German Toast

Absolutely freaking brilliant!
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OOh, I like this. some thought actually happened!! I like!!! :) xx

This is so cool! Thanks for giving your explanation.

so great! am coming back to look and read in more detail. Good Luck!

Fantastic! Love this piece, and the photo of it is phenomenal as well, really shows it off well!

This is more like Dieselpunk than Steampunk, but I thought it was so creative and well thought out that it deserved an honorary position in the Steampunk group. Thanks for your contribution!

Magnificently Soxy!

That’s quite good. It’s commercial, and that’s not a put-down. I think this likely to sell as stock and would suggest you putting it out there as such.

I’d be happy to talk about the depth-of-field issue, making it available as art and etc., but I’m not sure what the depth-of-field problem is to you. What are your concerns as to this?

As to making it available as art-for-sale, I think you should. Art is a slippery concept; yet, you should be able to make a living at doing what inspires you. Best to make it without compromise, but life ain’t like that. It’s just my opinion, but I think it’s the intersection of commerce and art that makes things interesting and actually makes a statement that people might notice. If you produce in a vacuum and no-one sees it what are you really doing?

Hhmm. “Art” and the object . . . I don’t know. I dig up junk and put it together as shadow boxes and use it around my house; sometimes I photograph it. I think “art” ain’t simple. It’s communication, whether it’s selling something, or selling an idea. I think it an obsession on the part of the creator, and probably not the most healthy thing one could do.

The act of putting objects together, and making a record of them, is in-and-of-itself, the making of art. You are trying to say something. That IS art.

I think. And could be wrong.

Well . . . I’m 52, and have run from art most of my life. I never wanted to be VanGogh, but it seems to be something innate. Obsession is what drives art, and, to me, it’s horrible that the drive creates things for the rich to dally with. It may be the interstices that make it worthwhile; I think the digital age may be a good thing as it gets people out there and communicating.

I mean . . . there are worse things than understanding other’s drives, right?

Oh . . . depth of field. When you get close to things, depth of field is always narrow. (An obtuse observation: kind of like life?) Part of the charm of macro imagery is that the focus is narrow; paying attention to that which is important? There are always a multitude of things trying to grab your attention. Being focused on what’s really important is a good thing, whether behind a lens or in front of a person.

No, all art is not obsession. I do think the best work is driven by obsession, and I do think it a desire to say something. I apologize if the conversation has gone off track. I have a tendency to want to understand the world around me, and am not actually considered a pleasant conversationalist by most.

Ask my girlfriend; she thinks me infuriating.

Last comment, then sleep. You don’t actually have to be trying to “say something”, per se. Creating something and putting it into the public realm is saying something. You are talking in one or more of the senses and trying to get a piece of your understanding across to another person. The world is made a better place when you understand others; you can’t think a nigger needs guidance and has to be put into his place when you see through his eyes. (Or her eyes.)

You always put yourself into your creations. It’s intrinsic.

I do need sleep. But it’s always interesting to talk to someone who doesn’t want to hit me for challenging their beliefs.

oh brilliant! wow, this is a brilliantly superb concept and awesomely done installation! love this, so true…

I’ll make another comment, and should learn to shut up, but I meant “unhealthy” in a probably somewhat unconventional way. When you become obsessional, you are capable of things that astonish most mortals. (I’ll throw out DaVinci, Hawking, Einstein, Bosch, M.C. Escher and Michelangelo as examples.) However, you often give up the things that make life worth living and talking about.

I often think them so exceptional because they didn’t really participate in everyday human life. They had the distance to see clearly, but it certainly didn’t make them happy.

I’d like to hope there’s a middle ground.

Excellent work!

super !!

First tuna tins.. now toasters.. I’m sensing a developing theme here. If you need any fried egg and pasta I’m you man !

i… am…. speechless….

great work

YAY! Congrats on your well deserved win! :D

love this

Yip I just want to walk around it. but then I might have to touch it. and then, opps I might break it. Or get shocked.

Really, I like this. a lot

Stunning piece! I see Art at its best :D

Beautifully and interestingly put together Soxy, love it!

Excellent shot.

lovely work…

excellent work

very unique composition here and it works in a rustic way…lovely

awesome!

The more I see this, the more I want to get a ticket to Melbourne and bow!

Your welcome…..I see a tix to Port Fairy, I used to live there!

Indeed…..It’s a lovely country home feeling there

Ah yes…the Sea and the scenery

well toasters u can live without hehe, but they make a gr8 pic