My dad taught me how to dodge and burn when developing black & white photographs. I was just now blending liquids, making something in the kitchen when I noticed my hands dodging and burning as if making pictures. I was fascinated watching him use his hands lightly,dancing, improvising. He let me do it by myself, my own hands,… Continue reading Developing images in the the darkroom with my dad
Month: December 2019
What are we turning into?
Under the right conditions, we change, transform, become something else. I didn’t read Ovid’s metamorphoses, but I think the take away is that everything is turning into something else. I take this literally, like maybe things are and do change right in front of us and inside of us. Change is happening around me right… Continue reading What are we turning into?
Keep your pilot light on
Winter solstice 2019 I got out of bed and out the door by 6:30, in darkness. I walked by woods but not in them as I couldn’t see through the brush, trees, and pouring rain. I heard the water rushing by in Amazon creek. It’s the most active thing, besides the rain. My steps quickened… Continue reading Keep your pilot light on
How to talk
Today a woman asked me, “how do you feel about (highly-controversial issue)? Are you on (one side) or (the other)?” Pause. Me: “Well, I, gravitate toward (one perspective).” She said, “oh….” then launched into a one-way run-on sentence from “facts” off the internet supporting the other side, hers. After a very long time, I said.… Continue reading How to talk