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Re: Thinking about "diversity" - horse in the city
Caroling Geary 2009-Feb-27 14:40:00
I missed the diversity of wedding locks. To analyze it, I think it
was that the locks were a very small part of the visual field. So I
had a large amount of time and space and visual experience looking at
surroundings that weren't noticably diverse. Unless I say that the
elements made diverse angles to each other such as horizontal,
vertical, and slanted in various (diverse) ways. But that is
stretching it. So when I saw a small cluster of locks, my mind said
"locks". They looked similar to me. Because they were locks amongst
wall and sky and bridge and ... other equal elements. I think if the
locks were all around me, that is, the camera had been put inside the
group, and that's all I had to compare, I might have been much more
aware that the locks varied in size and color and strength. To make
the locks as a small part of the pano be successful, I would need the
words to guide me to notice and reflect on the diversity.
In other words, to experience diversity, I have to first experience a
group. And then notice how the members of the group vary from one
another.
For example, if I want to photograph books on shelves and the idea is
the diverse titles and ideas reflected in them, it would help if I am
in a small room, with shelves all around and book spines up close, so
that all I can do is marvel at titles. In contrast, if there is only
one shelf, in one part of a room, then the books will blend together
and I won't notice their diversity.
It's a relative thing.
On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:51 AM, Keith Martin wrote:
>> It seems to me that the article about how diversity of horses was
>> replaced by diversity of machines.
>
> I get "Couldn't execute query" when I try that URL. :-(
> But from the description - is it really diversity? What does
> diversity specifically mean to you? (And to others here. What does
> this word mean to you all?)
>
Caroling Geary, www.wholeo.net