Normally I'd have instantly thrown a piece of rotten fruit away, but these days I find myself stopping to study a thing. Not sure a rotting tomato is actually aesthetically pleasing, but if you stop to really look at it, it is kind of fascinating.
For a moment, I thought maybe I was just becoming a little too weird with this whole looking-at-stuff-with-a-different-eye thing.
Am I employing an artist's eye?
I went looking for an answer...
You tell me: https://fineartamerica.com/art/rotten+fruit
Hmmmm indeed. I believe anything visible could be seen in an artistic manner. Not sure I would want a framed artistic item of rotted fruit hanging in my home though lol.
ReplyDeleteLOL. Me neither, Marsha. I wondered what is in the mind of a person who'd enjoy having such a picture on their wall, but I was fascinated looking at some of the photos at the link above.
DeleteBlech on the maggots! I guess I wouldn't have thought of trying to paint rotten things, but it would be an interesting challenge.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of with you, Debra. I was both fascinated and a bit squeamish about the photo of magots coming out of the apple. The quality of the photos is certainly amazing, I have to say.
DeleteThat's the idea behind still life painting. It's about mortality, so it includes fruit and fish and game in various stages from fully ripe to starting to decompose. Serious stuff.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very serious. I was looking forward to what you had to say, Liz.
DeleteI am not sure I can call this beautiful but it is interesting none the less.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have captured the inside of the tomato better, as it was fascinating. It was a little window into this tomato composting.
DeleteHmmm - intersesting! Who know there was a whole 'rotten fruit' thing out there. You, my friend, are in the elite group!!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I had no idea until I was writing this post. Who knew what serious talent lie in the rotting fruit photography world! :)
DeleteIt can be interesting to note what went wrong. So disappointing because it probably looked like a perfect tomato from the other side. Those bananas at the Fine Art site are not rotten. They are perfect for banana bread baking. 😏
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Vee, there were some bananas photographed that looked perfect for banana bread, but as I clicked through the pages, I noted some eerie looking mold on some others. Blech.
DeleteThere is a difference between disease rot and natural going bad rot. Blossom end rot in tomatoes is ugly, gives me the creeps.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, May, I didn't appear to have any disease in the garden with anything this summer. Kind of amazing to me. When I've tried to grow tomatoes and peppers in containers prior to this, I seemed to always deal with blossom end rot. This one tomato appeared to have been partially eaten by something and then left there to decay.
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