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Published: 2004-04-23 08:09:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1002; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 236
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The sea from Dun Angus, IrelandThe bike ride was crippling and Kelly and I had been riding the main island of the Arans for hours. Dusk was coming soon and we knew we had to get back. Right then a Collie appeared. She kept running in front of us and looking back. It was an invitation to follow.
So we followed her. Up the hills and between the stone walls...all the while she looked back to see how we were doing. Soon we heard the sound of thunder though there were no signs of a storm. Then our mysterious companion suddenly stopped.
Ten feet in front of us a sheer cliff plummeted 300 feet to the sea. The thunder was the waves exloding against the rocks below. Out beyond us at the horizon...this appeared.
Kelly and I didn't speak for an hour.
Eventually our silent companion lead us back to the village in the dark.
We never saw her again.
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what an awesome experience ........ireland and scotland are both such magical places .....especially the aran islands ......i've been to inishmoor ....did the bike riding thang , ....what an amazing place ......i dream of building/buying a cottage there ...............sooooooooo breathtaking ........i lose all words to describe how it makes me feel ............wow ! i'd love to see an unmanip'd shot of this ..........ah ........i need to go back ...........
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I'm always very impressed with the stories you tell us to backup your work. It really adds to the weight of time final image.
As always, I love your choice of colour hue. Fantastic effort and very atmospheric. Well done
Cheers
aussiepoida
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God sends messages in strange ways. Yes, that is how I would take your collie friend, a messenger from God. He wanted you to see His beauty and might. --Erik
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And I wouldn't disagree with you at all....
thank you for saying that....
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actually, your descriptions are like the spirit to the body, ya know?
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Ooooo.....very nice take....Thank you!
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the atmosphere must have been unique. thank you for sharing a little piece of it.
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so,...like i'm drinking tonight. again.
it's been a long week. it usually is. but, this one a bit longer than usual.
and i'm looking at my watchlist. and i see this one piece called 'world's end' by
one of the most passionate artists i've found in recent memory.
i love that title.
i love that description.
it's all so haunting and famaliar.
i've been to a place vaguely similar that i too considered world's end.
and i walked out to the edge of it,...looked out at the vastness of it all.
and felt so small.
so very small.
it's scary to profoundly grasp one's place in the universe.
to actually see it with your own eyes.
to feel it in your heart and soul.
to stand at the edge and breathe it.
and it occurs to you that somewhere inside of you, there's a debate going on,...
to step back away from it,...
or to take one more step into it.
the irony is,...
i don't there's a right or wrong answer.
i don't have to continue telling you what i think of you work.
it makes me feel.
i thank you for that.
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I can't thank you enough for all of that.....
I am saving it for my journal. I am really happy this piece evoked that. It's one I had always wanted to do, but never did. Like the one shirt in your closet that only you would like...
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wow, that's a real story?? This makes me want to live your life...go to all the places you've been and see all of these incredible moments in person...
i was considering going to ireland this summer actually, but I doubt I would have found anything like this...
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Yes that was a real story....and thank you. I haven't actually traveled in awhile, but that was an exceptional day. The dog was, still to this day, one of the most mysterious things to have occured in my life. It was surreal...like she was more than a dog. The one part I left out was when we were riding back, we lost her for a bit as we took a road I thought was the right one.... turns out it took us more than 2 miles out of our way. When we got back to where we were...the she was waiting for us and lead us back to town.... I'll post some of the shots of her in an alternate folder somewhere....
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wow...yeah I'd love to see the other shots...
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Then I'll pull some work together and put it in a folder on my site....I'll send ya the link when I have it....
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there's such an oppressive atmosphere. can't really take my eyes off of it now.
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That's incredible. I don't think I've ever seen anything so frightening and beautiful at the same time. I wish that I could have been in the same place--although perhaps I would have been terrified.
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you are so right. "frightening and beautiful." Mother nature is just one of those girls who is pretty when angry.
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Absolutely brilliant, Kevin, it would be perfect if you could publish all this mysterious fragments of your life with your images in a beautiful book.
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Working on it my friend....I working really hard at that...
Thank you...as always....
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After reading that description. I wanted more. I'm very fun of blue skies and clouds that look to come down and pick me up. Its really wonderful. But nowadays I doubt many people take the time to admire them. And at the same time. I love the clouds that roll in and blacken the sky. I admire it as much I do the happier sky. Hah, however there is a little fear. Well, perhaps a lot sometimes. The doom always comes to mind whenever I see super black clouds. But still I want to stand out somewhere in an empty lot and brace the winds.
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Mmmmm....that's nice. Thank you for all of that....It was a little "prettier" in real life I remember, though the one main feeling I had at the time was Power....just overwhelming power.
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What a gorgeous shot. I've stood in front of oceans and seen images like this. I felt like I was walking into purgatory.
As always - gorgeous work. One of the most inspiring artists I know. 
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You rock.....thank you.....
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Nice mood about this picture. Kind of like you want to hold your breath..
Was this a traditional print?
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I was holding my breath actually. The cliff was right below me.... Yes, it's "mostly" a traditional print. It's an oilgraph, but subtley so. If you look close you can see some traces of oil and that's what in fact what warmed it up.
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awesome.
I really am in love with your printing process. I'm going to Hallmark Institute of Photography next year, but they focus mainly on more corperate type stuff.. I'm concerned with being able to get a job after school, and getting to take my camera with me outside of work is a plus. But I'm sure they don't teach those kind of techniques... I hope to be able to produce this kind of work someday.
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Then shoot with your heart. Shoot what you love. As they say...shoot as if no one is watching (and if you aren't getting paid for it) Dedicate your life to it. Commit to it. Your art deserves nothing less....Your individual voice will emerge and that's what will seperate you from the herd.
Thank you again for all of your thoughts....
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I'll try. I generally shoot for myself, even if I have to get it for a class or something, I can neveer think of it in that way primarily.
You're welcome, although I feel I should be thanking you for continuing to post great art and for elaborating on your printing process.
If you are bored, and have a moment, I would be honored if you gave me some feedback on some of my work. I completly understand if you are too busy though
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Uaaa....feels like a nightmare scenery....feels like the cluttering change from Silence to Anxiety..
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That's a great take on it....the experience for me wasn't so much peaceful but powerful and tinged with some fear given the circumstances...
Thanks for sharing those thoughts....
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God, it really seems the end of the world.
something like a scene of "The Passion" or movies like that.
good, but scary....
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*stares* You know, even some of the best dreams can't come up with a scene like that.
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