Architectural disarray . . .

Wandering around San Diego one day, horrible light, high noon, absolutely no inspiration.

But there were some buildings across the way, kinda nondescript, but lots of repeating patterns. Aha! This just might work . . .

So I took some absolutely boring shots, figuring I'd play with them when I got back home.

And this is what happened. I love these photographs! I know they're abstract, and probably a lot of you won't like them, but that doesn't matter.

The colors are extraordinary, with all those warm brown hues. And the symmetry of asymmetrical objects/shapes is appealing to me. As is the mystery.

So, ta da! In my little world I've made some pictures that were fun to create, look cool to me, and make me excited to create more.

May we all have moments such as this.

Images copyright ©2019 Carol Leigh

Now on Flickr . . .

I'm finding Flickr to be a convenient way of creating little galleries of my work and so far I've got 9 "sets" of photos up: Buoys, Car Art, Train Art, High Key, Urban Abstracts, Polaroid, Route 66, and Numbers. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80859324@N00/

It took a little time to understand the format, but basically the photos show up in a stream as you post them, most recent first, but off to the right you can see the different sets, which makes it easier. When I visit someone else's Flickr site, I now just automatically glance at the most recent images and then look over to see what sets or galleries the photographer has created.

Looking for a source of inspiration? Flickr's a good place to peruse and to charge your visual batteries.

©Carol Leigh, being pulled, kicking and screaming, into Flckr, Facebook, Google+, and who now needs even MORE time in the day...