Word and image

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

The photographer Seiichi Nomura, who produced the Kenshin images in the Dragon Incarnate photobook, takes beautiful pictures which often make Gackt seem very untouchable.  The tones in this image, which is taken from the 2009 desk calendar, reminded me very strongly of the colours found in shadows on snow;  you can see the same slightly exaggerated effect in many Impressionist paintings of snow scenes.  It has been snowing here (southern UK) today and, from the idea of snow and untouchability, came the words, which are mine.  The original image is presumed copyright to Dears unless retained or jointly owned by Nomura. 
 

Comments

[chikotori.livejournal.com]

YOU HAVE SNOW *jealous* :P

What a dreamy picture...if only I have snow falling outside my window to go with it...

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Hello! The snow was mostly in the air, whisking about in all directions, although there was about 1 cm on the ground this morning too. However, it's not the sort of snow that you can ski on so don't get too upset about missing it!

You've hit on a very good word to describe Nomura's Gackt productions: "dreamy". That's exactly what they are: you kinda know that they are not real but the colours and impression are hypnotic and memorable. Reminds me of Ravel's music because of the similar trance-like quality. The desk calendar IS beautiful and I get a kick out of having it sitting on my office desk looking entirely out of place and d*mn proud of it!

Funnily, the calendar was a much LIGHTER (in weight) package than I was expecting and this little surprise is so like the photos: they are lighter than expectation/reality which only increases the sense of them being part of that dream that you can never quite get your hands on.

If we have any real no-dream-nonsense snow here, I'll take a picture for you ;)