Showering of Love – Appstracts Mobile Art Group with Roger Guetta
Recently the Mobile Art Facebook Group Appstracts hosted on Facebook and run by one of our very own Columnists Roger Guetta, hosted a very touching mobile art challenge. The Challenge was for all the artists within this group to show their love for me by creating a unique image. The results are true testament to the tenderness and ability of our community of mobile artists and photographers and also the love story that we all share. The meticulous detail and thought that each and every mobile artist has put into this challenge sweeps me away. Your love beseeches me to revere your mobile art that awakens, sustains and nourishes all of us.
Guetta has created a mesmerising and very moving video of all the images and I have published this below. I viewed this many times yesterday and cried, a lot. So, much so that I was unable to create this post then. You have all touched my heart in a way that is so powerful. I am overcome by huge waves of happiness.
Thank you all to of course, dear Roger Guetta and to all the incredible artists that contributed to this magnificent outpouring of love, to me: Jo Sullivan, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Grace Rachow, Clarisse Debout, Stephanie Paloni Chupein, Bruce Barrett, Jeanine Laskar, Kate Zari Roberts, Sammi Gravich, Antonio Mojica, Susan Rennie, Maura Shine, Christine O Sobczak, Juta Jazz, Elaine Taylor, Catherine Schell Caddigan, Gail Dohrmann, Diana Nicholette Jeon, Lee Atwell, Andrea Lewis, Violet Martins, Leon Williams, Giulia Baita, Sylvie Prevot, Clint Cline, Maura Shine, Claudia Contreras, Oleg Akilov, Andrea Lewis, Ile Mont, Karen Axelrad, Leon Williams, Adrienne Parks, Bruce Barrett, Kristina Růčková, Catherine Schell Caddigan, Liliana Schwitter, Barbara Nebel, Carol Wiebe, Marie Matthews.
I really hope I have not missed anyone out, please let me know if I have and I will add them immediately.
The Words
These are the words from all of the images as curated by Roger Guetta:
"For: Joanne Carter
With a few words from the membership in no particular order:
(I thought to put the words without attributing the source so it would flow a bit better)
Look through the posts for who said what…"
They call me the space cowboy……..
Sweet Dreamer
sometimes our spirals go askew ..
and we clumsily climb anyways
The journey into self and out to community
“A trusting heart will follow, only those who truly follow their heart.”
I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end;
But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.
There was never any more inception than there is now,Nor any more youth or age than there is now;And will never beany more perfection than there is now,Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.
Urge, and urge, and urge;
Always the procreant urge of the world.
"It is hard going to the door
cut so small in the wall where
the vision which echoes loneliness brings a scent of wild flowers in a wood."
E.T. Phone home.
Love /1
Love /2
Love /3
Love /4
The sea and sky fold as one.
To infinity and beyond.
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
“The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.”
For inspirative, beautiful soul!
You’re a shooting star I see
Life is a Bit abstract
"Creativity is contagious, pass it on.”
Find light in the beautiful sea.
Shine bright like a diamond.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
always attentive
Finding the Diamond in the Rough
So others may see
She had a mind like a box of fireworks and hands that played restlessly with matches.”
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
spreading creativity
"A true Artist is not one who is inspired but one who inspires others
"I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was"
flowers for you
the heart of the artists
.Sharing the Global Art Love/Light
There are two ways of spreading the light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
See the light?
You bring it every time you connect
Radiance
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
One Comment
Carol Wiebe
The digital community is a generous and supportive one. Appstracts and TheAppWhisperer are shining examples of such qualities. People from many different backgrounds and skill levels have a great deal of fun and are happy to share–not only what they have created, but how!