INTO THE BLUE
Colour in all its forms fascinates and delights me; the way it can enrich and inform our lives, and most importantly evoke emotions and affect our feelings. This project focusses on the colour Blue.
Blue is a peaceful and quiet colour that is both calming and uplifting, because it induces feelings of serenity and tranquillity. It is very much a spiritual colour, associated with healing and a sense of inner replenishment. According to Miró, it is the colour of dreams. And there is a connection with the natural elements of air and water that adds fluidity and flow, the cares of life evaporating and melting away.
These associations perfectly reflect all the benefits I experience from Nature, which both inspires my photography and restores my soul. Just like the colour blue, with its peaceful and uplifting connotations, being in Nature can still my mind and renew my spirit. It seemed natural to look to combine the two, and create a series of images where impressions of Nature are seen through a veil of blue, reinforcing and accentuating the calming and meditative associations.
“Into the blue” was a particular phrase that resonated with me, suggesting escape into the unknown, uncharted waters and infinite possibilities. This ties in with more abstract and impressionistic images, as well as a sense of letting go and being in the flow, as with meditation. The blue sky of what might be.
All alone, I open my eyes
To stare at the sky
I am wide open
Reaching forever
I fly into the blue
(Moby, Mimi Goese)
Blue is a peaceful and quiet colour that is both calming and uplifting, because it induces feelings of serenity and tranquillity. It is very much a spiritual colour, associated with healing and a sense of inner replenishment. According to Miró, it is the colour of dreams. And there is a connection with the natural elements of air and water that adds fluidity and flow, the cares of life evaporating and melting away.
These associations perfectly reflect all the benefits I experience from Nature, which both inspires my photography and restores my soul. Just like the colour blue, with its peaceful and uplifting connotations, being in Nature can still my mind and renew my spirit. It seemed natural to look to combine the two, and create a series of images where impressions of Nature are seen through a veil of blue, reinforcing and accentuating the calming and meditative associations.
“Into the blue” was a particular phrase that resonated with me, suggesting escape into the unknown, uncharted waters and infinite possibilities. This ties in with more abstract and impressionistic images, as well as a sense of letting go and being in the flow, as with meditation. The blue sky of what might be.
All alone, I open my eyes
To stare at the sky
I am wide open
Reaching forever
I fly into the blue
(Moby, Mimi Goese)