one or seven sevenths

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These 7 collages (17 eds. á 7.77 tezos) were all created by digitally combining, in various ways, the same two photos of clouds/powerlines and forest undergrowth (the above and the below).

The number 7 looms large in many cultures, stemming from the significant roles that it plays in the major religions of the world. Myriad examples include God resting on the 7th day, the 7th son, and 7 of each of the following: deadly sins, levels of purgatory, sacraments, heavens, steps, chakras, gods of luck, factors of awakening, etc.

This collection extracts such darkness from the photos, and in the subjective nature of the resulting images, that there is no single and correct objective interpretation. And you would also not be wrong in seeing light and hope in them.

Best viewed from left to right, from top left (oldest/first) to bottom right (newest/last).

777

seven

sevenths

sibling rivalry and corporal punishment

inflammatory rhetoric

schadenfreude

whistling past the graveyard

no atheists in foxholes

these violent ends

as above, so below