{"id":1871,"date":"2019-02-10T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1871-emergence.html"},"modified":"2019-02-10T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:06:00","slug":"emergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1871-emergence.html","title":{"rendered":"Emergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 --><a href=\"\/serendipity\/\" title=\"Robert&apos;s Ramblings\"><!-- s9ymdb:2539 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1677-1G2A6150.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen I first transited via Doha&#8217;s Hamad International Airport I was impressed by the large interactive bronze sculptures by American artist Tomm Otterness.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAt the time I captured some wide angle images of the pieces in context but did not really give them the attention they deserved. I did however notice they seemed to covered by odd little bronze protrusion, like fresh buds on a tree.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn my second visit I decided to explore these little bumps and was delighted to discover tiny little bronze figurines in all sorts of strange places and predicaments. I was so enamoured with these little people I create as set of images I call &#8216;The Bronzies&#8217;.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn &#8216;Emergence&#8217; I imagined a little bronzie living a life of darkness in a void beneath the ground knowing nothing of the world above until the day a hole appeared.<br \/>\nOn climbing out, in a single moment, I feel this scene represent excitement, fear, welcome, relief and joy.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt is delightful, whimsical and simply  beautiful. Thank you Tomm.  <br \/>\n<br \/>\nPhoto: Robert Rath, &#8216;Emergence&#8217; 1\/20s f\/3.2 ISO320 16mm<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first transited via Doha&#8217;s Hamad International Airport I was impressed by the large interactive bronze sculptures by American artist Tomm Otterness. At the time I captured some wide angle images of the pieces in context but did not really give them the attention they deserved. I did however notice they seemed to covered &#8230; <a title=\"Emergence\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1871-emergence.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Emergence\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}