Celebrating Trees on Arbor Day and during Arbour Week!
By: Linda Joyce Ott
Tags: Arbor Day, Arbour Week, Joan Miro, Royal Botanical Gardens, Shantung Maple tree, William Blake
Category: Conceptual Art, Design, Environment, foto, fotographia, Nature, parks, Photo Art, Photography, Photos, print on demand, Quotes, Spiritual, trees, zen
| Aperture: | f/8 |
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| Focal Length: | 18mm |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS REBEL T5i |
Today is Arbor Day in many parts of the world. In Ontario Canada one day to celebrate trees is not enough. So, we celebrate Arbour Week from the last Friday in April to the first Sunday in May. I made this photo of a Shantung Maple tree at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton Ontario Canada.
“When I see a tree, I receive a shock, as if the tree were something that breathed, that talked …” – Joan Miro
Trees have been venerated and mythologized in all cultures throughout the ages. Their ubiquitous nature, and our hurried lifestyle, mean that we often pass them by, quite unconsciously.
My portfolio of 46 images of tree trunks draws attention to the uniqueness of individual trees, elevating them to totemic status. By highlighting fragments of a greater whole, my work depicts different ways of seeing, sanctifying the ordinary by expanding it into a new dimension – the realm of the extraordinary.
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity . . . and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.” – William Blake
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Linda Joyce Ott
Linda makes conceptual and abstract paintings, collages, photos and 3D boxes. Her studio is in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - halfway between Niagara Falls and Toronto. Check out her website at www.lindajoyceott.com
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