Why What Works (Luminous Landscape), a comment

I think there's a lot of confusion because people take insights, or guidelines as if they were rules. Following rules creates a conforming image, but not necessarily an inspired one. Passion, empathy, aesthetic are more than rules, they are the product of our life experiences.

Consider "gesture" and "implication." Are they rules? How do we ensure these elements in an image? Or are they simply observations that cannot be taught, but grow in our minds as a result of observation and participation in the surrounding life? Is there a recipe for inserting implication in an image?

I think it was an interesting read in the sense of finding words to describe different aspects of an image, to put a finger on that je ne sais quoi. But I do not think that someone who was not able to see the "implication" before will suddenly become sensitive to it after reading the article.

Vlad