Images which evoke different feelings

While my blog is mostly of visual arts, it's also a journal that I'm compiling in relation to my course.  My first unit is about producing drawings to communicate ideas, and there are various activities involved.  The first activity is about gathering resources and inspiration.
So, in breaking the resources down:

• What I currently have on hand are pencils, paint, brushes, sharpener and eraser
• Art paper
• Digital media software
• Workspace for my laptop is my dining table, as it provides good natural light without glare
• I also have an outdoor setting under an enclosure for other forms of creative inspiration
• I'm collecting a digital media library which is kept on my laptop

Now for the fun part - images!
There are five to choose from which invoke differing feelings, what I love, what I hate, what I don't understand, what I think is really out there and what gets me in deep down.  The first image of this series is what I don't understand:

While I bear in mind that this is an image the artist understands, I can't see anything beyond scribble and I don't understand its value or content.  The link from where I provided the image is below:
Claude Heath

The next image I've chosen is of my own creation some years ago and what I love.  My source of inspiration for this image was Carl Jung, the renowned psychiatrist who also happened to be a rather gifted artist.  My image is of separate images within the image itself, which was made to hang as either a square or a diamond, and the main feature is that of the centralised cross which has the cross quarter points of a compass and can be hung diagonally to feature the cardinal points of a compass.

Image number three is also one of my own creations, hand drawn with a mouse and what continues to invoke in me a deep spiritual meaning which is intrinsic to my personal development and growth.
While the pentacle is one of the suits depicted in a Tarot deck, it also lends itself to the meaning of head, arms, legs and the nerve centre.  The colours are of a receptive and reflective nature.

Image number four inevitably addresses something that I don't like in terms of its style.  While I can understand how colour is brought in to make the image less dull, I see nothing of the facial features.  It could be seen to represent how a person would think and I would be looking into the mind, it reminds me of a mask, the face that's deliberately hidden.

The final image I chose is what I've long considered to be out there as it evokes so many meanings, elements, emotions and depth in its use of image, colour and its exploration of various concepts within this image.  The image is from the album cover of King Crimson's second album In the Wake of Poseidon, created back in 1970.  There is magic and mystery, history and mythology associated with culture, night and day, young and old, bright and dark, sharp and blurred, thought and immediately striking at the same time.


The next part of this activity is of images that I have found and am able to reference, five in total:

This amazing fractal image incorporates multiple spirals using and assortment of colours.  Each spiral is definitive in its curvature and clarity, and I can personally see that being made as a cake, as it reminds me of decorative icing.

Link to the creator's blog can be found below:
Agate Lady

I have to admit that there is a soft spot for impressionist paintings, as there is a softer edge to how the painting is constructed, while not limiting in use of colour and scope.  This image is called the Rain is Gone, and while the wet ground hasn't completely dried up, there is still an opportunity for this couple to walk through this colourful forest.  Is it purposeful in terms of a destination or are they wandering through in a place where they can simply enjoy each other's company and their surroundings?  From where they came is in the distance and it gives the impression of going on for a very long time.
Link below:
Images by Bing


I've just stumbled upon this beautiful image, depicting who I believe to be Ostara, the Germanic Goddess of springtime.  Ostara is celebrated by Pagans during the time of the Spring Equinox - March in the northern Hemisphere and September in the Southern.  Ostara is always seen with rabbits, from where the legend of the Easter bunny and the egg hunt derives.  Interestingly, there is a similarity to the word Ostara and Easter, although it's not generally known where the word Easter itself comes from.
What grabbed me about the image is its warmth in its earthiness and muted colours, along with the love given between woman and animal.
Link below:
Goddess and Green Man

 I love spinning wheels, and I love spinning my own wool.  Although my wheel is made from wood, it's a more commercial design whereas the impression I get from this wheel is how it's a clever once off, using branches from trees, carving and shaping in a fashion to make a unique and functional piece of equipment.

Link below:
Home and Garden

Where I live on the South Coast of New South Wales, this migratory bird graces our wetlands and was one of the birds I saw for the first time when I moved to the area nearly six months ago.  Although the colour is darker than the bird's normal appearance, it is striking nonetheless.  I knew immediately which bird it was before I read its name as the sharp yellow beak is recogniseable, along with the distinctive white marks in the feathers.
Link below:
Leslie Vandersluys






The last part of this activity entails collecting a box of objects which are all different in texture and evoke four different emotions. 


From my back yard, I get leaves from the bottlebrush and bluegum trees.  I love the smell of eucalyptus that they emit when I use them for dyeing wool and slow cook them.  They are the smells of the bush which have been with me since childhood.  I bought a fluorite wand crystal some years back and I love its polished smoothness and colour which is associated with healing.  I have a wooden branch which is both smooth and rough and I think of those times when I like carving with them to make wands and staves.  The last pieces added to my box are a bunch of feathers I found on my walk this afternoon.  I grew up with birds, as my father was a breeder who kept aviaries of different types, and although my father passed away many years ago now, his memory is always with me, and especially so with the birds that I always see.