Tuesday, October 15, 2019

It's Never Just A Chair

I love to photograph chairs. An empty chair speaks volumes about the past and about potential. People sit in chairs. The more people, the more energy accumulates in them and they seem to take on a life of their own.

Some chairs are so welcoming and others seem downright sinister. Some chairs, once you look at them you dive right in to feel their comfort and ease. Other chairs, look lonely and one wonders who cared to even sit in it last. There are chairs that you just know you best not sit in because they were the favorite chair of a  past possessive owner.
 A chair doesn't have to be a fancy throne to be magical. Once you sit in certain chairs, the flood of potential and beauty overwhelms you and you find a smile working its way across your face. Is it the place the chair is in that gives it its magical aura? Why is it when we sit, we seem to own that space? We seem to rule that square footage of ground and all that surrounds it.

I often think of the necessity of thrones. Thrones are nothing more than very fancy chairs that when a designated person sits in it, it connotes dominion, ownership and power over a certain space -- a kingdom. When I sit in a chair in the middle of nowhere, I feel I am the Queen of all I survey.

Chairs are never just a piece of furniture. Chairs always bring with them their own emotional baggage and archetypical messages.
 I also take into account the number of chairs. A single chair reminds me of the Hermit card in the Tarot. We sit to listen. We get our other senses out of the way. We make our body sit so we no longer have the distraction of standing. We not only command from a chair (throne) we also are there to gain knowledge and wisdom -- to sit quietly, to listen and to learn.

The darker side of a single chair are the feelings of loneliness, despair or a creepy feeling of an occupant that watches our every move attentively.

A chair has the function of having someone sitting in it. Our mind connects the function and fills in the gaps. This creates very interesting emotional effects when photographing chairs.
Having a couple of chairs with a refreshing brew speaks volumes. It evokes feelings of friendship, good times and sunny summer days. Two chairs have the feeling of friendship, collaboration and relationship. On a darker vein, two chairs can connote plotting and scheming.

 A room full of fo chairs can be very disconcerting. The feeling of judgment is primary. One gets the uneasy feeling of being outnumbered by like-minded people.

Remember -- A chair is never just a chair... .

Take Care!
Viki
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It's Never Just A Chair

I love to photograph chairs. An empty chair speaks volumes about the past and about potential. People sit in chairs. The more people, the ...