Jan 30, 2013

Aerial Fancies

Tulip Farm - Netherlands via True Activist, aerial photography
"Tulip Farm - Netherlands", photographer unknown

aerial photography of tulip farms in the Netherlands
"Tulip Farms of Holland", photographer unknown

"San Francisco Bay salt flats" by Michael Layefski - beautiful aerial kite photography
"San Francisco Bay salt flats" by Michael Layefski
"Potash evaporation ponds with blue dye near Moab, Utah..." by Kevin Beebe - aerial desert photography
"Potash evaporation ponds with blue dye near Moab, Utah..." by Kevin Beebe
"Evaporation Ponds" by Jesse Varner - Moab, Utah - blue colored pools in the desert, aerial photography
"Evaporation Ponds" by Jesse Varner

Aerial vantage points provide the oddest perspectives.  Once upon a time I was standing tiptoes on a chair in the kitchen trying to reach a far-away basket of snacks.  Up on the chair, I discovered that the top of the fridge was caked with a fine layer of fudgy kitchen dust. It was the first time I noticed that our old blue and green rug showed a flock of some birds eating berries.         

In a roundabout way, we arrive back to tulips in Holland with my favorite duo of design - Charles and Ray Eames' Powers of Ten (1977). This amazing and a legendary little film, which profoundly ponders structure and scale, was based on the essay "Cosmic View" by Dutch scholar Kees Boeke.




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