I chose Voynich images which to my mind are among the most bizarre the manuscript contains, especially if they have root weirdness going on. I made a quick sketch of this one, for the moment just tracing it literally, beginning to think about where I might take it for my own purposes. I liked the way the unreadable text floats around the plant like air, air and what it brings being the other element in the complex alchemy of earth and flower - indicated in the sketch above by squiggles flying around the upper part of the plant.
Following on from last week's entry I selected 3 Voynich Manuscript pages as a starting point for some 'part earth, part flower' drawings. Alongside works in their own right, I'm also thinking about my Neruda's boats project (which is growing into a sort of Noah's Ark) - the 'aromas' part of the poem comes to mind, expressing the fragrance of flowers and earth. I chose Voynich images which to my mind are among the most bizarre the manuscript contains, especially if they have root weirdness going on. I made a quick sketch of this one, for the moment just tracing it literally, beginning to think about where I might take it for my own purposes. I liked the way the unreadable text floats around the plant like air, air and what it brings being the other element in the complex alchemy of earth and flower - indicated in the sketch above by squiggles flying around the upper part of the plant. You may wonder, why the Voynich manuscript as a starting point? Of course, it isn't always the way I start, but in terms of plants it fits my head space. I've been pondering the mysteries of the manuscript for years, but no longer try to fathom who created it or why; I have thought at times the drawings look like teenage pranking with secret codes and hastily scribbled flowers, other times I see more sophistication which may be found in the work of a trained artist working at speed. I have even suspected the manuscript may have been compiled by several different contributors. Now I just plug into the spirit of the thing in my own way.
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Dissolving PeopleA symbol on the footpath outside a local primary school gradually disappearing as the image breaks up and wears away until eventually it is obliterated by leaves and barely discernible. Photographed at intervals of several months between February 2021 and November 2022, oldest at the top.
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