»What I love about Abstract Photography is that the image changes. Take a few steps back and you'll see a different picture. Get closer again and you'll discover something new.

Actually, before I even found Abstract Photography, I came to realize that this is the most direct and intuitive way to observe any form of art. From the whole to the detail and back to the whole, just to close in again.

Why? Because on the one hand, it kind of resembles how the artist works. But on the other hand, it guides the thought process involved. It circumvents not seeing the forest for the trees and indulges an individual discovery. And in some ways, the artist went through the same process. It's abstracted, of course, because it happens in reverse.

And this is actually one way to define art. The artist creating an imprint, the piece, capturing emotions, perception, character, the conscious and subconscious at a given time in life. And then there's the audience or observer decoding with the same mechanics involved. And these three ingredients, creator, work, and observer, are essential to art, like beginning, middle, and end to a story.

But the thought process seems to be the key. Especially in linear art forms like film, literature, music, or theater. Quite often, I don't remember exactly what happened, but I remember mood, emotion, and especially the back and forth of my own thoughts.

The back and forth of moving closer and farther away. The piece doesn't change, you do, and so does the piece.«