8 posts tagged “photography”
The snow came down like I'd never seen it come down before on this day, much like the rain is coming down today. (more on my photoblog)
Happy 2009, let's hope it will be better than 2008.
Happy 2009, let's hope it will be better than 2008.
"The skies of day and night
colours, densities, forms,
may-be these are
(as doubtless they are)
only apparitions, and the real
something has yet to be known"Of The Terrible Doubt of Appearances
- Walt Whitman (excerpt)
A day of wandering around on the last day spend in Victoria...it was cool to discover Dragon Alley tucked away neatly in Chinatown.. The narrow alley made for some interesting shadows and light on the cobblestones. Since I spend most of my life chasing light, it was nice to find it neatly self contained here. The two headed man showed himself this day...
Hello old friend, it's awhile since I have been here. Too many distractions lately, too much work and no play. Has it made me dull? Perhaps...
I want to travel, leave it all behind, get on a train and go....
I want to travel, leave it all behind, get on a train and go....
.."Approaching the sun, brings definitive change. It will never
again be the same. Appearing in our skies it is believed to be a
prophecy of extraordinary events. The birth of kings... The death of
Empires. After centuries... or millennia... the journey must end.
Perhaps smothered by its own dust, the dark, soulless body continues
eternally through space and time.
It may disintegrate and crumble into inconsequential rubble. Or it may be lost forever; crashing burning... into the yellow sun. And tonight...as I look into the sky, and it looks back on me...
I want to know...which am I?
I need to know...is this the beginning of the journey...
Or the end?"...
Frank Black (Millennium Episode: 2.0)
It may disintegrate and crumble into inconsequential rubble. Or it may be lost forever; crashing burning... into the yellow sun. And tonight...as I look into the sky, and it looks back on me...
I want to know...which am I?
I need to know...is this the beginning of the journey...
Or the end?"...
Frank Black (Millennium Episode: 2.0)
I spent the better part of Monday walking through an old cemetery, reading and photographing headstones, inscriptions and such. It's amazing what people want to leave behind as their last words...
Some I found so incredibly sad, others words from love ones to the departed. It made me think of the power of words, and how every day , no matter where we are, we are taking in the words of advertisers, media, news events and so many others we probably are not aware of it.
The most striking words I came across this day however, were the ones I found written on the wall in a back alley on the East Side: "Love is here everyday!". I don't know...it just kind of struck me as a meditation of sorts for the people that live here, beside the dumpster. Kind of amazing.
Some I found so incredibly sad, others words from love ones to the departed. It made me think of the power of words, and how every day , no matter where we are, we are taking in the words of advertisers, media, news events and so many others we probably are not aware of it.
The most striking words I came across this day however, were the ones I found written on the wall in a back alley on the East Side: "Love is here everyday!". I don't know...it just kind of struck me as a meditation of sorts for the people that live here, beside the dumpster. Kind of amazing.
Ah, to be able to sweep across the sky in a singular motion and find yourself somewhere completely different. Away from the maddening crowds, responsibility and the rat race that is sometimes called life.
I've been far to busy with work the last couple of weeks (maybe 3?) to accomplish much of anything on my personal "ta-do" list. Everything is piling up and the proverbial mole hill has now become a mountain. Not to loose hope, or give up I guess it's time to tackle things bit by bit.
I'm hoping to get out and do some shooting this weekend, film and digital and all I need now is some fog to set the mood. I shall place my order... :)
The long shadows on a winters day are the most intriguing to me. The faceless silhouetted people create a great afternoon mood as their long figures trail off down the streets and spill into doorways.
It makes me wonder about them, where they are going, what are they thinking? Real life cinema as they quickly pass by, perhaps film noir in broad daylight.
I came upon this during yet another sleepless night. It struck me as being a world of dreams. Actually perhaps 2 worlds...the one on the city street at night and the world through the looking glass...in other words the world through the reflection.
nevertorun is one of my favourite photographers. I love the way he sees the world and shows us that the ordinary is really the extraordinary.
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