tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66403782087882206362024-03-05T03:18:41.804-06:00Mixed Journalother places, other facesb.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-33978221578566633822021-10-27T08:29:00.000-05:002021-11-06T07:12:03.795-05:00To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w90WlG1YyLg/YWFidKNlf8I/AAAAAAAAbP4/RB41nEoiwDofdwAZOhAs5I1S81pN_O-3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w90WlG1YyLg/YWFidKNlf8I/AAAAAAAAbP4/RB41nEoiwDofdwAZOhAs5I1S81pN_O-3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_6829.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Goodbye, Paris, sister city of my heart<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQxYP399ubw/YWFFThngCpI/AAAAAAAAbNQ/EvziWfiwPGwL9ddkgcJHmlApPpSSqtm1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQxYP399ubw/YWFFThngCpI/AAAAAAAAbNQ/EvziWfiwPGwL9ddkgcJHmlApPpSSqtm1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_6917.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You were beautiful, as always<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SR2YubGlmeY/YWFGG5XpDLI/AAAAAAAAbNk/TkQI3wRK7cM1VYJIw73sViI9_G2QHXkwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6883.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SR2YubGlmeY/YWFGG5XpDLI/AAAAAAAAbNk/TkQI3wRK7cM1VYJIw73sViI9_G2QHXkwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_6883.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>and though your towers, your monuments and bridges</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MB9--i0fMoI/YWFH7KM5WwI/AAAAAAAAbN4/JgBB2LEXsRkUtmTzqirwgmWAmXzxBylKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MB9--i0fMoI/YWFH7KM5WwI/AAAAAAAAbN4/JgBB2LEXsRkUtmTzqirwgmWAmXzxBylKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_6802.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">have always drawn those in search of your essence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSEZjerOuq8/YWFHgjew_nI/AAAAAAAAbNw/5caf-6QYPYIC70ZZzH6zy0mfcviRmkeNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSEZjerOuq8/YWFHgjew_nI/AAAAAAAAbNw/5caf-6QYPYIC70ZZzH6zy0mfcviRmkeNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_6957.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> its often better found in open doorways<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ciSQJ689wmM/YWFAqgd8IiI/AAAAAAAAbLk/fHjTTdwTWsALt8o4U5thJdkkuTvORUxtwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ciSQJ689wmM/YWFAqgd8IiI/AAAAAAAAbLk/fHjTTdwTWsALt8o4U5thJdkkuTvORUxtwCPcBGAYYCw/w300-h400/IMG_6503.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>and windows <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnNaspT2zSQ/YV_-dEr7lJI/AAAAAAAAbAw/2ACeKeTL6LUUWf__84XdoDGd9hzUiVZRACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnNaspT2zSQ/YV_-dEr7lJI/AAAAAAAAbAw/2ACeKeTL6LUUWf__84XdoDGd9hzUiVZRACPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_6775.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">because its there you see the honest work of<br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-siO3P0Rc_wM/YWAGekyIt8I/AAAAAAAAbBo/o5SmV80IckoN6bz_RaRVchvG57re9gyEgCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6891.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-siO3P0Rc_wM/YWAGekyIt8I/AAAAAAAAbBo/o5SmV80IckoN6bz_RaRVchvG57re9gyEgCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_6891.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">hands and the tenderness of<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lG03f4jXZ4/YV__PTWtmNI/AAAAAAAAbBA/Pu3QLsUxWwY_YFVXLerMYcc5adznOilLACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lG03f4jXZ4/YV__PTWtmNI/AAAAAAAAbBA/Pu3QLsUxWwY_YFVXLerMYcc5adznOilLACPcBGAYYCw/w300-h400/IMG_6777.jpg" width="300" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">touch from the care with which they are created.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2OxYqezN52s/YWFcQR-NnOI/AAAAAAAAbPc/dTSRvNWu0SE-6sD8YHxY9n8rce2Mp9eSwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6778.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2OxYqezN52s/YWFcQR-NnOI/AAAAAAAAbPc/dTSRvNWu0SE-6sD8YHxY9n8rce2Mp9eSwCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_6778.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xu4L9ic34Uc/YWFccO0f0-I/AAAAAAAAbPY/jp4-dW_ooFMf-5cqdsin0h3sAoYZxpB4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xu4L9ic34Uc/YWFccO0f0-I/AAAAAAAAbPY/jp4-dW_ooFMf-5cqdsin0h3sAoYZxpB4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6780.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DsJohG5B-Gg/YWFA22cCu1I/AAAAAAAAbLo/rRoLNIf-p9cp8-jhgfbO-pAuZWb2NqjdwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6675.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DsJohG5B-Gg/YWFA22cCu1I/AAAAAAAAbLo/rRoLNIf-p9cp8-jhgfbO-pAuZWb2NqjdwCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_6675.jpg" width="400" /></a><span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Thank you for the indifference you show me</span><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Psyfd0uDzzE/YWFBIuY6t5I/AAAAAAAAbL0/jTbHqfGzc60PjbDTwqO5JQd-lFwFTYvRQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Psyfd0uDzzE/YWFBIuY6t5I/AAAAAAAAbL0/jTbHqfGzc60PjbDTwqO5JQd-lFwFTYvRQCPcBGAYYCw/w300-h400/IMG_6908.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">for it's through this very indifference that lets me learn the art of seeing you.