Rough and tough
When you start bleaching your world of colour you find new aspects to things. I had not really thought of oranges as abstract textural roughness until … Continue reading Rough and tough
Category: Monochrome
Inner beauty
In my youth I thought only of the inner beauty of a potato: the delight that could be unlocked by peeling or dicing, frying or roasting. … Continue reading Inner beauty
Convolution
During my increasingly rare forays into the kitchen I tend to look at ingredients and register only their flavour. When you do not cook often, you … Continue reading Convolution
A very ordinary thing
I raided the kitchen for something that would look good without colour. The humble red onion with its textured papery skin turned out to be a … Continue reading A very ordinary thing
Red rose
In monochrome the red of a rose is not as interesting as its center. The curly stamens are topped by the interesting looking anthers. The pistils … Continue reading Red rose
The new
A white rose in monochrome. I wanted to remove all hints of colour to see what is left behind: light and shadows, texture. What’s special about … Continue reading The new
Endings
A Hindu funeral usually involves cremation. In some traditions the little bits of bone ash which survive are immersed in water. This is what you see … Continue reading Endings
The faded colours of yesterday’s roses
Nostalgia is no longer what it used to be. Continue reading The faded colours of yesterday’s roses
High up
Three monasteries in the Himalayas are called Taktsang, meaning Tiger’s Nest. They are all supposed to have been established by the guru Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism … Continue reading High up
