As I watch the March snow coming down I think about all the wonderful Victorian photography projects I plan for this season. But there is a part of me that also wonders why bother? I am at the age where I could do about anything with my time (working for money is not necessary anymore). So why go to all the work and expense to keep doing projects?

But then I come across the following thought from Andrew Claven:

Why go to all the trouble to create Victorian Art? Because art is “the spirit of creation moving in mankind”. God created the world; God created me. My creative action, no matter how small, is a reflection of the magnificence of my Creator!

So then creation is not work but rather a privilege – we create because we must! And every small creation that I make is a part of God’s total creation. The whole pattern is duplicated at smaller and smaller levels – a fractal!

“Poppie” is an Orotone (or Orotype if you prefer). This 8×10 photograph is from a 35mm film negative, hand printed on glass in pure silver. Then the silver is coated with gold and finally backed by another layer of gold color. So much work for a single image but so beautiful to see in person!