The Modern (Ft Worth,TX)

 

 

Contained Space

Late Night

New Series: "Encroached"

"Encroached", This series focus on man insistence of encroaching on open and/or natural space  as a way to escape the city thus re-creating that which they strive to escape. Uninterested in the the fate of the fauna and flora that already exist within this space as a means of existing, man strives to exist at their perils.

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en·croach  (n-krch)intr.v. en·croached, en·croach·ing, en·croach·es

1. To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily: encroach on a neighbor's land.

2. To advance beyond proper or former limits

Aural/Visual Pairing - "Sunshine"

 

 

It raining again just before New Years 2011

Music & Image Pairing - a way of expressing my 

mood musically and visually

photography, long beach, darnell bates, landscape, photographer, fine art

Click on the Music Link and let it play in the back

Floetry "Sunshine" (via YouTube)

[Chorus:]

I just wanna see my lovely sunshine(Sunshine)

I just wanna bring back all of my blue skies

And if you take away my rainbow I will cry(cry)

Give me back my sunshine

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Advantages: 

• Planet Earth watered (Flora (plants) & Fauna (animals))
• Snow in the hills
• a layer of crud washed off the Earth

Disadvantages:

• baby bunnies getting wet b/c of habitat loss <sad face>
• No Sunshine
• I am less motivated to shoot
• mudslides
• crud washed into the ocean

 

Romantic? Romanticism?

"Slope Off!" DB8S © 2010
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"Return to Here" DB8S © 2010
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Yes, I am! and it extends from my heart into my photography. While in the calm beauty of nature, I wish for nature to be this simple and beautiful forever and I strive for the same.  
Be Good to Yourself and Others

Darnell Bates @ DB8S.com

 
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ro·man·ti·cism    (r-mnt-szm)
NOUN:

1. often Romanticism An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.
2. Romantic quality or spirit in thought, expression, or action.