A good sailor knows that there are many winds driving ships across the sea. And because art has a funny way of mirroring life, especially without intention, so too does artistic inspiration have many Winds.
Well, one of these Winds, at least for me, is called Inés. I don’t know why this fragment of inspo decided to be called Inés—I simply obeyed, and set off on the task of documenting nature.
One of my photography profs said that Amsel Adams’ style of photography was passĂ©. Nature photography, he argued, was more relevant in the past, when people lacked the means to travel; to take hearty vacations in remote places with hiking trails. “Now-a-days, everyone has smart phones that can take these sort of photos,” he said (more or less).
And while that may be true, in a way, it certainly doesn’t cancel the fact that the awe inspired by nature is timeless. Even Kant essentially argued that, while Nature is not art, its greatness is certainly understandable as a source of inspiration.
In any case, it certainly true for me that nature never ceases to spark wonder. An intense sunset is a poetic experience. A grand mountain is a source of peace. I once encountered a bunch of seagulls at the beach, and they all gathered to appreciate the amazing sunset blazing over the horizon. Even animals have a sense of appreciation for the wonders of nature. As animals ourselves, this instinct to “awe over nature” will always lead to some form of creative expression.
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