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JIbIKjOK--Y/YWAHN1y6YrI/AAAAAAAAbB4/Hcavq5FBmXg5Alx6vxArLkmr0KjwC44LwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_6785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JIbIKjOK--Y/YWAHN1y6YrI/AAAAAAAAbB4/Hcavq5FBmXg5Alx6vxArLkmr0KjwC44LwCPcBGAYYCw/w300-h400/IMG_6785.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Until we meet again, bisous ❤️<br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>*The research residency was a very interesting and intense time. We did a lot of walking (8-10 miles a day in some cases) took a lot of photos, presented and talked about our work at the Paris College of Art, listened to numerous lectures by curators, artists and historians and hosted an Open Studio at the historic atelier of the painter Amedeo Modigliani. Special thanks to Arnaud for being my guest at the Open Studio and for the walks we took around the neighborhoods. I'm still re-adjusting to the time change but will get back to blogging again very soon. Until then, thank you, my friends, for checking in on me :)) </div></div>b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com6Paris, France48.856614 2.352221920.546380163821155 -32.8040281 77.166847836178846 37.5084719tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-83131524210269280932021-02-02T16:25:00.002-06:002021-02-17T15:49:05.806-06:00Feeling More Than Knowing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwea9kKEiy3Y8V9It3IAi2SKCZFgcM10f5neVAMHO5gH_2BLkhiFB5Gw_7EwU1CWLXTbvIcsu1jW3yOP0kRdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <p></p><p>I've been away from my photo blog mostly because I haven't been doing much photography. It's hard for me to "see" right now with my camera. But I've been finding other ways through it--by "it" I mean the weariness that has come over me from the months and months of minding the virus and the news of the world while trying to stay sane and balanced--I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling like this. I made this video in the hopes that it might capture the thing inside me that wants to be let out. Some of these are pages out of my art journal, mingled with the odd snippets of video from my phone, as well as some other work I've put on canvas boards and paper. There are watercolors I did in the spring, when the pandemic was new, inspired by a set of Renoir postcards my sister gave me; and there are little landscapes from that one road trip last fall; there's a slightly ghastly portrait of my lovely dad (sorry dad :)), and a few other faces as well, and lastly, things that I can only call abstract landscapes which I feel speak the loudest of the mischmasch going on inside my head. Thank you dear friends, for walking beside me through the good times and the hard. I hope you like it--the music is by Siddhartha Corsus and this beautiful piece is called "Ancient Hearth"(from the free music archive).<br /></p>b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-29738771453824761602020-10-27T14:08:00.000-05:002020-10-27T14:08:51.775-05:00the light is always changing<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GpOExT5rvKo/X5dw7BndjMI/AAAAAAAAX5k/y2WGj9sNK10X1K7t2tP3VhD4i3zBUGl1wCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GpOExT5rvKo/X5dw7BndjMI/AAAAAAAAX5k/y2WGj9sNK10X1K7t2tP3VhD4i3zBUGl1wCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_4327.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>For nothing is fixed<br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXX_NU2TjoU/X5cuwASNuHI/AAAAAAAAX48/f_sxyH4W1RADKN9Koc6uqhp5QBK4jvAwQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4184.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXX_NU2TjoU/X5cuwASNuHI/AAAAAAAAX48/f_sxyH4W1RADKN9Koc6uqhp5QBK4jvAwQCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h294/IMG_4184.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>forever, forever, forever,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KlBeiz3cZ4/X5cur7Sc9aI/AAAAAAAAX5E/jb_Y2WzjeBExhegC6MdS6mWciV0ifXMywCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_3782.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KlBeiz3cZ4/X5cur7Sc9aI/AAAAAAAAX5E/jb_Y2WzjeBExhegC6MdS6mWciV0ifXMywCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_3782.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it is not fixed;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eiRT68d78SI/X5d-uxurf7I/AAAAAAAAX7g/TYXsUxgryI49L_GQ2_iw3KcEUADT_urRACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eiRT68d78SI/X5d-uxurf7I/AAAAAAAAX7g/TYXsUxgryI49L_GQ2_iw3KcEUADT_urRACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_4347.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the earth is always shifting</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20MzkdbPFEM/X5cuvv9lYBI/AAAAAAAAX44/UwV9Dy5cSloQKUiCoxbRLTMBmePCAtp5wCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_4027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20MzkdbPFEM/X5cuvv9lYBI/AAAAAAAAX44/UwV9Dy5cSloQKUiCoxbRLTMBmePCAtp5wCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h300/IMG_4027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the light is always changing</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> </span>--<span style="font-size: x-small;">James Baldwin, For Nothing is Fixed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">These photos are from a road trip last week through Indiana, Ohio, the mountains of West Virginia and into North Carolina--it was all very very beautiful and I had quite the time just trying to pick just a few to show you and pair with this lovely snippet from James Baldwin. You can find the rest of the poem <a href="https://www.elizabethu.com/2020/06/27/for-nothing-is-fixed/" target="_blank">here</a>. Also, today is the launch of an online exhibit I am taking part in, along with more than 50 artists from around the world, also coordinated by L'Air Arts Residency and curated by one of its past residents. It's called Site Visit and can be found on<a href="http://Artland.com"> </a><a href="http://Artland.com">Artland.com.