Light Shadow Inverse copyright Christian Brunoski
I recently had a conversation with my friend, Chaplin, and Poet, Jeff Brunoski. He had read a short piece by Langdon Hammer, titled John Koethe’s Red Shoes. (1) Later, Jeff sent me a copy of the article. The article begins with a quote from John Koethe, “I’ve always thought of poetry as a kind of inner soliloquy, reflecting the capacity for self-consciousness that makes us human.” Hammer reminds us that it is a reference to John Stuart Mill’s definition of poetry as “overheard speech.” The article proceeds to explore how the ebb and flow of Koethe’s inner life shaped his poetry moment to moment.
I can identify with Koethe’s inner soliloquy and adapt John Stuart Mill’s overheard speech to a photographic equivalent: a glimpsed tableau.
I asked how Jeff’s son, Christian, was doing in Berlin. Christian is an artist who works in various media, including photography. As it turns out, Christian had a photo, Light Shadow Inverse, displayed at the 2011 Alumni Juried Exhibition Recollections at Augsburg College. Jeff sent me a JPG of the photo as it was displayed.
When I saw it, I immediately wanted to share it here on my blog. I am intrigued by the shapes, textures, muted tones.