Love 04/05 - 04/11 (Scott)

As with the other posters, I struggled to find a working definition of love to use as my inspiration. When I think of love, I think of a face and a feeling, paired together. While I can't take a picture of a feeling, I can try and express it as a beautiful merging of two entities and I think my first picture captures that. The opportunity arose during the thunderstorm when the power went out, and the candles got lit. A pair of candles set in hoops provided the scene and light for this picture, capturing a lovely warm hue. I really like love the soft glow in the forground, as the candles individual lights merge together and the once contrasting shapes of the candles - one tall and one short - even out, creating almost identical shapes.

The other part of love, the face, came to me accidentally and exposed a highly passionate "love/hate" relationship. Like loving an ugly pet, words can't express the reasons people love certain things. My house and I at times have that kind of relationship, including this weekend when Chrystelle and I were demo'ing a basement bathroom and nothing was going right. At the end of the night, just as I ripped the sink off the wall and felt like throwing it through a wall, I see this hideous face smiling up at me and I can't help but smile back at it. This is probably one of the more disgusting things I have seen, however I can't help but find it cute and loveable with the beady eyes and the crooked smile. A smile only a mother could love.