The Waterfall of Life. Color Challenge. Sunday Purple. You See ~ I See. Original Photography.

Breath in her fragrance.
Re-evaluate the old ways of loving.
Gently activating the One True Heart.
Sensing. Beyond the veils of deception. ~Ally.

Today's 'Color Challenge for Steemians' as presented by @kalemandra is Sunday Purple.

And a perfect time to include 'You See ~ I See' as presented by @marillaanne, to illustrate and describe the processes of creating this assemblage: 'The Waterfall of Life.'

My Art:

My creative modalities have been many and varied. Including:

• Painting: Oil and acrylic, watercolour and silk painting.
• Drawing: Pencil and coloured pencil, charcoal and pastel.
• Printmaking: Silk screen, etching and lithography.
• Mixed media: Collage and assemblage, environmental sculpture and all sorts ephemeral ‘eco curios.’
• Photography and montage.

Transitioning from one modality to another, there have been a few, but consistent threads weaving in and out of my art work, including:

• An affinity felt between nature, natural healing and art.
• A love of symbols, numbers, association and representation.
• A love of beauty and unity, harmony and balance.
• A love of pure colour and muted tones, light and dark, transparency and translucency.

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You See:

• Images within squares and rectangles.

• A figure with hands crossed over the heart area. Four figures with hands held as if holding something at the throat area.

• Maybe you can see the symbol of 11:11, incorporated into this work? But are a little unsure about the netting, squiggles and little balls.

Fusion: The desire of the Heart with our Core Becoming.
Assemblage and Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.

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I See:

• A work that was one of a series of 12 collages, where glass was first employed to separate the two layers of images.

• Works produced in 2002 ie 15 years ago.

• Work using my own photographs, for the first time, for collage work.

• Two years part-time Photography Course: Learning how to use my Nikon FG. Developing and printing my own photographs.

• The works in this series were only meant to be 'models' for larger works, But they were exhibited in an art gallery in the Blue Mountains.

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The Process: Background Layer:

• Black and white photograph: Small waterfall, at Imperial Gardens, Terrey Hills, Sydney. The photograph, hand tinted with oil paints.

• A colour photograph: Throat and heart area with hands crossed over the heart. The photograph, slightly raised above the surface of the background image.

Re-evaluate the old ways of loving.
Assemblage and Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.

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The Process: Foreground Layer:

• Netting: Dampened and scrunched. Let to dry and massaged into folds and creases. Spread over a layer of glass.

• Four long rectangles, slightly raised on top of netting. The same figure in each: Looking up with hands holding the 'energy of the throat/communication.')

• Lines through these rectangles represent a Star Tetrahedron: Three dimensional 'Star of David.'

• Two squares: Slightly raised on top of netting. Middle of Purple Iris: Symbolizing the link between Heaven and Earth.

• Spanish moss with blue and violet silk threads representing the energy of the 11:11.

Gently activating the One True Heart.
Assemblage and Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.

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Final Process:

• A box frame was made with sides lined with scrunched silk, dyed green and purple.

• The foreground and background layers were enclosed within the box frame: A separation of about 25 mms. between them. The box frame was then sealed with a glass covering, as per normal framing.

Sensing. Beyond the veils of deception.
Assemblage and Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.

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Beside the Waterfall:

When you look at the first (and last) image, what do you see now?

• Perhaps your own love of gardens and being close to nature?

• Or feeling energized by water: Waterfalls, lakes and streams, or the ocean?

• Possibly your own experiences with 11:11. Or a growing curiosity about the 11:11 and other double numbers?

• Or a personal need to see the bounty of your own inner 'garden' ~ With the lifting of the 'Veils of Perception?'

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ABOUT: You See ~ I See.

'You See ~ I See' isn't a contest. However it will 'challenge' your perception.

Entering into this activity in all likelihood will transform what you may have felt was 'ordinary' in your own environment into something that becomes fresh and alive once again.

If you resonate with the concept, share one of your own 'You See ~ I See' posts with the tag #useeisee. All the details can be found in Marilla's latest post:

The Description and Story of "You See, I See" and how it became #useeisee

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MY: 'You See ~ I See' posts.

'Three Seagulls.'

'Green Sphere on the Wing of a Dragonfly.'

'Morning Dew on the Banksias at the Roseville Lake.'

'Being at home in a new land.'

'A Magical Moment ~ Filled with Love.'

'Magical Moments along the Carroll Creek Track.'

'Parting of the veils.'

'Japonica Iris.'

'Embrace the tangerine of this earthly life.'

The painting is like a thread
That runs through all the reasons
For all the other things that make one’s life. ~Georgia O’Keeffe.