<<<"As for the bird shit, that image has a number of contrasting abstract areas which really bother me as well. But with the print itself it seems easier to fool myself that those areas are irrelavent since the girl and the cat look very pleasing (and enough with that girl, already! she is really starting to bore the crap out of me...time to find a new girl...cutesy cheeks or not).">>>(posted 8816 days ago)Shawn, Perhaps this isn't worthy of pursuit, but in the interest of accuracy...my reference was not to the picture w/ the cat. The one I meant to discuss was titled "Kathbaby". I went back to look at it again. The dark "thing" is probably the back of the chair.
Intellectually, it seems unreasonable to me that a seemingly innocuous thing like this would so affect my enjoyment of this photo, and of course, others might not be so "sensitive" to it. But I believe, as the saying goes, that "Heaven is (often) in the details", and there is much more going on, when looking at an image, than intellectualizing.
I blocked the right-hand edge enough to cover the dark area...and instantly felt "freed" to enjoy the "nice photo of a pretty girl". When I took away the cover, The strong graphic element of the "dark zone" immediately began to "tug"at my attention. I would prefer a lighter-colored chair, or a lowered arm ( to close the dark gap). I think I'd choose the former...I like the "angled" arm, rather than one "hanging" straight down. So, resonable or not, I guess this is how my "perception/emotion"-system works! I'm kind of curious as to whether this typical or "a-".
<<<< As the song goes (Yep, Mt. Peart), "Where would you rather be?--Anywhere, anywhere but here. / When will the time be right?--Anytime but now..."...>>>>
I'm not sure of the relevance here, but I'm moved to comment that when I'm doing something I really love [at my drawing board..working on small-(water)craft design], I have no doubt that I'm exactly where I want to be...and the only thing wrong about the time is that there is not enough of it!