Monday, June 8, 2009

Have you hugged a bear today?

Hey, Hot Shot winner Michelle Arcila says her work, "lives in an illusive world. It's a world where questions are never fully answered and ghosts wander each room only offering us a glimpse into what their lives may have been." Arcila's artist statement may explain why her photographs made me question things like, "Have you hugged a bear today? Tried on your antlers? Re-arranged your tea cups and family photos?" I enjoy photographs that create unreal and undefinable questions. Makes me stare a little longer, escape a little more and dream a little bigger. Check out more of Michelle Arcila on Flickr and her website.

Oh and by the way, I haven't hugged a bear today, unless you count my boyfriend! How about you?

18 comments:

  1. Fifi FlowersJune 8, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Re-arranged your tea cups photo is FAB... LOVE all those teacups!
    Sorry I have not visited in soooooo long... hope all is well with you... life has been crazee... kids have had medical issues... UGH!
    I will try to pop over more often... thank goodness for Twitter... I popped over from there.
    ENJOY your week!
    Fifi

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  2. Amanda NicoleJune 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    I love environments that evoke fantasy or a little bit of creative reality. These photos certainly do the trick!

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  3. JanJune 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    So funny. I actually hug a bear everyday. It has to do with our last name though. Barron....

    Great pictures.

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  4. seesaw designsJune 8, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    really loving the second image...so simple

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  5. LizzyJune 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    I am really digging her work, these are some mighty fine photos!

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  6. Diana June 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    the off-frames are amazing!

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  7. littlebyrdJune 8, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    Yeah, I like this too ~ especially the wall with pictures.

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  8. ticklishfromadistanceJune 8, 2009 at 7:15 PM

    Very cool work. No bear hugging today, either....

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  9. Michelle {lovely little things}June 8, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    If I count my boyfriend as the bear! :)

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  10. WaxyJune 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    I like the bear hug pic! :-)

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  11. Brittany | the Home GroundJune 8, 2009 at 11:48 PM

    Love these photos! Especially the antlers. I think I'll have to raid my dad's stash of antlers (he's a hunter) and do something with them in my home...

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  12. LeciawpJune 9, 2009 at 2:14 AM

    No bears here :) Lovely photos.

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  13. +Plus+June 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    fun!

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  14. naphtali June 9, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    I love that these photos enforce questions of "what their day-to-day lives must be"...

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  15. simplesongJune 9, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    cute post. great photos!

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  16. Laura @ the shorehouse.June 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM

    Well, I wrestled a bear today (that's code for the kind of day I continue to have at my job. Grrrr. But I keep telling myself I'm lucky to have a job.....)

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  17. Rebecca (Dog-Eared)June 13, 2009 at 2:38 AM

    oh, i wish i had! (only the bear was as friendly as that one appears, though..)

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  18. ambikaJune 14, 2009 at 11:52 PM

    What amazing photos. Love the antlers on the bed, so stark and lovely.

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