Week 10: Passion | Intersections

Through the continual observing that is provoked by critical thinking throughout my graduate school experience thus far, I have noticed that I have a great passion for questioning and analyzing how things intersect with other things. Whether it is humans intersecting with other humans, humans intersecting with their surroundings, or maybe even how certain structures intersect with other structures, I find the ways in which these intersections happen to be particularly interesting because it makes me pay attention to the way things consciously or unconsciously exist in the world, and how these existences intersect with each other. Oh man, so many intersections.

On that note, what I am drawn to in this photo is the intersections of all the patterns, lines, and color. There is something that is very satisfying about predictability of a pattern, and for the rebellious part of me, I love when a pattern is interrupted. In particular what stands out to me is the shadow line that slices through the beige brick wall pattern, creating two different worlds of the beige brick wall: light and dark. The shadow is created from the sunlight hitting the red brick wall (left hand side of the photo) at an angle which creates the crisp line cast onto the beige brick wall. This contrast in particular stands out in the photo because there is such a drastic contrast between the light and dark within a small space. As I begin to observe other aspects of the photo, the intersections of other colors and more subtle patterns begin to emerge. These intersections are not as prominent however because the colors are closer to the natural world as humans are more accustomed to seeing it.