</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://Artland.com">Lastly, here's a little road music to go along with. </a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gwg2sdRdahM" width="320" youtube-src-id="gwg2sdRdahM"></iframe></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BpXyM6SERn8" width="320" youtube-src-id="BpXyM6SERn8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br />and also this, of course:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oV_MCQm8iFM" width="320" youtube-src-id="oV_MCQm8iFM"></iframe></div><br /></span><br /></span></div>b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-35710094018566299702020-10-18T11:26:00.000-05:002020-10-18T11:26:39.942-05:00the one thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7E2CqJzCYnc/X3qVKfT5peI/AAAAAAAAXW0/xwMHI5CALxkMigmbYyOKMSM75m6GbcQNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3447.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7E2CqJzCYnc/X3qVKfT5peI/AAAAAAAAXW0/xwMHI5CALxkMigmbYyOKMSM75m6GbcQNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/IMG_3447.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">the one thing that everybody wants is to be free,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to talk, to eat, to drink, to walk, to think, <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>to please, to wish, and to do it now if now is what they want</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-shi3nCUXmjY/X30YiHje5kI/AAAAAAAAXYM/bEYQXVlHuD8X0nu15mlx7Kqq3_AFTZHugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_3504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-shi3nCUXmjY/X30YiHje5kI/AAAAAAAAXYM/bEYQXVlHuD8X0nu15mlx7Kqq3_AFTZHugCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_3504.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> and everybody knows it, they know it, anybody knows it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">they do not want to feel imprisoned, </div><div style="text-align: center;">they want to feel free, even if they are not free, they want to feel free,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Birthdays are usually a weird time for me. I never know how I'm going to feel on the day itself. Often, the thing I feel is kind of a mix somewhere between depressed and happy, but this year, maybe because of the pandemic and how all our gatherings are now virtual, it was actually easier to concentrate on the things I was supposed to concentrate on, instead of wasting time wondering whether or not I was having a 'good birthday'. And it was a good birthday, simple and easy, with a few presents from my loving family, cake and ice cream at dinner, and a little virtual group chat with my far away siblings. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And, as always, there is much to be thankful for, for the year that passed despite the tumult of these current events taking place; and for the gift of yet another year. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">About these pencil drawings, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">I've
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is hard. It's hard to stay indoors day after day because the curve isn't curving fast enough, and the weather so bleak and mean. It's hard to remember to be in the 'now'--no one says you have to enjoy it, and even that is hard to remember. It's hard not to take things personally even though <a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-grow-old-bertrand-russell-on-what-makes-a-fulfilling-life?utm_source=pocket-newtab" target="_blank">wise men say its one of the keys to happiness</a>, it's hard to be 'still' and 'centered' when everywhere I turn and look, the world seems to shift and crumble away. It's hard to know who the enemy is while <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/10/21217195/gun-shops-covid-19-firearm-sales-second-amendment-panic-pritzker-essential" target="_blank">gun sales are skyrocketing</a> like its the end of civilization or something. (It's hard not feel jealous of other countries whose people don't automatically think of <a href="https://www.startribune.com/georgia-governor-calls-shooting-video-absolutely-horrific/570287602/" target="_blank">shooting other people</a>. <a href="https://www.smerconish.com/news/2020/5/17/trump-eggs-on-coronavirus-protesters-who-stalked-and-abused-reporter-calls-them-great-people" target="_blank">And, whose leader doesn't egg them onto anarchy and widespread criminality</a>.) It's hard that with some, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/02/coronavirus-god-christain-jewish-muslim-leaders-saying-deadly-plague/5101639002/" target="_blank">god has everything to