Pictures as Emotion

The following quotes are from 

Jacob Baal-Teshuva. TOTHKO (2003) Los Angeles Taschen GMBH

Photographs were shot on a NIkon Digital

All Copyright Penelope Davies

Pictures as Drama

A consumated idea between picture and onlooker

A space filled with inner light

The appreciation of art is a true marriage of minds

A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer

I had been drawn to Rothko's works without realising the significance to my own way of thinking, and to my own photographic creative methodology. When my eye is one with the camera, I am being filled with emotion. In nature, it is the emotion reflected back at me that I seek.

The slate quarry in Rosebush, West Wales, .is one of the places I love to visit. On this ocassion, it was the wind that embraced me. It played music in my ears and notes on the water, the movement of a symphony. It was nature's orchestra with rain drops falling singing their song. It was truly joyful.

Calvary (2014)

A film directed and written by John Michael McDonagh.

Father James (Brendon Gleeson) a man of integrity and humanity entered the priesthood late in life. He plays his pastoral role in an Irish county town, where he becomes the victim of an intended murder. In the confessional box he is told by a man who has been abused, that although he is a good priest, he is going to die in a week's time.

This is an excellent film, The script, the scenery, the acting, make this a film not to be missed.

It has had conflicting reviews, but in my opinion this is a thoughtful, intriguing, suspenseful and beautiful film. 

A Winter Witch by Paula Brackston

A mystical story written, as all good magic tales are told, of good versus evil.

A young girl, discovering she has magical powers, an arranged marriage, heartbreak, a magic well, the wicked witch, the good witch....all set in the atmospheric Welsh hills.

I hose this book on a visit to the library because of its connection to Wales, and to the magical myths of the land. I do love stories based on myth and folklore; this one didn't disappoint. It is a simple tale but well written, and succeeded in capturing my attention, I was lost and engrossed in Morgana's world and of those around her who she loved and wanted to protect.

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