Credit: Carla Cioffi via Visura
Asset ID: VA75850
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Copyright: © Carla Cioffi, 2024
Collection:
Art
environment
personal
travel
Location: Alexandria, VA
Topics:
Art
Black and White
Conceptual
Contemplation
environment
Fine Art
Landscape
Meditation
Mindfulness
Monochrome
Nature
personal
Photography
Plants
travel
Wabi Sabi
Emergence is an exploration of the unknown inner worlds of consciousness, the quantum realms of being as experienced when one journeys inward in states of contemplation or meditation. It is an exploration of self-discovery and becoming. I photograph the plant realm as metaphors for this endless journey on what it is to be human.
The images for this series are made in the woods and along walking paths in and around the area in which I live. The process is meditative and requires that I slow down and look closely at what unfolds before me, to be in a state of receivership of what the natural world is always offering. Employing shallow depth of field, the images act as living portals inviting the viewer into the unseen. These are visual contemplations that beckon one to slow down, to quiet the outer world, to find a place of stillness within.
The series is paired with writings by Leonard Koren on the concept of Wabi-Sabi found in his book Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. Currently, Emergence is in four parts or chapters, where each part illustrates a quote from the book. This series is on-going.