kali challenged me to repetition this week. I tried some dominoes, but the cat knocked them over. They weren't very colorful either. Tried piano keys ... not much light over there. Finally settled on these origami cranes I did in 2020. I folded 1,000, then strung them in groups of 50 and made a mobile. It was a bit of peaceful meditation during that very frightening spring. I had a bit of a play with processing ....
Hi April - thanks for your get pushed challenge.
For my challenge to you, recently I was looking at Edward Weston's work. How about using his black and white portraits to inspire you this week. If you would prefer a different challenge please let me know. Cheers, Delwyn
By the way - making 1,000 paper cranes is quite a feat! My son married a chinese girl and his task for their wedding was folding 1,000 red and white paper cranes so it is quite meaningful for our family. Great photograph and very appropriate for the repetition theme.
Awesome! I started making 1000 cranes once.... But... It sort of dropped off, I guess. I still have them in a box. Perhaps I should count them and resume the project (I've definitely also folded several cranes that did not make it into the box, but I don't think they count). Great job on the folding, the mobile, and the lovely photo!
This is a meditative process I have also engaged in once in my younger life. In Hiroshima, you can find many. many thousands of these cranes folded by children around the world in memory of Sadako Sasaki.
November 22nd, 2023
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For my challenge to you, recently I was looking at Edward Weston's work. How about using his black and white portraits to inspire you this week. If you would prefer a different challenge please let me know. Cheers, Delwyn