Abstractions of Cocktails

This work, abstractions of cocktails, is a silly diversion from my very serious study of the forms and rhythms of various flora. Although I regard the subject matter to be of little philosophical moment, the opportunity to see these forms in an abstract way reminded me that ALL art is abstract; it is always showing an aspect of a whole reality: a tone, color, mood, or synopsis of forms. To transform these objects is for me an intoxicating experience. Living, as I do, in Northern Virginia, where Elbow Bending is the local sport, surpassed in devotion only by fox hunting (an opportuniy to imbibe on horseback), I was delighted to accept the invitation to photograph these concoctions for an informal weekly newsletter, Friday, Finally. They have since taken over my mind and my spiris.