I had a comment a couple of images back about how I knew that these were old "men". It's a good question. I don't know. Or maybe I should say that the use of the word men is not to associate a human gender to something that is not human, and is meant in a more generic fashion. I thought about titling this series as "old souls" instead of "men", but obviously I did not. Something about the sound and flow of the words. Even though I like the connotation of soul better than men, I like the way the latter reads better. I also thought about titling some of the images as old women and some as old men, but then I did not want to draw too much attention (or distract too much attention) toward the pursuit of trying to see the distinctions between one group and another by my audience.
Titling is a tricky business.
Of course, I could also fall back to no title at all, but chose not to do that either. It is usually my last resort. A title well chose can add so much to an image, it can set a mood and secure a certain frame of mind in your audience. Along those lines I even thought of titling all these images after various Greek and Roman mythologies, but tossed that out as too heavy-handed and ultimately not in the direction I wanted to go.
The current title works well enough, but is a work in progress. I myself am still feeling out just how to express what I mean about this series. Part of me is still trying to figure out just what the series means to me. On some instinctual level I know what it is, but the more rational and logical parts of my brain are struggling to grasp what those more reactionary parts are feeling.
If that makes sense.
Of course, you are also free to just look at the incredibly lush, dense and verdant forest scenes.
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