Title
Falling Waters of the Kaaterskill
Artist
Terrance DePietro
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A vintage photograph, circa 1964, it captures much of the alluring qualities one expects to encounter, when stone-hopping in search of a haven of solitude offered by the Kaaterskill Creek. A creek of many temperaments, the Kaaterskill drops from the falls that shares its name; add, Haines Falls to the west and several ravens that cut through both sides of the clove - each of which being temporary propellants to the otherwise constant flows of the two major falls.
In this case the creek is much subdued; it has passed through the clove and its motifs: The Five Cascades, Bastion Falls, Fawns Leap, Wildcat Raven, La Belle Falls, The Caverns Naiad's Bath and other age old markers. It has further dropped several times within the enclave of Palenville and at this point barely stirs the leaves with its melody - but the visitor surely is moved by the foreign sounds of nature's bloodline. If I was not so moved, I might never have lingered long enough to appreciate the stage set by the canopy, its shadows and funnels of light cascading onto the water and stone, leaves, shrubs, weeds and their flowers... All blended, moved by zephyrs that follow the waters from high up on South Mountain and High Peak.
Had I appreciated it so, when first I clicked the shutter, more than fifty odd years from our mark of time? Surely not; but thankful I have found the long lost negative - perhaps tomorrow I will walk the creek to find the secluded memory!
20oct18 -tdp
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October 19th, 2018
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Nicole Lemelin
Being in a hurry yesterday, I come back today to complete my comment about your piece. I want to add that not only the image itself is beautifully done - the harmonious balance between each element, the dynamic exchange between the bottom and the top of the image that bring us into the eye of the composition itself (if I can say). All that makes it more and more inviting. The poetic description is so vivid we can follow your steps from the top of the mountain to the creek in Palenville. for those who have been there before for sure it is bringing a lots of nice memories. I also like your reflection on our unconscious 'captation' of perceptions at a specific moment in time and their resurgence in our life years later. What looking at an old picture can trigger? What sensibility if reveals? What memories? All interesting questions. There is more in that photograph that what meets the eyes, there is a personal, an individual and also collective memory that can be attach to it. To each of us it offers a place to reflect on our own 'unconscious perceptions', their role and how they affect us.
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