Here So Lightly

The Photography of Bill Guild

The truth of life is that everything is always changing. Nothing stays the same. All is impermanent. Anything that comes into form, whether it be a molecule, a living being, a planet….anything…eventually disappears. It is only an illusion that things are meant to last forever. As far back as 2600 years ago it was said that we humans are made of trillions of particles that rapidly come and go. Today science confirms this and demonstrates that these particles are mostly empty space. We and our world are much less solid than it appears.

In “Here So Lightly”, I have used the properties of a primitive pin-hole lens coupled with a high resolution camera to subtly deconstruct our everyday reality. The effect is further enhanced by carefully selecting a watercolor paper treated to create an archival printing medium. People and objects take on an ethereal quality. Subjects may step off a defined path or exist only on the margins of the frame. Knowing this to be the true nature of our earthly experience, how then do we live our lives?

"Here So Lightly" Exhibition

Images in the Exhibtion

Love Vanishes Into The Sky

Let The Sea Become You

Love, Pulling Like The Ocean

Waiting For Neptune

Merging Into Joy

Meditation In Silence

We Can Soar In All Worlds

The Soul Loves To Soar

Cherish The Silence

Unfold Your Own Myth

Open To The Infinite

Embrace This Strange Journey

Only Love Remains

We Have No Idea Who We Are

There Is No Place To Get To

Searching For The Light

Creation Happens Mysteriously

The Soul Craves Emptiness

Meaning Speaks In The Silence

We Exist In The Shadows

Existence Is Not Only In This World

Whoever Brought Us Here Will Have To Take Us Home

To view additional works by Bill Guild or to make a purchase, please view the individual artist's portfolio by clicking "Bill Guild" in the box entitled "ARTISTS" located towards the upper right-hand side of every page .

To request additional images (framing detail, etc.) of any one piece/pieces, please email naacogallery@gmail.com or call the gallery, 413.664.4003

Created - 10/02/2011 | Last Updated - 10/05/2011

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