The pictures above are just two images from an entire gallery of “spiral photo art”. The rest of the gallery can be viewed here - and I’d encourage people to check it out because the overall effect of the images together is significantly more striking than the solo pictures are on their own.
Here are some of the reasons that I find this gallery of art photos inspiring:
- It reveals many different ways to look at one thing. One of the things that writers do to challenge themselves is to practice writing prompts which often include exercises that require them to look at a topic in a new way. A writer can pick one theme or one idea and write about it using an endless array of approaches and styles. This is a visual example of how to do that exact same thing. One great writing exercise would be to take two of these pictures and write out a description of their similarities and differences with enough detail to make your reader capable of visualizing the images without being able to actually see them.
- Each individual image is striking. It’s something that you can just immerse yourself into gazing at and looking into and getting lost in. The kind of images that grab your attention and demand that you look at them are the kind of images that are really inspiring.
- The image itself could be a starting point to another art project. Scrapbooking and collages are both kinds of art that start with images and work outwards. Doing a lot of collage art myself, I’m always looking for images that make me think I might want to further develop them. Many of these spirals could be the background starting point to developing a collage project.
Question of the Day: What is the first thing that comes to mind when viewing either of the above photos?
*Inspired! is a daily Real Worlds column which reveals a wide range of things that might inspire a writer on a daily basis.
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