I can take no credit for that image, other than the fact that I took the photo. Here’s how the original photo looked before I did some computer magic with it:
It looks good as a silhouette (although I now see that another pesky dust particle has crept into my camera). I wanted to know what kind of bird it was, so I brought it over to a photo editing app called PS Express to bring out some of the detail. Then I noticed that you can augment or enhance the background of the photo and, ooh! Look! Watercolor background! Is it still art if all you did was make some editing choices? You may weigh in on that deep philosophical question if you’d like. It feels like cheating to me.
Art Implied or Applied?
The bird, he was anonymous,
A mysterious black silhouette
“Twas an app that made his image clear:
A sparrow in a pirouette.
But that’s not all that this app did;
It wasn’t done interfering.
A pastel sky it drew out of its hat,
And flung it into the clearing.
There was no artist with a brush,
No palette of purples and golds…
Just a soulless app in the hands of a hack
But oh, what wonders it holds!
This has been Watercolor Wednesday…or has it? I’m having an existential crisis! Or am I?
I’ll probably delete this in the morning…or will I? Is anything really deleted?
Lynniebeemuseoday 
Hi Lynnie – DON’T delete it – FRAME it! It’s a bird, it’s a tree, it’s the sky: the fingerprints of The Creator and those who are created in His Image. At least that’s my two cents worth. Keep on Bloggin’..!
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Every time you comment on my blog, I realize anew how much I enjoy your writing. It makes me think back to those days when we used to write letters to each other. I miss that. If I write a letter to you, will you write back? Also, do you have any creative outlets for your own writing? Thanks for your encouraging feedback. ❤️
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“a soulless app in the hands of a hack” … now that’s a memorable phrase.
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