Description
Black Eyes, A Shiny Nose, and Odd Looking Tears
The art piece reveals a different perspective of ice on the grate of a manhole cover in a Boston winter. The photograph was taken in the local park after the Boston Valentine’s day freeze. Two square black holes represent the two dark eyes, while the ice on the vertical limb with cracked ice of the manhole cover represents the shiny nose. Two drops of water on the eyes in odd positions represent the odd looking tears providing the intrigue of the art piece. What does the artist infer regarding the sadness in the eyes – that is up to you to think about! Hidden messages abound
Cold water takes on a variety of formations and textures in both liquid and solid form. In addition a variety of crystallised forms are present. In this case air is caught in the ice bubbles resulting in a 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 such as this one.
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 and later was able to extract the lessons they could teach.
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