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17 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by marcelo leonard in Photographers

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Black and White, conceptual, photography

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Carlos GF - fotografía said:

27 February, 2014 at 08:51

Entre el caos aparecen formas reconocibles. Siempre se puede encontrar algo válido entre la maraña inservible, porque todo forma un conjunto. Bien visto, Marcelo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  27 February, 2014 at 18:40
  
  Gracias Carlos.
  Cada uno tenemos nuestra particular piedra Rosetta con la que tratamos de comprender lo que nos rodea.
  
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drawandshoot said:

26 February, 2014 at 21:41

Superb!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  27 February, 2014 at 18:37
  
  Thanks Karen.
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shabnamphoto said:

25 February, 2014 at 19:09

I have no idea why i like this scribble so much…. i think its the crisp black and white and its sheer graphic appeal…

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  26 February, 2014 at 17:54
  
  Thanks Shabnam.
  There is nothing brighter and more luminous than the joy of the children. 🙂
  
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  - shabnamphoto said:
    
    26 February, 2014 at 18:10
    
    That is so true, children remind us that we were born to be curious and joyous.
    
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    - marcelo leonard said:
      
      26 February, 2014 at 18:57
      
      Thanks Shabnam.
      But, unfortunately, many people seem to have lost their capacity of wonder, of innocence and of being surprised with the passing of the years.
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      - shabnamphoto said:
        
        26 February, 2014 at 19:02
        
        Wishing that you never lose that power of wonder I can see in your photographs
        
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        marcelo leonard said:
        
        27 February, 2014 at 18:18
        
        Thank you again Shabnamphoto for your good wishes.
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LB said:

25 February, 2014 at 04:59

Fun, exuberant!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  25 February, 2014 at 18:50
  
  Thanks LB
  We have much to learn from children.
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Luis said:

24 February, 2014 at 10:17

En una pizarra
Los blancos trazos de la libertad
La infancia.

Un saludo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  24 February, 2014 at 19:27
  
  Gracias Luis.
  
  En un suspiró
  se alejó la niñez
  de nuestro lado
  
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Vera Komnig said:

21 February, 2014 at 11:54

Aaah, absolut wonderful. Suddenly I feel like a child 🙂

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  21 February, 2014 at 18:36
  
  Thanks Vera.
  That makes me happy. 🙂
  
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poppytump said:

20 February, 2014 at 21:26

… pass me a stick of chalk I see an empty space for my doodle 🙂
Lovely unbound impulsiveness M .

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  21 February, 2014 at 18:34
  
  Thanks Poppy.
  We should remain children in order not to lose the magic creativity and the innocence of our childhood.
  
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Ray Catcher at PABUCA said:

20 February, 2014 at 16:52

Fantastic with so many stories, but do you own the copyright for this painting? 😉
(I don’t want to be Kai…)

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  20 February, 2014 at 19:50
  
  Thanks Ray.
  I have the greatest respect for everybody’s work and I am extremely scrupulous regarding copyright laws. I would never use the copyrighted, signed or with a warning of restrictions on use with works of others without their written consent and always mentioning the authorship.
  Don’t worry about the copyright of this “painting”, it is just a picture of a blackboard where children can use sidewalk chalk to draw or scribble whatever they want.
  By the way, I do not understand the meaning of your sentence “(I don’t want to be Kai…)”
  
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  - Ray Catcher at PABUCA said:
    
    20 February, 2014 at 20:12
    
    Oh, sorry, it was just a joke with the copyright. Don’t worry! I Know, that this is just a children picture.
    Kai is the face on the right side (also a joke).
    
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    - Ray Catcher at PABUCA said:
      
      20 February, 2014 at 20:16
      
      On the left side.
      
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      - marcelo leonard said:
        
        21 February, 2014 at 18:03
        
        No problem Ray, Thank you for your explanation.
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elenacaravela said:

20 February, 2014 at 01:58

So joyful! I love this Marcelo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  20 February, 2014 at 15:49
  
  Thanks Elena
  It is like an illuminated sign that says:
  “Welcome back to the joyful childhood’s world.
  Please, leave the kids alone.”
  
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ivanlevac said:

19 February, 2014 at 22:55

…. a dreamer …:)

thanks Marcelo

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  20 February, 2014 at 15:45
  
  Thanks Ivan
  An awakened one who will soon be numbed with social education.
  
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The Passion Dew said:

19 February, 2014 at 17:09

Very inspired !

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  19 February, 2014 at 18:52
  
  Thanks The Passion Dew.
  
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thephotoseye said:

18 February, 2014 at 20:36

I keep looking over and over….I see so much – internally….there are layers and layers – simple and complex.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  19 February, 2014 at 18:48
  
  Thanks Debby
  We may be have added too many layers to our lives, so many, that we can hardly remember our children’s dreams.
  
