......... I suppose I spend a good part of my day trying to notice things.......... I'm always looking for something to make me go "oh! Beautiful!" Or even a simple "nice" will do.............
............ So there was no exception to this when we went skiing. There was a lot of magisterial beauty everywhere you looked, it was breath-taking...............
............. But I also found something else that surprised me............. It was the mats you see in these photographs. These mats are what you stand on, positioning your skis, and aiming to sit on and be whisked off by the chair lift.............. It all happens in the space of about fifeteen seconds, so the thing is to stay calm...........
If you stay calm, you can do things like take photographs of your bright blue skis, contrasting with the red pattern of the mat you're standing on.................
...... Or there's the red dot on skis contrasting with the grey snowflake patterned mat and white snow..........
........... Or just the pretty pattern of the mat................
And while we're looking at red against white, the netting suddenly seems rather beautiful.
And this slash of vibrant colour across the shades of the snow............... delicious! ..................... I can imagine that these photographs might be a series of incomprehensible images to some, but to me, they are abstract compositions of colour and form which I find beautiful................. I liked them when I was waiting to be hit on the back of the legs by the chair lift, and I like them now, while I sit here at home, chomping on crisps...............
I LOVE HOW YOU OBSERVE .... &
I DON'T KNOW WHY ,BUT I THIUGHT OF
A CHECK TABLE CLOTH ,AND THE ENDS OF A
KNIFE & FORK ,PICNIC IN THE SNOW ANYONE ?
KEEP WARM {:>)))))
Posted by: RI | January 07, 2009 at 09:15 AM
I DO KNOW HOW TO SPELL
"THOUGHT" EYE NOT AS QUICK AS HAND !!!
{:>)))
Posted by: RI | January 07, 2009 at 09:18 AM
Oh I want those tiles! But I'm guessing they wouldn't look as pretty on Norfolk clay mud as they do on snow! t.xx
(checked the weblog awards yesterday - one entrant had disturbing youtube photos of a man caught hanging from a ski lift snagged by his pants and trousers....and you thought you were safe??
Posted by: kitschen pink | January 07, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I love photos like this!
I spend most of my day looking for the obscure.
The color contrasts here are breath-taking!
Posted by: susand | January 07, 2009 at 05:20 PM
..........lovely photos, especially liked the interior shots..all the lovely hearts...which are my favourite.....your holiday looked fab....love and hugs H
Posted by: Helen Lambert | January 07, 2009 at 05:35 PM
they are super photos! I've been reading your blog and want to say thanks for the link to the butchers twine, I've been looking for that for ages!
Posted by: janet clare | January 07, 2009 at 07:16 PM
HOw odd, only this afternoon on the walk to school I was thinking exactly the same thing about myself.
Was thinking about how I am always always looking and searching for visual stimulation. It's constant, as second nature as breathing, although I haven't always been this way.
And I was wondering to myself if anyone else looked at the world in this way? And now I am SOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relieved to find you do the same woohoo!!!!!!!!
Your photos vanessa, as always are absolutely beautiful, I for one LOVE your vision of the world, it's remarkably similar to my own.
Lxxxxxxx
Posted by: Lucy@Attic24 | January 07, 2009 at 08:43 PM
The patterns are gorgeous! Why are they so talented over there. I imagine if it were me, I would get absolutely no skiing done but come home with many many pics!
Love the heart pics too, looking forward to seeing the inspiration of your trip in your paintings...... trying to decide on one to buy....... they are all too good!
Emx
Posted by: Sew Recycled! | January 08, 2009 at 05:14 PM