Sunday, November 29, 2015

Is There Such A Thing As Reality? by Rick Doble

  REALITY?  
 Text & design by Rick Doble. All images are from commons.wikimedia.org unless otherwise noted.


 If there is 
 such a thing 
 as reality 

Man whose clothing is not real but painted on his body
This man is not wearing clothing, but is naked, with clothing painted on.

 it lives on the edge 
 of our perception 

Optical illusion in which lines appear angled but are straight
These lines are not angled but go straight across.

 which 
 shapes and molds it 

 to give it 

 form and meaning 


Saturday, November 21, 2015

Our World Is Different Due To Technology by Rick Doble

 Our World Is Different - 
 Due to Technology 
(Text & design by Rick Doble except as noted. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)

Painting by Paul Klee
Painting by Paul Klee.

"For the artist communication with nature 
remains the most essential condition. 
The artist is human; himself [ED: herself] nature; part of nature..."
Paul Klee, Paths of the Study of Nature, 1923


Arial photograph of New York City skyscrapers
Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

 The old bond 
 between humans and nature 
 has been permanently altered 
 by technology 

Code named, Castle Romeo, this is a photo  of the first hydrogen bomb
Code named, Castle Romeo, this is a photo 
of the first hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb 
that would be deployed by the US military.

 The task of the 21st century artist 
 is to forge a new relationship 
 between humans and the world, 
 since our fate is inseparable 
 from that of the Earth 
Rick Doble, 1999

Composite photo by NASA of man-made electric lighting at night, across the world
Man-made electric lighting at night, across the world 20 years ago. 
Composite satellite imagery, NASA.

Composite photograph of the Earth and moon by NASA
(NASA image)


Saturday, November 14, 2015

Gentle Wind That Blows Through Atoms by Rick Doble

 The Gentle Wind  
 That Blows Through Atoms 
Poem by Rick Doble written in 1969. 
These original pictures by Rick Doble were enhanced and processed 
from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation, 
known as the CMBR or CMB,
from the Big Bang explosion that formed the universe.

Abstract image made from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion that created the Universe


 The gentle wind 
 that blows through atoms 

Abstract image made from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion that created the Universe

 that curls and lies quiet 

Abstract image made from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion that created the Universe


 waits for a mind 
 to focus it  

Abstract image made from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion that created the Universe

 like burning sunlight 


Abstract image made from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion that created the Universe

 and penetrate 
 the weave of space 

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Poem By Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)

Poem by Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) over a photograph of sun reflecting on the water
Poem by Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, 1913-1951), 
abstract painter, photographer, poet.
(Photograph, editing and design by Rick Doble)