Cloud, collected and documented by Imke Rust
Remember the days during childhood, when we looked up at the clouds in the sky and imagined their shapes to represent all kinds of things?
Well, part of my life’s mission in the recent months was to reignite the lightness and playfulness of childhood in my life. I guess I cannot help it, I play best by being creative.
As part of my rainmaking experiments and research, I have been collecting clouds by photographing and documenting them. I have some great ideas for these photographs, but somehow, like so many of my ideas and projects, they have not yet found their way out into the world.
I find this frustrating, because I have so much fun working on different projects and I enjoy sharing them, because I know that many of my wors or projects are inspiring, intruiging or interesting for others.
When I was looking at the pictures of the collected clouds some time ago, I started seeing some figures in them and decided to take a moment to play the old childhood game. Instead of just imagining the animals and figures on my documented clouds, I decided to draw them onto the photographs in Photoshop. Those are the advantages of being an adult and having all these wonderful technical equipment and programs!
I had so much fun, that I spent quite a bit of time making more and more. As so often, also these fun images were saved in a folder on my computer and almost forgotten.
Maybe one day, the right time will come and I can present these projects in their full glory, printed, framed and exhibited in a cool venue… 🙂 Maybe a gallery or curator will invite me to show one or the other project.
Just, how will anybody know about all the wonderful things I have buried somewhere in a folder on my computer or in my studio, I wondered? If they have never seen them or read about them, they cannot possibly know.
Instead of storing and hiding my art and projects, I decided to try to get them up onto my webpage and out into the world. At least that way they people can see them and hopefully find inspiration or joy in them, no matter if I ever find a way to exhibit them in a proper space close to you.
So, here you go, I share my Wild Sky Cloud Creatures with you.
They are not my most important or serious project, by far, but I enjoyed working on them.
I hope that you might feel inspired to stop for a moment, remember your carefree moments as a child, look at the sky and marvel at the offerings it has for you!
Please click on the circles to see the full image.
Imke Rust 
SEHR SCHOEN
Danke! 🙂
I can’t say I ever played the cloud game because I always loved to lay under the stars. I loved the darkened skies and imagining all those stars, so far away, wondered what secrets they held from all the years observing us. When I look up now at night it seems like there are a lot less stars which I think has to do with all the light pollution, it makes it harder to see, but sometimes I wonder if we see less as adults.
That very first cloud photo looked like a fried egg to me, probably because I didn’t have breakfast yet when I first viewed it 🙂
Ok, today I had to reply to you with a whole new blog post… : https://imkerust.com/2014/09/17/walking-through-the-night-sky/ 🙂
I do think it has a lot to do with light pollution, as in Namibia I can see so many more stars in the city, and when you are out on the farm, away from the city, they become even more visible.
Wow, a whole post just to respond 🙂 You made me smile and blush. You are too kind!
You are such an inspiration and support to me, Indigo Spider, so I thought this is one small way to say thank you! – thank you!!!