do with it</a> and with others, <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/collections/coronavirus" target="_blank">god is better left out of it</a> and maybe the funny thing is they both think the other is surely going to hell. It's hard to watch the news and not find yourself <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/05/19/trump-hydroxychloroquine-fda-warning-coronavirus/" target="_blank">laughing to keep from crying</a>. It's hard to keep it all together day after day, especially when I've been sleeping like the rest of <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-lockdown-tired-sleepy-fatigue-daylight-routine-a9450196.html" target="_blank">covid nation</a> and I'm feeling a little more fragile and maybe not so sensible. It's hard and I'm complaining and I promised I wouldn't. Or that if I did, I'd make it funny just like <a href="https://www.wuwm.com/post/jerry-seinfeld-staying-home-my-dinner-table-youre-supposed-be-funny" target="_blank">Seinfeld requires of his children</a>. But then you should know, that's hard. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's the best of times, and the worst of times. Everyday we're tugged this way and that by the stories of tragedy, heroism and helplessness. Some of us are just baking our way through the lockdown, or sitting numbly, waiting for release, or November, or both; or all of the above. Then there are the protesters who can't or won't stay home. It's tough for everyone. So we sew face masks and wash our hands and keep on standing six feet apart at the grocery. Or not because maybe we're still going to work everyday, one of the 'everyday heroes' though paid less than heroically and likely without health insurance. Sometimes I feel stupid because who knows, maybe the conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers were right after all, and I worry that I didn't even bother to find out what they were yelling about on youtube. Like maybe we should have been digging bunkers after all instead of following make-up tutorials or dancing on tiktok. But nevermind all that. Here I offer the wonderful <a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/24/mary-oliver-reads-wild-geese/" target="_blank">Mary Oliver</a> to keep on reminding us its going to be okay. And what better series to pair her poem with than these photos from a trip to the beautiful Eternal City? Ah Rome, indeed it was nice to remember how I veni'd and vidi'd, but this city and its living breathing stones arranged in marvels of cathedral, tomb and bloodlust amphitheater definitely still vici's me. Totus tuus :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think poetry isn't easy to appreciate just any old time. But they say people turn to poetry when they're in search of their own histories, to hear their own thoughts and feelings spoken for them. Certainly the lockdown has me feeling up and down, confused, bored and lonely, anxious and afraid; impatient, lazy and mournful all at the same time. It's a mixed bag. But that's how it is right now. And I remembered how reading the lines of this poem for the first time made me feel a kind of gratitude for the poet and the loveliness of her gentle words. And so I hope it'll be the same for you, dear friend out there, or you who may have stumbled upon this here quiet spot I stake as mine. Funny how it's easier for me to tell you these things when on the so-called social media circus I'm sanguine, I'm light, I'm not all freaked out and panicky. But that's where the real theater lies anyway. About my photos--well they've long been sitting on my laptop. I don't know why. But here they are now--I didn't know the world would be so different by the time I'd get around to posting them. </span> </span>b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-58704684338076516402020-04-12T08:00:00.000-05:002020-08-02T08:01:25.065-05:00Don't Raise Your White Flags Yet<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">My dad (big smile, sitting in front wearing the dark flight suit and flak helmet) with his ROTC buddies, 1945</span></div>
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Tonight, the world is an abandoned lot <br />
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Don’t give up, mi amor.<br />
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Hello dear friends, I hope this little poem by Claudia Serea finds you safe and sound. Life has changed so much since I last updated my blog(s). It's been hard to concentrate, and a little hard not to feel worried as the virus strikes down people both young and old. But, as this Easter morning slowly starts to dawn (it's very early in the morning as I write) I think of all the people whose connection I feel despite the separation or the distance, including my dad who I miss everyday despite him being gone since April of 2009, and my mother in her house in New York, my two daughters sheltering in their own college cities, and all the people I know and care for, including you dearest blog friends. But I like the hopefulness of the last line, the poet's vision of reunion by the crumbling of the fence and the dancing afterwards. Yes, I'd very much like that. And so I wish everyone a happy Easter-- may the season of renewal and rebirth give us the hope to carry us through the long wait. And then we should all come out from the worldwide lockdown and dance :))<br />