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Ulli said:

18 February, 2014 at 20:31

an unusual pic for you, dear Marcelo … looking to a childhoodpainting, unwrought, simple and direct, like children are … I love it …

thanks so much for this
heartily Ulli

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  19 February, 2014 at 18:48
  
  Thanks Ulli
  I am very fond of all that has to do with language.
  Drawing (scribbling) is another wonderful way for children to express themselves and I do really think that their true self shine through them.
  Heartily
  
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Resa McConaghy said:

18 February, 2014 at 19:46

Marcelo,
I think this is picture of my mind! 😉 You seem to be able to capture anything!
Also, it makes me smile. Thank you! _Resa xo

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  19 February, 2014 at 18:47
  
  Thanks Resa.
  Sometimes our mind becomes unexpectedly entangled in mental conflicts that gradually cover our spirits with the thick fog of uncertainty. But this too shall pass and we’ll we come out of this crisis stronger and happier than we went into it.
  
  Keep smiling!
  
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Lisa Gordon said:

18 February, 2014 at 16:38

This is so wonderfully unique, Marcelo!
I love it.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 19:19
  
  Thanks Lisa
  There’s nothing more extraordinary and unique than a child’s scribble. 🙂
  
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EarlHarrisPhotography.com said:

18 February, 2014 at 12:46

Fantastic! Drew me right in and inspired me to want to doodle more. 😄 This photo appeals to me on a number of levels, creative and somehow emotional.
— Earl
http://shutteratthethought.com

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 19:03
  
  Thanks Earl
  I am happy to know that looking at this picture has been emotionally rewarding for you.
  
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brenda said:

18 February, 2014 at 02:45

Each time I have returned to this image I have seen something new. Thought I would share the words of Shawn McNiff, from his book, Trust the Process

One of the best ways to access your innate expressive style is to draw in a way that is graphically consistent with the way you write…Begin nonsense words and configurations in haphazard ways. Identify gestures that please you, and repeat them over and over. As you fall into the rhythm of the moment, amplify it and you will find that the expressive start to look more like artistic gestures…Reflect upon the patterns of your movements and the spaces between the lines.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 18:46
  
  Thanks Brenda for your comment and the very interesting words.
  
  I go about my work like a Zen painter: before pressing the shutter I try to become the feeling I want to photograph.
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  D. T. Suzuki, writing in Mysticism, Christianity and Buddhism, discussed a picture of a hibiscus: “The secret is to become the plant itself. But how can a human being turn himself into a plant? In as much as he aspires to paint a plant or an animal, there must be in him something which corresponds to it in one way or another. If so, he ought to be able to become the object he desires to paint. The discipline consists in studying the plant inwardly with his mind thoroughly purified of its subjective, self-centered contents…. The identification enables the painter to feel the pulsation of one and the same life animating both him and the object…. It is then that the brush, as well as his arm and fingers, become obedient servants to the spirit of the object. The object makes its own picture.
  
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rutakintome said:

18 February, 2014 at 01:23

Excellent!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 18:29
  
  Gracias Carlos.
  
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Patti Kuche said:

18 February, 2014 at 01:15

Love the light in the dark, a fascinating image!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 18:26
  
  Thanks Patti.
  It shines so brightly because is written with the immaculate light of the childhood.
  
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Lignum Draco said:

18 February, 2014 at 00:38

Very interesting art work.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 18:10
  
  Thanks Lignum Draco
  We will discover many things if we look at the world with the eyes of children.
  
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lagottocattleya said:

18 February, 2014 at 00:14

Agree about Paul Klee. Like this one very much.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  18 February, 2014 at 17:57
  
  Thanks Ann Christine.
  There is something magical in the children’s drawings and scribbles.
  
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lensandpensbysally said:

17 February, 2014 at 21:29

Very Paul Klee-like.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  17 February, 2014 at 23:12
  
  Thanks Sally
  I actually take you comment as big a compliment because Paul Klee is one of my favorites painters.
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  - lensandpensbysally said:
    
    18 February, 2014 at 00:13
    
    Mine to.
    
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    - marcelo leonard said:
      
      18 February, 2014 at 17:34
      
      🙂
      
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vatelechuza said:

17 February, 2014 at 21:22

Fantastique!! La colombe lui donne tout le sens à cet imbroglio d’humanité!! Hautement allégorique et symbolique!! J’aime beaucoup Leonard!!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  17 February, 2014 at 23:06
  
  Gracias vatelechuza.
  Los dibujos de los niños nos devuelven a un universo del que no deberíamos haber salido.
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