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01 April, 2008

Transmorgification of an Image

Hut on the Heath
Feb. 2008
6" x 8"
Pastel
Casey Klahn

The word "transmorgify" is one of those wonderful new words that is becoming popular, and yet has no meaning. I use it to describe the transition that takes place when I take a scene drawn on-site, and then change it in the studio to be almost a completely different image.

Such is the case with this image, as it started out as this image. I added a building that is taken partly from some studio references and partly from imagination. The horizon is obliterated mostly because I dislike the horizon in landscapes.

Maybe spring has been transmorgified back into winter, too. Both Saturday and Sunday it snowed and we received a foot or more of new snow each day. I went skiing. So much for my plein air program. It will be continued when spring returns!
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11 comments:

  1. jafabritApril 2, 2008 at 6:02 AM

    I like how you transmorgified, lol! and what a great word.

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  2. Casey KlahnApril 2, 2008 at 6:29 AM

    Corrine, when I couldn't get a definition with online references, I jumped on the chance to use the word.

    Laughs with glee.

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  3. AnonymousApril 3, 2008 at 3:01 AM

    i think you'll find the word is 'transmogrify'

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  4. Casey KlahnApril 3, 2008 at 5:48 AM

    Google has it both ways, smarty pants. Maybe the word transmorgified itself...

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  5. colorspeakerApril 5, 2008 at 10:01 PM

    Beautiful, Casey. Completely beautiful.
    julianne "colorspeaker"

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  6. Casey KlahnApril 6, 2008 at 7:03 AM

    Thanks, Julianne.

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  7. harry bellApril 9, 2008 at 3:38 AM

    I'd never come across the word "transmorgify" and, like Mr Anonymous above, was only familiar with "transmogrify", a 17th C word defined in the OED as "to transform, esp. in a magical or surprising manner". But as you suggest, Mr Google shows me there are hundreds of uses of the new word, but only one of them on a page from the UK.

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  8. Casey KlahnApril 9, 2008 at 8:44 AM

    So, I yield to this. The word has a 17th C. derivation, and likely has been hashed-up by modern misuse. Harder to say "transmogrify" than to say "transmorgify", eh?

    And, looky there. My spell checker highlights the latter as not-on-file, and allows the former. Hmmmn...

    Interesting the way words develop over time. I think I like the former, too. BTW, Anon. above is an old college buddy of mine. Cheeky lad.

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  9. Robyn SinclairApril 11, 2008 at 12:10 AM

    Beautiful, Casey!

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  10. Robyn SinclairApril 11, 2008 at 12:11 AM

    I love this one.

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  11. Casey KlahnApril 11, 2008 at 7:41 AM

    Thanks double, Robyn.

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