Week #5: X

This is a photo of the sky on a rainy evening, with two spotlights intersecting to form an X through the air. I went to the hollywood bowl amphitheater to see a concert by my favorite band, Bon Iver. On this particular night, the air was cool and the rain came and went as the band played on. I looked up for a moment and saw that the sky and the clouds looked ferocious, yet beautiful. This image that I photographed mirrored the mood of that evening, as the electronic music blasted in simultaneously harsh and beautiful ways. Another similarity between the image and the music was the ambiguous, enigmatic nature that they both exuded. While I find this image striking and powerful, it is indefinable and abstract. It is almost like a painted canvas, with many different textures and colors, creating a dense and muddy scene. This scene is interrupted by the sharp, clean rays of light from the spotlights. I can imagine this image serving as a backdrop for a dynamic dance piece set to a dramatic score.