Source Imagery

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In this short digital story, I ask, “What is source imagery?” I give some examples and try to fumble my way toward a definition or at least a series of thoughts about this key question that should haunt and preoccupy the tillers in ANY artistic field.

 

13 thoughts on “Source Imagery

  1. Stan Grindstaff says:

    Elemental. Flowing. Stirring. Evoking sensuous mystery.

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  2. Cheryl Renee Long says:

    Insanely dense with meaning. Too beautiful for words, on the edge of pain. I know what you mean, why do certain images evoke tears? There is no rational explanation. Exquisite work Sandy.

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  3. Peter Jensen says:

    Wonderful series of questions and source images. You find a lot of doors. You share a lot of icons from nature. You have a compelling voice.

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  4. Merrill Watrous says:

    What are my source images? You’ve provoked a question I’ll be thinking about for a long time…

    You use the work horse as the focus of the effort involved in daily practice of one’s art. I’ll not soon forget that.

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  5. Rose Meeker says:

    Evocative, provocative, powerful, gorgeous. Thank you for asking me that question! It will now walk with me.

    Wonderful work.

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  6. Keren Levine says:

    Oh, Sandy! Each and every one of your images begs me to stop the video to linger longer, and I do–only to find superimpositions as one image bleeds into the next. That was beauty: magnified! Gorgeous affects, elegant images, invocative – coaxing words.

    Your invitation to marvel upon this awe-inspiring world we live in and to work diligently toward…what, is taken to heart. I am still…and yet, following your lead.

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  7. Janet Barocco says:

    The poetry with which you posed the question: “What is your source imagery?” resonated deeply with me. This theme is now a conscious one for me that I can explore in my own artistic work and life. It can become a daily meditation that can also help me to focus as an artist. Thank you!

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  8. Lloyd Meeker says:

    Is it possible to know before journey’s end? I’m wondering if identifying source images isn’t a gift of retrospect. But I do see recurring images in my work — water images. Moving water. Rivers, and the three salt waters Anais Nin spoke of as the healers: sweat, tears, and the sea.

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  9. Francine Elena Ladd says:

    So meaningful…
    so beautiful…
    so heartfelt…
    so thankful for your essence!

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  10. Cori says:

    Powerful,beautiful. Thank you for prodding the questions inside of me.

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  11. John Watson says:

    Source imagery… strikes at the heart of what we were talking about on Thursday past. I think you’ve pretty well nailed it.

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