diptych # 135 ~ connections

connection ~ the place doesn't matter • click to embiggen

I can't write with any authority that in my quest for what's next that it will be diptychs. Nor, if that is what's next, the thematic diptych referent will be antique collectibles. However, I can write that the combination of the 2 - process + referent - is very attractive.

The making of diptychs has always held a particular fascination for me. I can't write exactly why that is so other than to write that the idea of 2 connected pictures working together within the same frame(work) has always been of interest to me - visually and, dare I write, intellectually.

And, as the wife can attest, I have a life-long attraction to old things. Things which some would label "collectibles", ranging from old photographs (tintype, ambro-type, daguerreotype, and vintage panoramic / banquet camera pictures of large groups) to an incredibly unique antique clock*, amongst many other disparate items.

clocks ~ also notice antique mantel clock above fireplace• click to embiggen
the museum / peopled panos ~ as the wife calls it• click to embiggen

I am drawn to acquiring old things, in part because they are a connection to the past- not my past, but a past - and in large part because I am almost preternaturally attracted to patina-ed objects / things. Things like dead flowers and rotting food, to mention just a couple.

In any event and all of that written, the idea of making pictures which connect to the patina-ed past and which are also are connected within the framework of a diptych has, to my eye and sensibilities, some merit worth considering.

*Inscription on clock reads: With those hours that drag, be patient. With those hours that are enjoyable, be alert.