

softredchair

But what struck me was that i grew to quite like some of the greys over time

branchesandwater

riverandtrees

twigsinthemist

Grey can be very impressive

blancbluebelge

Maybe i'll concentrate next month on December's contrasts and focus on black and white, for maybe the cure for grey is to love it -the lovely part in this picture i think is the grey mist

forrest in mist


Sunday, November 14, 2010

November cure III: finding orange

When skies are this grey around sundown

greytree

you have to look down the tree

waterybark

on the ground to find the remains of orange

leafy orange

So orange seems to go descent around this time of year, but into what? The ground, a very deep lake, madness/depression? Mysterious color, orange.

Friday, November 12, 2010

November cure part II

So i'm shooting orange

shooting orange

by orange light

boogiewoogie lamp

to combat November dreariness, when all of a sudden, we get 10 minutes of lovely light

potplantje

There's no better cure than not needing the cure.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

November cure

Screw November, i'm gonna o.d. on orange

curtain lines 2

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

November waits

Undoubtedly, there's beauty to November. The ever increasing contrast, for example, between the stripped wet branches and increasingly cold grey sky, can be quite startling, and as such quite pretty. But god does this weather suck, and man, does the constant grey affect my mood. It's time for either snow or sun, not this, what they call in Shadowland, 'waiting room of a world'.

november sucks

Thursday, November 4, 2010

light on crystal

My friend Maria finds crystals. I find that almost as wondrous as the crystals themselves.

lightoncrystal

set fire to the third bar

set fire to the third bar