House of Consciousness

In reflection, I watched the straight lines of the cottage architecture bend from the subtle movement of the water. This sent me into a trancelike state that soon dissolved my boundaries. I continued to watch. When a design emerged that matched my feelings, I shot the picture. When I looked at the image later, I noticed a cartoonlike girl in the white on the right. She is standing sideways looking in the window. I wondered if she could be a picture of me peering into my own unconscious. When I realized the "girl" is also the door, I named it the "House of Consciousness."

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House of Consciousness

In reflection, I watched the straight lines of the cottage architecture bend from the subtle movement of the water. This sent me into a trancelike state that soon dissolved my boundaries. I continued to watch. When a design emerged that matched my feelings, I shot the picture. When I looked at the image later, I noticed a cartoonlike girl in the white on the right. She is standing sideways looking in the window. I wondered if she could be a picture of me peering into my own unconscious. When I realized the "girl" is also the door, I named it the "House of Consciousness."

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Miss Haversham

Whenever I look at this image, I have the exact same reaction. Faster than my thoughts can censor my feelings, I see Miss Haversham with her spider webs and wedding veil.

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The Three Tenors

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Mouth of Milan

For some reason, the undersides of bridges, combined with their reflections, create eyes or mouths for me that belong to the cities in which they reside. In this case, I see the "Mouth of Milan."

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Behind the I (Sacred Arches)

I see a portrait of a real inner self embodied in the shimmering gold, a four-eyed edifice guarded by the Pillar I, an anima peeking through the archway of Persona that's cemented in synchronic time.

I hear a murmuring voce bassa that's as distant as it's low. I hear the shadows turn to echoes that begin to beat in me, urging my cells to give up boundaries, and at the moment of dissolution, I click the shutter.

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Secrets

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Party Dresses

I see the party dresses of my childhood when I look at this image. I feel stiff white ruffles near my neck and crinoline skirts below my belted waist . . . I took this photograph in the town of Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard. The building is the Coast Guard Boathouse.

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Looking Up

I tend to personify everything I photograph. Windows are always eyes. In this case, I suppose the boat is lying down, because the eyes are looking up.

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Fishing With My Father

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Find The Faces

I photographed this reflection on a piece of metal sculpture installed by a swimming pool in Florida. I instantly fell in love with the faces near the top of the image.

To find them, just rotate the image 45 degrees in your imagination and let your inner eye do the rest. By the way, I didn't see the small salamander crawling on top of the sculpture until I enlarged the image. You can see it in the far left lower corner of the image.

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