deviantART

 
About Me Official Beta Tester Journalist Sander Schoemaker26/Male/Netherlands Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
10 Month Subscription
Statistics 113 Deviations
7,370 Comments
41,245 Pageviews

Newest


Flash Player 8 is required to view SitBack. Get the latest version of Flash Player.

Different Worlds


Flash Player 8 is required to view SitBack. Get the latest version of Flash Player.
One of my most treasured possessions is a Soligor 0.15x fisheye lens, that takes these peculiar round images. A lot of the photos I take with it appear to be worlds on themselves.

Sound through a lens


Flash Player 8 is required to view SitBack. Get the latest version of Flash Player.
Concertphotos from various occasions.
If you wish to use these images for any purpose, please contact me.

Journal History

Fave News

The Fool

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 23, 2009, 2:23 PM
  • Reading: The House of Leaves
  • Watching: Dexter (Season 2)
  • Playing: Syberia




I have been contemplating this card of the Rider-Waite Tarot. I was talking about not heeding advices and made the analogy of running towards a chasm despite many warnings. This was the image that I was thinking of, although it is much less pleasant then it might seem. There is one element in the interpretation of the card that I find especially fitting and would like to discuss here: "The number 0 is a perfect significator for the Fool, as it can become anything when he reaches his destination."
To that, I would like to add some conditions: "The Fool can become anything, as long as he takes wisdom to heart and accepts the fact that he is a fool."

These conditions are some things that I have been struggling with a long time and that I see others struggling with as well. It is very well to get critique and listen to it, but how do you take it to heart? Critique can only be useful when something else happens to it when it enters your head. For that, I have to accept that I am a fool. Wisdom takes up space in your head, it needs a place to work. If you shut it out, nothing will happen to it.

So how can you do that? That is what I would like to know. How do you let critique and advice show through in your art or your work? I know I have received many great advices here and elsewhere. Especially on the subject of my artistic endeavours, I haven't actually applied much of that though. Partly because I do not usually visit the same theme twice, perhaps also because I fear this means I was a fool the first time. Which is, of course, the most important reason for not doing anything with advices.
When it comes to more general advices, I often fear that they will diminish my own 'style'. This is also a much heard reply, when dealing with critique. Something that might be wrong with something is called 'style' or 'taste'. So how can we take advice to heart, make a place for it, without loosing a part of ourselves?

Perhaps we only can if we accept that we are not yet whole and need others to show us where the holes are and maybe let them fill up a piece of it with themselves. I, for one, find that a very frightening vision. But maybe it is also what living and learning is about; becoming entangled with others. Maybe those ties are all that withhold us from running down the chasm.


Critiques


This extremely atmospheric photo not only catches the atmosphere of a festival at a very intimate and strange time (especially for thos...


I think I like and admire your portraits a lot more then your landscapes and perhaps this is a good illustration why. Your portraits al...

deviantID

I am a journalism student with a persistent interest in photography and art. While barely educated in art history and -theory, I'm always on the lookout for things to know and understand better.
For my work I use classic cameras, ranging from 40 to 30 years old.
I also dabble in journalistic photography from time to time, using a modern digital SLR to shoot concerts and events.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Amsterdam, Holland

All over the place

Visitors

Comments


Site Map