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torms bring and leave their own unique beauty. That’s what I was attempting to capture in order to give you an idea of what it feels like when a big storm moves into my neighborhood.
I think of this picture not as a photograph, but as art. Art isn’t often literal. It’s autobiographical in many ways. That doesn’t mean the viewer must agree with the artist.
Oh no.
The viewer brings about 75% of the meaning to the work of art that is based on their own life experiences. You may see something in this work that is completely different from my intent.
As John Lennon once said when he was asked what his music meant, he replied, “Whatever you want it to mean.”
He said more in that sentence than many people can say in book.
It also confirms my own personal belief, that simpler is better.
What do y’all think?
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his little attempt at art began as another tree picture.
Hurricane Ida brought the look of fall about two months early.
Once I stripped it down to almost a silhouette I started thinking about improvements.
Make no mistake, often improvements make the image worse. Much worse.
I decide to play with layering. This is tricky. It took me some time to find a picture that might work.
There were a lot of false starts. Finally, I located a picture that was composed of rain drops on a window.
It worked well. All that was left was fine tuning and posting it here.
STORYTELLER 
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