Yesterday, Andrea and I were chatting about taking photos of flowers. I take a lot of nature photos, and while I don’t post or share them all, the act of taking the photos has become a simple but inspiring meditation. We frequently hear the suggestion to “stop and smell the flowers” and I think this [...]
I ♥ comic books, web design, video games, road trips, thrift stores and old books.
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Itten, Johannes (1888-1967) - 1957 Composition in Orange and Blue-Green (Sotheby’s Zurich, 2010) by RasMarley on Flickr.
He who wants to become a master of colour must see, feel, and experience each individual colour in its many endless combinations with all other colours. Colours must have a mystical capacity for spiritual expression, without being tied to objects.Johannes Itten, The Elements of Colour (via thepeachblossomspring)
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Extract from The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten (1970).
‘Twelve steps of gray from white to black, and the twelve hues of the color circle in matching brilliancies.’