The Ring: Sculpted by the Fire

Posted on January 30th, 2009 | Permalink | 3 Comments

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The amazing sculpting abilities of fire can be observed in the 6 foot diameter ring it made. Often times things sculpted from and by the world and elements around us produce dynamic effects. This was a truss, the steel that held the roof of the building up. Now, as if bent into a giant ring, much as one might with a piece of aluminum foil. Just a trinket for the fire.

Fire, you got to admire it at the same time that you fear it.

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One more word…

Posted on January 20th, 2009 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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On words…

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Motor Dead

Posted on January 19th, 2009 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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What becomes of old electric motors? Did these just crawl off to die? What kind of life did they lead? Did they make something that we use today?

Have you ever thought how we throw away things, letting them die? Do we do the same with relationships, friendships, and even people we know. Or do we recycle, even if the recycling is in our thoughts, as these pictures are of the motors, only an abstraction?

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Also Twisted

Posted on January 17th, 2009 | Permalink | 4 Comments

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What amazes me about the series of photos of the burned out building is the sculpture created by the fire.
It is almost as if the fire along with other forces were at work creating at the same time as they were destroying. The end result, of course, is in the eye of the beholder.

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Alum Rising

Posted on January 14th, 2009 | Permalink | 3 Comments

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Seeing this as the picture was being taken, the thought occurred to me, what if it could come to life on its own. What if it was trying to unfold and rise into the glorious formation it once possessed. But it is just aluminum. Aluminum rising, perhaps.

Do you see anything when you see it? Please post a comment.

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Was in Black and White Photography

Posted on January 9th, 2009 | Permalink | 10 Comments

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On conferring with a fellow artist, the thought occurred, what would my photos look like in black and white.
Thus the black and white abstract photo you see above. Now, I need your help. What one word does this evoke. What do you see, what do you think, what do you feel? Please limit it to just one word.

Think of this as a Rorschach test. However, to make this work, it would help to have others contribute. Please ask others what they see and have them contribute too.

Thanks for your support.

Jonathan Steele of the JonathanSteeleWorks.com

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So Spooled

Posted on January 6th, 2009 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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Some times we get so wound up in life, we forget to enjoy our life. Unspool your self for just one day and see what it does for you and your friends and colleagues. When someone asks you how your doing, look at them with a curious smile and an almost thought provoked response, “You know, now that I am thinking about that, actually I am doing fantastic, but I am getting better.”

Perhaps by unspooling, you may just find a thing of beauty as with this metal. To anyone else, its value was just that of scrap metal. Yet, within it was a psychedelic beauty that resulted from being unspooled.

Cheers from the Jonathan Steele Works

PS. What do you see when you look into this abstract photo? Please share your one word thought!

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Rise Above

Posted on January 2nd, 2009 | Permalink | Comments Disabled

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This picture got me to thinking of the adversities we face day by day. They can corrode or deteriorate our spirit, that force that actuates our mind. They can be destructive if we let them. However, if we, like this piece of roofing tin from a burned out building, rise above the adversity, it can do no harm. Just as the steel that avoided the rust by being above it, we too can succeed in life. Succeed regardless of what ever crash and burn we may experience.

This is true, only if we choose to rise above those adversities.

What do you think? What do you see? Share your one word comment on what you see.
Learn more about the JonathanSteeleWorks of art.

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