The Tussle between Nature & Culture: From John Walford’s Blog
I am honored to have had one of my images critiqued by the art historian John Walford. He wrote an interesting critique of my image Window Squared Garden Door. I will repost the the text and the image below. Be sure to go and take a wander though his writing and his flick image stream.
Window Squared Garden Door
“The Tussle between Nature & Culture”
What man makes is straight and sheer,
Submits to measure, 3-3-1, lines full clear.
Manu-facture now means machines,
That press, and cut – it’s all so Schere.
A Creator-God does differently:
All lines have curve, none quite the same,
Species more than man can name,
In orange, purple, blue, and red.
Held up on stems, all twisty, bend;
Throw out sun-panels to catch
The rays and rains send down. –
But time and frost, He too does send.
From birth to grave, there is this dance,
Like plants that twine around man’s struts.
Interdependent, they lunge and lance,
As Jacob, with the angel, bends and butts.
–John Walford, for Jacob Schere/twisty331, July 8, 2010,
a salute for your scrupulous eye.
Originally published on Only Connect Blog, by John Walford
July 8, 2010