next up: the mighty chest effort. I think the modern world needs a lot more chest effort. This is the kind of work that is inspired by a pure awe of the world around us, be that awe of the vast expanses, light refraction, or the growth of trees. We are fascinated by and should be reverent of that which we don't control. The most astounding occurrences have nothing to do with humans (look at what goes on in the bottom of the ocean). A good chest effort starts from a curiosity to see more of this. Work made in this way harnesses the elements encountered in the search to see, and becomes a hieghtened experience of them. It elevates and opens one to see the minutia and the magnificence in what exists, at the same time it's innately humbling. There is nothing behind it but the subject itself. They are a monument to the unnoticed. To me this type of effort translates to a visceral expansion in the chest, perhaps it's just more air is being taken into the lungs.
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