{"id":3434,"date":"2022-03-28T07:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2022-03-28T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:39:25","slug":"altered-horizons-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/altered-horizons-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Horizons 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There was an eye in the middle of the underside of a steel chute at the gravel pit. In a world where landscapes are riddled with security cameras, I did not question its presence. We\u2019re always being surveyed and recorded. Possibly even in the remotes of a sand and gravel quarry, I thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Photoshop, the only thing I added to the image was the frame that I pieced together from my photos of nearby gravel-transporting equipment. Also, I lightened up the dark steel to bring out its texture. Rusted metal can be so beautiful; it can be so depressing. But that eye\u2014it was such a docile eye, a bit like that of an adoring pet\u2014it almost turns the tiny industrial landscape into a portrait.<\/span><\/p>\n

Altered Horizons 45<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was an eye in the middle of the underside of a steel chute at the gravel pit. In a world where landscapes are riddled with security cameras, I did not question its presence. We’re always being surveyed and recorded. Possibly even in the remotes of a sand and gravel quarry, I thought. In Photoshop, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2254],"tags":[2374,2259,705,2271,976,2312],"class_list":["post-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-h","tag-altered-horizons-45","tag-coping-with-change","tag-dealing-with-depression","tag-fabricated-landscapes","tag-grief-and-loss","tag-upended-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t