...and wash me down -

"Take Me to the River"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... I wanna know
won't you tell me
am I in love to stay ..."
- Al Green

An alternate version, as promised -

"Down by the Jetty"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Last weekend I posted a piece called "Take Me to the River". A companion piece grew out of that same creative session, I promised to show it soon and here you have it. I get a wrong side of the pier feeling when I study this and feel like I'm looking out over a brackish, weedy pond of still water. The framing element used here is not, as you might imagine, meant to be a frame, but to offer other elements of interest. Particularly along the bottom where, personally, I feel as though I've pulled onto the shoulder of the road and that I'm looking over the top of a guardrail. If there are comparisons to be made between the two images, I won't be the one to make them. The only commonality for me is that both images, as stated, arose from the same basic layers. I hope you enjoy them.

Something simple -

"Take Me To The River"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Something fast and easy for the Easter Weekend that's named after the classic song by Al Green. I have a story for this image too, but couldn't quite get to it, and had hopes of posting it at my Outer Dust Rings blog. Participation there is requested if you want to have a peek...oh, feel free to write me something for tonight's post after doing just that.