the power of line

Lines

Lines help us see, Lines blind

Lines lead, lines push away

Lines define, lines confuse

Lines break, lines heal

Lines are old, lines are new

Lines are black, lines are white

Lines compose

Lines compare

Lines suggest

Lines fly, dig, sink

Lines speak

Lines die, and lines LIVE.

Kinda obvious what I've been thinking about. When you are taught new things you start to see in a different light. These are just a few adjectives I came up with that I have been thinking about when it comes to seeing lines. All are important to photography. If you start asking yourself, when looking at a photo or if you are just looking,  If the line is comparing? What is it comparing to? If the line dies where does it go? If the line leads where does it take you?

One thought that has come to me while thinking about this; there is a lot of "order" out there, and things are not near as random as they appear. In my own life and life in general.

NYC is a lot fun. We as a class were there this past friday to take in the annual photo expo. To the right is a shot i got while there. Draw some mental lines while "seeing" this week and see where they take you. You might be surprised.  

Peter