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Photographer Alison Harris <\/a>spent six years photographing the sky from her window in Italy. The result is a series of photographs that gradually evolved into A Window in the Sky, an exhibition at Spaziotemporaneo gallery\u00a0in Milan. It also became a simple, contemplative practice that we can all easily do.<\/p>\n

I saw these skyscapes over a period of six years from a window that overlooks the Mediterranean. Standing at this window I became immersed in an open-ended spectacle of light. In the editing process a sequence emerges referring to the passage of time. It is a study of light, and reflects my emotional response to what I am seeing. I juxtapose images to find a rhythm between shapes, colors and plays of light.<\/em><\/p>\n

Standing at the window is a way of being still and attentive to what is at hand.<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Alison put together\u00a0seven skyscapes for Improvised Life, to be published in a specific order. Each is\u00a0identified by the date and time she saw them. The first, at top, is from August 1, 2015 at 20:18.<\/p>\n

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October 11, 2013, 18:57 \/ Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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June 1, 2010, 21:11 \/ Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jan 8, 2013, \u00a018:13 \/ \u00a0Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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July 12 2014, 05:53 \/ Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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August 11, 2014 \u00a006:59 \u00a0\/ Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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July 5, 2014, 21:06 \/ \u00a0Alison Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For us they are a reminder of the extraordinarily varied and rather miraculous changes going on all around us, if, if we can find a way to be still and attentive to what is at hand. It only takes a moment.<\/p>\n

More images here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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