The Photographer as Artist – Creative Vocabulary
In this third article we continue our exploration of photography from the perspective of other artistic disciplines. The first article was The Photographer as Artist – Introduction. We introduced the idea that art stands on the Tripod of Artistry, three principles that are common to all arts. The first leg of the tripod, the expressive capabilities of the medium, were explored in The Photographer as Artist – Expressive Spectrum. In this article we will look at the second leg – the Creative Vocabulary.
Creative Vocabulary
We all know that to be an effective writer it helps to have a large vocabulary. It just stands to reason that the larger the writer’s vocabulary, the more effectively he or she can communicate. Poets probably have the greatest mastery of the language as that is the most condensed form of communication. This reaches its absolute zenith in haiku, that wonderful form of Japanese poetry that paints the most beautiful images in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables. Probably the most famous is this exquisite poem from the haiku master, Basho (1644 – 1694).
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