on games, differently

“Human beings are always trying to structure things so that they will be more understandable and more navigable. Games can be working models. Games often have very set rules. Often there is a game board with delineated outlines. There seems to be sort or a pleasure that comes from dealing with a situation that is so manageable or controlled. You know when it’s going to be random or controlled by a throw of the dice. Even when there is that randomness, there are still limits. By contrast, in real life where there are rules and they often break down, things get messy. Its fascinated me, what games are. Almost all civilizations seem to have some.”

Olivia Parker

on photography

“Photography, even though some people refer to it as a mechanical process, forces you to reach out to the world in front of you.”

Olivia Parker

on photography

“Photography, even though some people refer to it as a mechanical process, forces you to reach out to the world in front of you.”

Olivia Parker

oh, the light!

“The biggest transformation comes through what happens with the light.”

Olivia Parker

on creating

“I think that the whole process of trying to by creative whether it’s making art or discovering things in a science, any kind of creativity, involves this sort of going off the edge of the map, so to speak, a willingness to go someplace where you don’t know what the structure is going to be.”

Olivia Parker

on possibilities

“If you are not willing to play a little, there are so many possibilities that you won’t see. Often something interesting will come up by accident.”

Olivia Parker