Happy Summer Solstice!
Pardon the blurry cell phone photo, but the sun was gorgeous this morning when I was heading out to make my first set of recordings for the day, I just wanted to share it.
Tonight, I have two excerpts from my morning walk on the grounds. the first, “Golden light”, is a moment where I describe what I am seeing as birds are perching on a structure in the field. The second, “Marshy Garden, Difference in Sound”, I am sharing because there is always such a distinct difference in the quality of sounds as soon as you walk into the Marshy garden. The area is a little reset, and it is next to a bank of trees that shield the traffic sounds as they pass. It always surprises me, even after so many trips into the space.
I decided to take some time and explore the Cornell botanical gardens after that. I spent some time in the herb garden, because I do love them so much. One of the delightful things I found in this section was Scarlett Pimpernel. I have never seen it in person before, and had only literary and film references for it. Who knew it looked so dainty?
Last night I also tried my hand at cyanotype during the darkroom workshop. This is so much fun, and I am definitely going to be doing more of it during the rest of my time here. I took a couple of photos this morning that I think will work very nicely with this, and I plan to play with adding different botanicals to change the colors, and will probably layer some gouache on top as well. This is my first attempt, which was a contact print
Definitely a fun time in the Darkroom!
I continued to work on the video and music today, and, did a little more work on the rainstick. Tomorrow I’ll get back into the darkroom now that I have a conceptual plan to work from, so expect more cyanotype images soon.
