Seeing pairs in art and nature: LAPC

Seeing pairs of bronze bulls bash together in winter blizzards

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The Battle by Rip Caswell, High Desert Museum, Oregon

and a couple of cascades crashing down craggy cliffs

Shoshone Falls
Shoshone Falls, Idaho

Seeing two octopi slip and slide over seaside skyscrapers

Octopus mural
Octopus mural by Goonie Wolfe, Anthony Ortega, & TME Crew in Lincoln City, Oregon

and twin petaled perennials parading across a pond

perfection on the water
Waterlilies at Oregon Garden, Oregon

Seeing pairs of rustic rattles rumble in an ancient rhythm

Sasquatch's rattles
Sasquatch’s Rattle No. 1 and No. 2 by Phillip Cash Cash, Ph.D. (Nez Perce, Cayuse), High Desert Museum, Oregon

and duos of avocets dipping and dancing across desert lakes

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American Avocets at Summer Lake, Oregon

Lens-artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) – Perfect Pairs

19 thoughts on “Seeing pairs in art and nature: LAPC

  1. Here on Kiawah we have an Avocet Lane but I’d never seen the bird until your post. What a beautiful creature. Loved your choices this week especially the two octopi and the rattles.

    • Thanks, Tina! Avocets are such elegant birds. Glad you liked the octopi and rattles. I just took the rattle picture at the museum a couple of days ago. It’s part of an exhibit about Sasquatch.

  2. I love the two art pieces, both with horns in them. The first looked so real I thought you had somehow been there and managed to catch them in the middle of the fight. Although I suppose if it was live it would have been loud and terrifying, and this was a silent battle. On the same theme I have seen mummers clashing horns in the winter solstice ritual and I felt taken back to another more primeval time. I suspect those horn rattles would evoke a similar eerie feeling.

    • Thanks so much! Yes, the sculpture is very realistic looking. The antler rattles were my favorite piece in the exhibit at the High Desert Museum.

  3. Beautiful pairs! I love the Avocet one, they look like they could be dancing, so perfectly aligned. The mural is my favourite, the colours and style are just wonderful.

    • Thanks, Sofia! I love avocets. The mural picture was popular on this post. It’s a beautiful work of art. 🙂

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