Green men and other creatures

[loripo]

I saw Diggleken's Clay Man in the Wildlife Art Gallery, he doesnt seem to have posted it yet, so I wont do that here, but it reminded me of a photo I took of
a tree trunk with a Green Man.

The other one I only did a few days ago with a program on our school system, which does a 'reflection' and I tried the tree in the playground.
See how many creatures you can see. There is a Green Lion at the top, and a sort of batty/mothy creature.
Hope it's big enough to see

[ChrissyMarie]

It is wicked I can see lots of faces in there but then I am of the imaginitive variety, it comes naturally. The one at the bottom looks like a googly eyed camel, lol.
I also saw the green man in the Gallery which I think is lovely. Somehow, the green man image always makes me smile, I really like it. Yet strangely although I have done a lot of work where I have incorporated trees as houses for sprites and fairies, I don't think I have ever given one faces as such, perhaps it is time I did although I couldn't do a Diggleken. I simply fail miserably at anything to do with clay!
I also like your photograph Loripo, there is a good challenge for the season ~ photo's of tree faces! they will be appearing more as the leaves fall.

[loripo]

I have asked if we can show the Clay man. I have a couple of reconstituted stone replicas of Green Men from cathedrals, and it looks like those. I wanted to use the scanner to make a green man, but bits kept wobbling so I did this one - not sure if it might be an owl??

It needs a background like Martin's funguys to make it look more sinister

[Jim Ford]

It's called 'pareidolia' - see:

Pareidolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim

[loripo]

Thanks - that's interesting. I didn't know there was a word for that - I'll browse thru that later. My daughter sent me a link to the Cloud spotters site where there have some strange photos, like the pig with five legs in the clouds.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by loripo

Thanks - that's interesting. I didn't know there was a word for that

There's a word for everything - probably including 'the not-knowing there's a word for something'!
;^)

Jim

[Andestine]

Lori,

Your Rorschach Green Man is magnificent! And your assemblage truly inspiring
OK Lori, now I want to go out into the garden and make a Green Man of my own …..or……I've just had another idea.....I’ll be back with a newly born Green Man by sunset

I’m a member of the The Cloud Appreciation Society – have the books and all I’ve got this thing about the weather – spend hours poring over synoptic charts <g> Is your daughter a member too? It’s a lovely site, well worth a visit.

[Andestine]

There's a word for everything - probably including 'the not-knowing there's a word for something'!
;^)

That would be 'senility' wouldn't it, Jim?

Sometimes we have to trawl through several other languages to find what we want. For instance, I’ve never found a single word in English to correspond with ‘frisson’ when describing that delicious feeling that runs up the spine when in the presence of exceptional beauty - especially nature and music, in my case

Pareidolia was a new one on me too. I’ve known of the activity it describes ever since I read some of da Vinci’s notebooks. Ref.

"If you look at walls that are stained or made of different kinds of stones you can think you see in them certain picturesque views of mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, broad valleys, and hills of different shapes. You can also find in them battles and rapidly moving figures, strange faces and costumes, as well as an infinite number of things."

He talked at length about the technique and it’s a great way of getting ideas for fantasy work.

When I get obsessed with art, I don’t miss a moment. I even kept a sketchbook and pencil in the loo once There was a rug on the floor, and the pile was constantly shifted about by people coming and going. Whenever I looked at it, I saw different things, so one day I decided to draw them. Not great art, but certainly great fun <g>

[ChrissyMarie]

Originally Posted by loripo

I have asked if we can show the Clay man. I have a couple of reconstituted stone replicas of Green Men from cathedrals, and it looks like those. I wanted to use the scanner to make a green man, but bits kept wobbling so I did this one - not sure if it might be an owl??

It needs a background like Martin's funguys to make it look more sinister

I love it! great minds think alike and I confess I was having similar thought about an "Autumn man". I had conjured one up in paint with berries, acorns, twigs and things You have beat me to it and it looks great, it does look somewhat owl like but somehow owls are very fitting as we approach halloween

Now, I will go and check out Jim's link...

[loripo]

Come on! I've shown you mine now you have to show me yours