Writing

Thanks all critiques.

Beautiful image!

There is something interesting about this image. It seems to portray that education leads you into a corner with no escape. I am quite sure that is not what you intended but it is what I see.

the elderly scribe is looking into the corner, so, in the purely abstract sense it's a story about convergence rather than being about the model. even the english words don't give any clue (to me) about the subject of the text, except that they are very deliberately wrought. david is right, it's certainly interesting, tho i'm ambivalent about the corner. there is apparently something kinda zen about calligraphy-- as witnessed by the great oriental painters with their practiced spontaneity and the exhaustively intricate renderings of medieval decorators of biblical texts. it may have something to do with mortality-- coming to one's end-- for only one line remains for the aged and dutiful stenographer of cryptic knowledge. anyway, what the hell: it's fun to consider, and that makes a great photograph! cheers.

What a great capture with nice aov. What language was he writing? Polish by any chance?