Still Life: Cherries

December 20, 2018 (354/365)

"... life, by definition, is never still." - Kurt Vonnegut

Serious Play

 December 15, 2018 (349/365) • “Play is the highest form of research.” ~ Albert Einstein

"Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America explores the projects of over 40 designers who advocated for playfulness and whimsy within their creations for corporations, domestic interiors, and children. The exhibition presents play as a serious form of inspiration, experimentation, and problem solving. In midcentury America, such playful design occurred against the backdrop of a booming consumer market and as a counterbalance to Cold War–era anxiety. Furniture, toys, textiles, films, posters, ceramics are among the objects featured." - mam.org

French Friday: Mûr Pour la Paix

 December 14, 2018 (348/365)

« Ce qu'il faut surtout pour la paix, c'est la compréhension des peuples. » - Charles De Gaulle

Located on the south end of the Champs-de-Mars, just opposite the École militaire, the Wall for Peace is a celebration of peace in a place that is historically a reminder of war. The sculpture, surrounded by 32 steel columns, features a transparent wall with the word peace written in 49 languages. Inspired by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, visitors are encouraged to leave a message of peace in the gaps in the wall or directly on the monument's website.

Week 47 - Technical: Step Back

November 20, 2018 (324/365) 

"Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. 

To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do." - Annie Leibovitz

[Edit your image to where you think it's perfect and let it sit for two days. Then return to it and see if it works.] #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek47

French Friday: La Pyramide du Louvre

le 16 novembre 2018 (320/365)

« L'architecture est le miroir de la vie. Il suffit de regarder les bâtiments pour sentir la présence du passé

et l’esprit d’un lieu; ils sont le reflet de la société. » - I.M. Pei, l'architecte du Pyramide du Louvre

French Friday: Le Mystère

le 19 octobre 2018 (292/365)

 « On ne lève pas le voile du mystère, on le déchire. » - Adolphe d'Houdetot 

Cette sculpture près du café Le Nôtre aux Champs-Elysée est un mystère pour moi. Y a-t-il quelqu'un qui peut le réléver?

Spillover II

October 16, 2018 (289/365)

"The letters that form the open framework suggest that language is our primary tool for experiencing the world and each other, 

and that we are, essentially, both limited and empowered by this abstract means of translating our experiences." 

~ Jaume Plensa, Artist - Spillover II (Atwater Beach, Shorewood, WI)

Coakley Brother's Water Tower

 September 25, 2018 (268/365) #domke #doorsopenmilwaukee

“People are like stained-glass. They sparkle when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in,

their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I'd love to see this beautiful new water tower illuminated at night.

Week 39 - Creative: Abstract

September 24, 2018 (267/365)

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something..." ~ Pablo Picasso

Week 39: Photograph a common object in an abstract manner. 

#dogwoodweek39, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018 #domke #doorsopenmilwaukee

French Friday: Aix-en-Provence

 le 3 août 2018 (215/365)

« Il ne s'agit pas seulement de regarder...mais aussi de ressentir. » ~ Paul Cézanne, peintre aixois

Hôtel de Ville

Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur 

Cours Mirabeau

la Sainte-Victoire

Atelier de Cézanne

Les amis qui me manquent beaucoup!