July 2017: Metamorphosis

This is a monarch butterfly caterpillar, diligently munching away on a milkweed leaf.  Caterpillars are symbolic of change, and that is what is in store for Jonderson Photography.  Over the course of the next month or two I will be attempting to redesign the main website in preparation for moving the site to a new host.  Here at the blog everything will be going on as usual though.  The hope is that the new website/host will be a butterfly taking the place of the current caterpillar.  I understand it rarely goes that smoothly, however I remain hopeful as always. :)

Sleeping Buddha

Sleeping Buddha...sounds like a new age Disney movie, doesn't it?  :)

I have always appreciated the thought and planning that goes into Asian art.  Especially with regard to scale and perspective.  This Buddha head could be 10 inches tall or 10 feet tall.  You can't tell just by looking at it in one single context.

I will be taking it easy for the next month or two, recovering from a surgical procedure (torn abdominal muscle). So maybe you will be getting bonus summer blog entries. Or maybe I will just sit on the deck drinking vodka for six weeks. Ha!

In the meantime, pick a day and seek out art near you to experience in person.  Find things to view from different perspectives, even though some of those perspectives might not be as pleasant or useful as others.  Discovering perspectives which don't work is every bit as useful as discovering ones which do.  That is true not just of art, but of life in general.