Boats on a tree

 I must admit sometimes I take pictures casually with a glimpse of instinct, without knowing why, contrary to intent-based photography.

This is one of them. The composition is harshly divided into two in the middle, by an old ill-groomed cypress tree, there is a scaffolding on the left, there is another tree on the right, and the harbour is hardly visible. 

Yet something in this picture resonates. 

Is it the small boats leaning on the tree or the fat canopy of the tree, or combination of everything? 

My brother told me this picture reminded him paintings of surrealist painters René Magritte and Max Ernst. 

Yes, I think the keyword here is “surrealism”.

The tree is in a way upside down, the boats look as if they are floating in the air. Add the unfinished renovations, the gull on the roof, and the little mermaid in the corner.

Then I found this picture of Max Ernst on the Internet: Solitary and Conjugal Trees.

After seeing the painting and I looked closely, I found strange faces hidden on the tree.  

The key is sometimes when we look at a picture it is our interpretation that makes it meaningful and interesting to look at, not that there is universal beauty associated with it.