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Broken Heart at the Crux of the Cross

In this art piece a broken heart is portrayed in ice at the crux of the cross hatch of a grate of a manhole. The photograph was  taken in the local park after the Boston Valentine’s day freeze.A teardrop is seen at bottom right. The image has a religious feel of course and I also love the way the heart of ice illuminates the oxidized green on the steel grate of the manhole cover. Hidden messages abound

The broken of the heart is reminiscent of Christ on the cross, but also of a broken heart of romance at the intersection of the lives of two people.  The melting ice sheds a tear for the two described situations.

The cold water takes on a variety of formations and textures in both liquid and solid form. In addition a variety of crystallised ice surrounds the woman  They are likely formations of air bubbles caught in the snow and ice of this beautiful creation of nature.  One just has to look at the microcosms of the backyard and you will find little pieces of heaven and the miraculous earth.

Ice crystals are solid ice.  The shapes that are formed include columns, needles, plates and dendrites. In this art piece horizontal needle-like crystals project in the sheets of ice floating in the icy water to the right of the figure.

On the day I photographed the image, the conditions were ripe. A  “bad” snowstorm in February 2016 with 8-12 inches of snow, was followed by a Valentines day of zero degrees Fahrenheit, and then followed a day later by a morning with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit.  Ice ponds with transparent and often cracked thin ice could be found all over the park  As I looked more closely at these ice ponds with my macro lens – my breath was taken away by the geometric forms of nature.

Just a click of the camera and a moment of time in nature, likely never to surface again, was captured.

Related categories:  forces, shape, units to unity, time, bonds and connections, forces, water theme