I am in love with shadows. When I walk to work in the morning I am frequently startled by the show on display, especially this time of year when the sidewalks are cluttered with fallen leaves and their shadows. I play it cool though, exhibiting great restraint by not exclaiming to people passing by “Look at that! Do you see that gorgeous shadow!”. Instead I calmly take out my phone and snap a photo.

In the studio when looking at my attempts to capture these beauties what I am most struck by is how the shadow and leaf seem to combine into a third thing. An animated life form that is not just leaf or just shadow but a new more interesting creature. What other third things are we missing? 

Imagination is a powerful force that we seem to be in short supply of lately. What other ways are possible? What are we unable to see because we have been so thoroughly trained to see this or that and not this and that.

I don’t know about you but I am personally ready for the third thing.