Cracked 3
©2009 Craig Ashby
Digital Photograph

Cracked 3 is another beautiful photo of glass destruction. Sometimes things are prettiest in their failed state. Flowers and me are good examples.

I mean look at me in my total failure. I haven’t looked this good in years. Cracks and all. I look far younger than I actually am. Must be the magic.

Seriously this is a great layered piece. A piece that I wish I could have just cut out of the window and had framed. Using some special magic or technique to capture the reflected buildings would be hard but worth a try.

This is a great idea for exploration. How could I capture both the cracks and the reflection in the pieces on plexiglass? It would be hard without sampling both ideas as layers.

Then how would it look with real reflections? Is it worth experimenting with? I have mentioned that I have done this in the past with the brightly colored J-LOLV. But was it successful?

Then I become aware of how much is going on in my life right now. Will I ever get back to art? How long is this going to take? For now I should be satisfied with the work being this good.