Rose of the Winds in Collage

The chart is a map; with its aid we locate and fix a point on the ocean, in the heavens, or at a crossroads in the city’s heart.

Rose of the Winds (2012). Digital collage created & copyright © by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.

The compass is also a map, albeit a small one. The thirty-two points of direction that spider across the compass card, forming the Rose of the Winds, are more lasting than any geographic features drawn on other maps. Coastlines wash away, mountains erode, and lakes dry up; but the cardinal points of the compass remain unchanged in the mind and heart, awaiting their next use.

And we never truly understand any map of any region, until we have imposed the small map of the compass upon it.

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• stevebethere June 26, 2012 at 9:50 am edit

  That is stunning

  ps. I don’t know what it is but every week I get errors when adding to your linky and commenting

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 6:05 pm edit

    Steve, please see my message on your second post. Sorry for all the trouble you’ve had accessing my linky. Please see my message in reply to your later comment.

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• stevebethere June 26, 2012 at 10:02 am edit

  That is stunning

  Have a great WW! & week

  ps. The last few weeks I have had problems trying to add my link and comment here, this is my second attempt this week (fingers crossed LOL)

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm edit

    Thanks for your kind words, Steve!

    I’m sorry you keep getting error messages. I’ve gotten both of your postings: this one and the last without any problems.

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    • stevebethere June 27, 2012 at 10:30 am edit

      Eric

      That is weird I got a message on both occasions saying your website was offline without a link to return to it.

      At least you got the comments in the end heheh!

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      • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 2:21 pm edit

        Sorry, Steve! That’s the Internet for you: up one moment and down the next. Thanks for bearing with us.

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• Tomas Karkalas June 26, 2012 at 10:52 am edit

  Thank you for the picture. It’s life there, though more colorful than our pale days, yet comforting.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm edit

    Thanks very much for visiting and leaving your kind comment, Tomas! I look forward to visiting your blog and looking at your new work.

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• Joyce June 26, 2012 at 10:55 am edit

  Very cool once again.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:59 pm edit

    Thanks very much, Joyce–have a great WW!

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• blogger broadcast June 26, 2012 at 11:04 am edit

  Awesome. Love the bright colors as always.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm edit

    Thanks very much for your visit and kind comment!

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• SELF SAGACITY June 26, 2012 at 11:09 am edit

  What do you think the look in her eyes are saying?

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm edit

    I don’t know, but I’d give much to find out…Have a happy WW, and thanks for visiting and leaving a comment!

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• Cafe au lait June 26, 2012 at 11:49 am edit

  Happy WW! Thanks for hosting.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:57 pm edit

    Happy WW to you as well–it’s my pleasure to host. Thanks for visiting!

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• Theresa June 26, 2012 at 1:50 pm edit

  Thanks for hosting again this week! Happy WW!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm edit

    My pleasure, Theresa; thanks for your visit and your comment!

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• Robin from Israel June 26, 2012 at 2:01 pm edit

  Beautiful colors!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:55 pm edit

    Thanks, Robin–glad you like them!

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• alissa apel June 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm edit

  That’s pretty cool that the background has an element that repeats in the foreground.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm edit

    Thanks, Alissa! That’s definitely what I was aiming for, and I’m grateful to you for mentioning it. I wanted to create a kind of visual vibration through repetition.

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• aquariann June 26, 2012 at 3:59 pm edit

  Beautifully written description and eye-grabbing collage!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:54 pm edit

    Thanks, Aquariann! Have a great WW.

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• momto8blog June 26, 2012 at 4:45 pm edit

  pretty amazing!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm edit

    Thanks! Have a great WW.

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• AVCr8teur June 26, 2012 at 5:24 pm edit

  Nice drawing. Rough weather ahead, but the compass still points north.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm edit

    Thanks very much for the compliment; I wish it were a drawing, but it is a collage of engravings that were done in the 19th century. And you’re right: the compass still points north, thank goodness!

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• LifeRamblings June 26, 2012 at 6:09 pm edit

  lovely colours and eye-catching. have a great WW.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 7:34 pm edit

    Thanks very much–I hope you have a very happy WW!

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• Brandi June 26, 2012 at 7:59 pm edit

  So neat! Love the colours Lately I’ve had trouble commenting on your WW posts I get an error page saying your page isn’t online or something? Hopefully this week it will let me post Happy WW!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 8:51 pm edit

    Thanks for your kind comment, Brandi! I’m sorry you’ve had error messages; at my end, all of your comments have posted successfully during all the weeks preceding this one. Thanks for your patience!

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• Paula J June 26, 2012 at 8:41 pm edit

  So interesting! Almost reminds me of a snowglobe

  Paula
  lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm edit

    Thanks very much for your comment–what an interesting thought!

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• Danielle @ Royalegacy June 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm edit

  Your post are always something to look forward to every Wednesday. Thanks!

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 10:11 pm edit

    Thanks very much, Danielle!

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• Jeanna June 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm edit

  Wow, how intricate.

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  • Eric Edelman June 26, 2012 at 10:12 pm edit

    Thanks for your kind comment, Jeanna!

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• Daryl - My Eyes June 27, 2012 at 4:41 am edit

  Always an amazing composition .. cleverly composed and executed

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  • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 11:59 am edit

    Thanks, Daryl! I appreciate your kind comment, and I’m glad you liked this piece.

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• Homemom3 June 27, 2012 at 8:21 am edit

  Happy WW! Her eyes look as if they are saying “great not again.” As far as the rain, I wish we would get some.

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  • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 11:57 am edit

    I sincerely hope she’s not feeling that bummed out! As for the rain, I’d gladly give you some of ours, but the delivery system hasn’t been perfected yet. Sorry, but I hope you had a great WW.

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• Helen June 27, 2012 at 11:46 am edit

  Love the vintage woman in this one

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  • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 2:18 pm edit

    Thanks very much, Helen!

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• Jeshurun June 27, 2012 at 9:01 pm edit

  Personally, I perceive A More Spiritual Connotation in this particular collage. To the left, I see a man of great spiritual faith who properly perceives The True Power Of The Macroverse - fully surrounding him… To the right, I see the modern man wielding his own umbrella to subjectively protect himself from the elements that he perceives as being primarily antagonistic… While The Compass Itself, points straight up between them; and indicates that neither of them are entirely correct in their own personal assumptions!

  But, of course, I see spiritual things where others usually can’t….

  Great Job, Eric!

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  • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 9:12 am edit

    Thanks for your thoughtful comment! I agree with you that this collage has an underlying spiritual meaning, as I feel many of them do; I don’t regard them as totally my creations, but rather as conversations with a Higher Power: a kind of co-creative give-&-take, with each of them having its own particular message to convey. I’m fascinated by your interpretation, and look forward to pondering it further.

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• Brenda June 28, 2012 at 6:06 am edit

  Beautiful art and colors.

  Brenda

  Bouncing on Words
  Life Less Ordinary
  From my Points of View

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  • Eric Edelman June 29, 2012 at 11:58 am edit

    Thanks for your visit and comment, Brenda!

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