Comments on: Special request marble http://www.geoffwynne.com/evolver/2009/11/01/special-request-marble-view/ Evolving Recombinant Photographics Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bz http://www.geoffwynne.com/evolver/2009/11/01/special-request-marble-view/#comment-3 bz Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:35:44 +0000 http://www.geoffwynne.com/evolver/?p=328#comment-3 This image caught me. It follows a theme that jof has been exploring for over a year: Marbles and the interactions that they can create. BUT it is also completely unidentifiable--a non-representational abstraction of colors, textures, movement of lines that lets my eye explore possibilities. The Marble Experiment began in Portland, OR, Summer of 2008. In a shop window he saw a bowl of exquisite orbs of glass. He bought a handful or two. Soon he was passing them out around the city, leaving them with dinner tips, giving them out to anyone who seemed to need a bit of levity. The reactions of most people has been incredibly touching: A cheerful random gift presented with no expectation and jof's smile. When he got home from that trip, he found a place to order more marbles online...<a href="http://www.rainbowturtle.com/" rel="nofollow">Rainbow Turtle</a>, ironically located in Portland, OR. Since that Summer I'm sure jof has given away a thousand marbles...maybe more. Maybe he gave one to you? <blockquote>jofedit:2009/11/01 at 11:00pm</blockquote> This image caught me. It follows a theme that jof has been exploring for over a year: Marbles and the interactions that they can create. BUT it is also completely unidentifiable–a non-representational abstraction of colors, textures, movement of lines that lets my eye explore possibilities.

The Marble Experiment began in Portland, OR, Summer of 2008. In a shop window he saw a bowl of exquisite orbs of glass. He bought a handful or two. Soon he was passing them out around the city, leaving them with dinner tips, giving them out to anyone who seemed to need a bit of levity. The reactions of most people has been incredibly touching: A cheerful random gift presented with no expectation and jof’s smile. When he got home from that trip, he found a place to order more marbles online…Rainbow Turtle, ironically located in Portland, OR.

Since that Summer I’m sure jof has given away a thousand marbles…maybe more. Maybe he gave one to you?

jofedit:2009/11/01 at 11:00pm

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