Category: Text + Image

Apricity. Image and Text

Posted on by Lizane Louw
apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm II
apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm VI
apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm I


apricity

you are at the time of water,
you bite and sting me angrily


your presence foreshadows change and decay
you are the unwanted guest
tempting me outside


I fear your icy breath
as I step into the short day to meet you
you show me the bleak bleached sky
a pale grey opaque, reaching the far corners of my eye


you cast long shadows as we walk in search of frost flowers,
the passage of time, visible in every step
in your presence, the earth is moving slower,
so is birth, growth, life


you whisper and ask me to forget the sun,
show me lonely leafless trees
standing lifeless in the biting cold, isolated
yet,
something about you is pure, spotless, beautiful


an extended pause, a promise of new life
you are the time of water, winter,
my heart
is warming
up to you

apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm V
apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm VII
apricity- Winter Rhythm. Photos of trees in Grunewald forest, Berlin. Vertical panning technique.
Winter Rythm IV

NOTES:

Apricity: the warmth of the sun in winter

Photos created in the Grunewald forest, Berlin. It was magical; we explored and experienced the first snow of winter 2023. It was a frosty – 1°C. I used a vertical panning technique to create the images of the trees in the forest. No post processing.

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Cha Dao – The Teachings of Tea

Posted on by Lizane Louw

Cha- Dao- The Teachings of Tea is a new visual project I started working on in October this year.

I have learned much about tea and Cha Dao whilst living in Asia. Tea has been one of my best teachers.

Over the past two months, I have also been learning more about using text with images. I started working on this creative project inspired by some brainstorming sessions in workshops with other photographers and writers.

The idea is to develop this tea theme into an exhibition and a book. The project is growing slowly, and I will share more as I refine the idea and put this body of work together. I am also inspired to put my thoughts on paper and to offer word and image workshops in the new year. More about that soon.

( This is a temporary title- as my research into this idea and project continue and the project develops, the name might change- but for now, I’ll call it Cha Dao – The Teachings of Tea.)

 

A photograph of a tiny teapot. This image is part of a new project, the teachings of tea.

You teach me to pause and live each moment. You activate all my senses with each of our interactions. I seek to be in harmony with the rhythm of the universe. I often stumble and fall. I have much to learn as a student of the tea leaf.

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