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Tulip fields forever

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This is what the Beatles would have hallucinated if they lived in Holland :laughing:

But seriously folks. I wasn't sure if i wanted to submit this (oh no, not ANOTHER tulip pic!), but something about it that keeps me looking at it. i suppose it's the sheer number of tulips...and to think, i only captured a small section of this field :)

It got me thinking though...and that led me to a somewhat interesting analogy. To me, an artist's mind is like a tulip field, and each of his/her ideas is a tulip. That is to say, they are countless, and they will keep regenerating, as long as new bulbs (inspirations) are planted. Which led me to think about my views about artists rights and royalties (i'll spare you that talk for another time), and also the ripping "paranoia" that is sometimes evident at DA...which sometimes manifests itself in big honking watermarks ruining an otherwise perfectly fine piece of art. Anyway. The point i wanted to make is that, it is my belief that a true artist's mind is, indeed, as a tulip field, as it should fulfill the criteria i mention above: 1. countless ideas, and 2. sources of inspiration to generate new ideas once old ones are used. With this in mind, it seems to me that the fear of getting ripped is a bit of a moot point. We all know it's inevitable, as soon as you post your work on the internet, on a public site viewable by the world....even with a huge watermark, you can get ripped, period. But..any artist knows, they can rip your works but they can't rip your mind.

They can steal a tulip from me but they can't steal my tulip field.
So, this photo is a tribute to the artist's mind.

(oh and no more tulip photos for a while, i promise :D)
Image size
990x670px 635.58 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D70
Shutter Speed
10/2500 second
Aperture
F/16.0
Focal Length
200 mm
Date Taken
Apr 17, 2005, 4:41:46 PM
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frescendine's avatar
Beautiful composition!