As Springs springs, I feel like a enraptured kid seeing things for the very first time. Like really SEEING, and with all my senses…. colors and textures and fragrances and nubile life exploding in a big party for the soul. Even in “sunny” Southern Cali, we awaken to Spring with a new pep in the step and spirited appreciation for even the smallest of changes in our environment as Mother Nature shakes off the chill and straps on her dancing shoes.
Charles Eames famously proclaimed, “The details are not details, they make the product.” And the longer I design my own craft, the more this sentiment holds true for me; it’s the small and sometimes subtle aspects that complete the whole. Nature, the ultimate designer, has always shown us this. The closer you look, the greater the mind-blowing wonder. And so in celebration of Spring, I share some visual candy we have been collecting as we “train the eye” and generally freak out over the amazing world around us.
All photos by Scott Caligure.
Recommended reading:
How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Man-Made Environment
Succulents: Nature’s Sculptural Wonders
Karl Blossfeldt: Art Forms In Nature: The Complete Edition
Happy Spring and happy seeing!
bbrunophotography on 03.30.2011 at 11:56 AM
The beautiful details of nature…it’
s why I fell in love with photography in the first place. Thanks for reminding us to explore Spring with eyes wide open.
Stan Horst @ Benches Reviewed on 03.31.2011 at 09:09 AM
Love these photos. They show just how beautiful something so common is, if we take the time to really look at it with eyes of wonder.
Stan Horst
Publisher: BetterBenches.com
Niki Fulton on 04.02.2011 at 03:51 AM
It’s funny to think we are all doing this around the world. I did exactly the same thing yesterday in Edinburgh’s Botanic Garden in Scotland. Thank goodness for plants they keep us sane!