Falling Out

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    Interesting that this one is called 'Falling Out', although it reminds me of Tennyson's line:

    Blessings on the falling out
    That all the more endears..

    I wonder what this means? I think it's referring to the 'quarrel' between the aerial blooms and the manmade, earth and sky. In this sense, I think the title plays on the meaning of 'falling out' of the sky...

    Interesting grid behind the image again, and use of perspective. The diagonals carge the image up into quite a stark series of contrasts.

    There's something about the branch brushing the ground that looks like a figure of someone made up of flowers...

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