Still Life... Is Still Life

We are a multitude. All multicellular organisms are collectives. After "we" die much of this life goes on. Photographing months old flowers left over from my daughter's wedding I began to see powerful dynamic forces that I would have called a "life force" were it not for them being dead. This led me to new speculations about what it meant to "die" and conversely, what it means "to be alive". While the sense of self we identify with may "die" a large part of what constitutes our "life"...
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We are a multitude. All multicellular organisms are collectives. After "we" die much of this life goes on. Photographing months old flowers left over from my daughter's wedding I began to see powerful dynamic forces that I would have called a "life force" were it not for them being dead. This led me to new speculations about what it meant to "die" and conversely, what it means "to be alive". While the sense of self we identify with may "die" a large part of what constitutes our "life" lives on. The dance changes but a vital dance goes on. The photos have one eye on the classics and another on the contemporary appreciation we are developing for the non-human life that surrounds and sustains us all.