Songs of the Sky or Equivalent 1923 - 1929

This gelatin silver print, Songs of the Sky, was composed by Alfred Stieglitz, who lived from 1864 to 1946. The tones are so modulated, it’s hard to find a hard edge anywhere. Stieglitz captured these puffs of cloud that seem to breathe and drift in slow motion. I can imagine Stieglitz outside with his camera, looking up, maybe thinking about music, and feeling the sky as a kind of emotional register. He seems to be in conversation with the sky, asking it questions, like, "What does it feel like to be so free and unbound?" or maybe more existential questions like, "Is there a god?" or "What is the meaning of it all?" I think all artists, consciously or unconsciously, are in conversation with the world around them and with other artists who have come before them, creating these strange, silent dialogues that stretch across time and space.