–Inside, Outside, view from Ansel Adams room, April 2007, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, New Mexico, photo © 2007 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
June 23, 2007 by QuoinMonkey
–Inside, Outside, view from Ansel Adams room, April 2007, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, New Mexico, photo © 2007 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Posted in Art, Authors, Family, Great Places To Write, Home, On the Road, Photography, Place, Practice, Random, Silence, Skies, Spirituality, Structure, Taos, Wake Up, Writing | Tagged Mabel Dodge Luhan House, New Mexico | 9 Comments
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Did you notice the shadow of the bare-branch tree on the thin white curtain looks like a continuation of the bare-branch tree outside? But is it the same tree? It looks more like the shadow on the curtain is of a tree reflected in through another window, perhaps on the opposite wall.
It’s a lovely, evocative shot. Thanks.
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My heart skipped a beat as I saw that photo. I looked right past the curtains, foreground tree, and flat field to the mountains. “My God!” I thought, “those are MY mountains!” Then I had to look again to be sure where it was taken. I would have sworn it was an old photo of the panoramic view behind Los Alamos that I treasured every time I went outside during my school years there. Even the white zigzag up the slope looks familiar.
The view is especially powerful today since the last time I saw those slopes in August 2000, they were covered only with burn matchsticks where majestic pines once stood. It totally broke my heart, and seeing them restored to their former grandeur is thrilling. If only it could be so!
Isn’t it amazing how we each see what is in our own heart as we look at a picture or read a story! Pictures are powerful.
I’ll be sure to go to the Mable Dodge Luhan house when I get to Taos again, which is sure to happen before too long.
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http://pressposts.com/Art/Through-Window/
Submited post on PressPosts.com – “Through The Window”
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Ahh! very cool…very cool indeed! I love to walk where they walked and just feel the history and magic soaking in…:)
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ybonesy, I must have subconsciously noticed those shadows of the branches and how they continued into the real trees. I think my photographer’s eye must have caught that when I composed the shot. Now that I look at it again, I really like that. Thanks for pointing it out.
I don’t think the shadow is the same tree. The branches are from a tree across the fence, over on pueblo land. I should point out to others – that’s Taos Pueblo land behind Mabel’s. It is a peaceful place.
I was surprised when I saw this shot after I got home. The quality of light seemed so much like what lives in New Mexico. And the way the light and shadow play with the lace. The quality of light is one of the great things about photographing in New Mexico.
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Ritergal, thank you so much for your comment. It reminded me of how art is a connector. People relate their own personal experiences to your images and that’s what it’s all about!
The detail you pointed out about the white zigzag on the slope, exquisite observation. I’m glad you pointed out that it’s a common pattern of snow trails on the mountains there. And in this photograph, that snow zigzag is about the dead center of the photograph.
You’re so right – with writing and art, we see what is in our own hearts. At some deeper level, it keeps us all connected.
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Heather, thanks for stopping by. I do the same thing – I try to walk where creative history walks. And soak the magic in.
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