Well, one of my photographs was accepted. I am stunned given the volume and quality of the work that was submitted. Because the photos will be printed in large format for the show Digital Arts Studio, (Barry Gustaff) will have to examine each one for resolution requirements. I have my fingers crossed; it was a 22MB Tiff file so it should be OK, but you never know.
The title of this photo is Forster, hopefully prompting the viewer to think of EM Forster's Room with a View. It was meaningful to me back in 1986 when my little brother Wade died. This image is like an anchor point for me. It reminds me to remember gifts.
In Room with a Viewas in most of Forster's novels there is an underlying theme being expressed as the story of external events and circumstances being the catalyst that forces the main characters to a spiritual/emotional breaking point. A choice point where the path of blind retreat has been utterly destroyed, and the only available step forward is fearfully contradictory to every belief they have held dear about themselves and the world. It is the last second of the dark night of the soul; just before the dawning of awareness they may finally allow themselves to have a Room With A View. What had been held valuable and dear is now just as valueless as it had always been. What was perceived as valueless before is recognized as having been ever-present and, until now, rejected.
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