Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny.
Carl Schurz (1829-1906, German-American revolutionary, soldier, statesman, reformer, and journalist)
Talisman of Direction (2011). Digital collage created & copyright © by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.
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The Talisman of Direction looks like an overview of the stressful today and reveals its beauty. This artwork knocks on the heart. The picture as inspires as challenges . Therefore I tweeted your post and am glad to leave my feedback now. Thank you.
Best wishes from grateful art-hiker
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Thanks very much for your visit and your kind comment, Tomas! Your own artwork is always inspiring. I look forward to seeing your future pieces.
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Hi Eric – I was looking at the design and just wondered if that’s actually a fractal? I can’t quite remember the excta definition of a factal though, so thought I’d ask…
Hi Mo, and thanks for your visit and question. No, it’s not a fractal, but it is somewhat reminiscent of one. In photomanipulation software, I duplicated the basic shape on a new layer a couple of times, scaled the copied shapes to be smaller, and played with their color schemes and that of the main shape, then flattened the layers and saved the picture as a JPEG when I was satisfied with it.
It looks like the one’s i see in a kaleidoscope. It looks great actually. Nice artwork there!
Thanks for your visit and your comment!