The beauty in decay

Aafke
Aafke Posts: 1,219
edited January 2015 in The Art Wall
Well I like the contrasts in life. I believe therefor that there is beauty in decay. If you have pics with subscribe to this statement please share them here...

Light in choas photo kreta10_zpsff0e77bc.jpg
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"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
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  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    edited January 2014
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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Life goes on, on an old graveyard.

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Decayed bunker at the shoreline...

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Makes me think of the poem Ozymandias..

    Beautiful!
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    I don't know the poem, but i'll look it up, thanks for the compliment.
    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
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    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Decay in all its beauty

    Decay photo IMG_2776_zps1d2ab131.jpg
    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    The decay of Don Quichotte

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Menage

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
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    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    (In)mortality

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
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    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    In Nature there's also a lot of decay just look around you in the autumn...

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Broken pieces of Ice on the frozen lake...

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    60 second graveyard...

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    The Storm Inside

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Destroying Cat

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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    Nice thread. Great pictures among the ones you posted.
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

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