CONNECTEDNESS { 5 images } Created 11 Apr 2022
Thunder Bay, Mother Nature and relationships were the catalyst for this new series of conceptual photography. An unusual mix!
With this series I wanted to present, with winter’s bare birch tree, the beautiful possibility that closeness brings. That there is mystery and certainty. The shallow roots and long branches of the White Birch intertwine. This intertwining, this connectedness, led to thinking about partnering and trust. How there is always another side to a story. How there is back-story to everything. When two or more parties come together, their storied histories arrive and also intertwine. Can one assume all this connection is positive? Certainly, in matters of the heart, or matters of industry and politics it’s not necessarily all positive all of the time.
Perhaps, if we use Mother Nature as the example, it’s simply her way of reminding us the life of anything is cyclical. Winter will soon turn to spring. A new cycle will begin. There’s beauty in that.
With this series I wanted to present, with winter’s bare birch tree, the beautiful possibility that closeness brings. That there is mystery and certainty. The shallow roots and long branches of the White Birch intertwine. This intertwining, this connectedness, led to thinking about partnering and trust. How there is always another side to a story. How there is back-story to everything. When two or more parties come together, their storied histories arrive and also intertwine. Can one assume all this connection is positive? Certainly, in matters of the heart, or matters of industry and politics it’s not necessarily all positive all of the time.
Perhaps, if we use Mother Nature as the example, it’s simply her way of reminding us the life of anything is cyclical. Winter will soon turn to spring. A new cycle will begin. There’s beauty in that.