Part of what defines us as human is the interactive processes between memory, emotion and imagination



These images are from the same scene, a park conservatory viewed across a small, ornamental lake.  The scene is familiar in my memory as a landmark denoting proximity.  Both are images of perception rather than representation.  I find it difficult to articulate the associated emotional tags except to state that for me, the first image evokes a calm, still feeling of security, the second is a challenge to the first.  Viewers may perceive these images entirely differently which is a good thing.  It means that subject matter cannot be precisely defined as it has a personal as well as a general human element.