Tag: art
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Soap Bubble Abstracts
Some close up shots of soap bubbles. They were quite tricky to photograph but it was a lot of fun and I really like the results. Very striking. Photos © CJ Levinson 2020
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Playing With Smoke
Some smoke art I photographed the other day. I was looking to create something a bit like Rorschach images, with the illusion of different shapes and symbols in each image. It was a lot of fun and I really like how they turned out. Photos © CJ Levinson 2020
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Painterly Sunset
I took this image a few evenings ago near Belmont wharf. It was a lovely sunset but I’ve shared several similar photos recently so I thought I’d try one of my more artistic edits with this. Basically what I did was edit it normally, then I edited it again to strip out most of the…
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Looking Down Union Lane
A thousand picturesAcross two walls, Telling the stories Of our lives This is another photo I took while in Melbourne last month. It’s of Union Lane, a small lane off Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne. The location is well known for its street art and graffiti murals, the main bulk of which was approved by…
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Cricket at Coogee Oval
Leather and willow Crashing on the radio: The sound of summer I took this photo yesterday at Coogee Oval. Randwick-Petersham were taking on Penrith in a first grade match and it was the first match I’ve been to this year. Randwick-Petersham have been having a pretty good season so far but they were bowled out…
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Video: Do You Remember?
Didn’t really get a chance to mention this in my last post but I’m starting a new project I thought a few people might be interested in. I explain more in the video above but basically I’m starting a kind of video diary while I’m writing the novel; hopefully it will show how it all…
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The Galleon
Image: Voyage by Paranoimiac on Deviant Art The GalleonCJ Levinson In my dreams I see a distant landSurrounded by a vast ocean and shadowsOn the sands of that desolate placeLies the wreck of an old galleonTall and shattered, all that remainsIs its weathered and half-buried frameA relic from an ancient pastThat no one remembers What…
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What makes something art?
Cartoon from See Mike Draw What do you think makes something a work of art? Is there some quality that distinguishes a painting or sculpture as art compared to an object in the natural world? Or is there a cultural difference, with what we consider art changing based on our beliefs and heritage? For me…