Field Notes

Rorschach Wilderness Blots

Among other things, an early morn­ing canoe pad­dle in the still waters of Lac Tay­lor in Gatineau Park, Que­bec last week reminded me just how medi­ated our expe­ri­ence of the world is. more →

As a species we seem dri­ven by a desire to make mean­ing, and this includes those things we per­ceive visu­ally. Faced even by mean­ing­less pat­terns like those cre­ated by clouds or flames our minds rest­lessly strive to make them meaningful.

Rorschach inkblots exploit this ten­dency, and our inter­pre­ta­tions of these images sup­pos­edly project some deeper con­cern. I took these snaps last week dur­ing an early morn­ing canoe pad­dle through still waters of Lac Taylor.

Do you see what I see? Or do you see some­thing else entirely?

♦ ♦ ♦

One Comment

  1. Peter Ball
    Posted September 13th, 2006 at 9:40 AM | Permalink

    Shanta,
    your pics remind me of the many times I have spent with fam­ily and friends at Tay­lor Lake — sum­mer and win­ter. Looks great.

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