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what is lost, what is forgotten<br />
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may we open and open more<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*photos from Paris, France, April 2019</span></div>
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*these are some of the Paris street photos I took on holiday--Paris is so "much of a muchness", to quote good ol' Alice while she was exploring Wonderland, that it's not easy to absorb and capture all the beauty and splendor, no matter how many times you return. A big thank you to my friend <a href="http://kwarkito.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Arnaud</a> for taking us on a magical walk through the hidden parts of Paris, and for the lovely time we shared over drinks --after so many years of visiting and commenting on each other's blogs, meeting in person felt so much like meeting an old and familiar friend--i hope to meet again and, maybe someday to meet all my blog friends :)) p.s. click on the photos to enlarge them. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I spent some time exploring a little bit of downtown Brisbane, Australia while I was there to visit my brother and his lovely family. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It was my first time to go and I really loved it--the trip was good for my soul and just what I needed to get out of Chicago's bitter cold. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It was also very nice being on my own and on unfamiliar grounds--there's a freedom to just take it all in, take one's time, and do exactly as one pleases.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lately I've been thinking how I waste so much time just mulling over decisions, and then giving up, and hurrying on the next thing. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It seems the more choices I have, the longer it takes for me to make any kind of decision</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> and the more in a hurry I have to be</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">-and on and on, a never ending cycle. So I tried something else while I was there</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I took fewer photos and instead tried to focus on each little moment's quiet joy.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So now these are pretty much almost all of the photos I took downtown.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We did go up and down the Gold Coast of Australia</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">a very beautiful part of the world, </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">but those are for another post. :))</span></div>
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If I listened long enough to you</div>
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I'd find a way to believe that it's all true</div>
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Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried</div>
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Still I look to find a reason to believe</div>
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Someone like you makes it hard to live</div>
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Without somebody else<br />
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Someone like you makes it easy to give<br />
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Never think of myself</div>
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If I gave you time to change my mind</div>
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I'd find a way to leave the past behind</div>
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Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I took these photos last week while on the road to Texas--a state I'd never visited before. It was a very long road trip through parts of old Route 66 and smaller state highways where bits of the old and forgotten were everywhere. On the trip back, this quiet radio program called </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/handcrank/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Hand Crank Radio</a><span style="text-align: left;"> in Arkansas played a song written and sung by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hardin" target="_blank">Tim Hardin</a> and somehow, the passing scenery paired with his sweet sadness stayed with me long after it ended. So I'm including it to go along with this little series.</span></div>
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You still love the ones you love,<br />
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back when you loved them--</div>
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Nothing much changes in the glittering rooms of the heart</div>
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Only the dark spaces half re-claimed</div>
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These are some photos from a trip back to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, where I saw some of the damage from Hurricane Maria. I learned of the passing of an old acquaintance, and found a few places shuttered, or gone altogether. But still, the church bells rang in the morning, along with the crowing of the proud island roosters. I rose early just to watch the sky change from night to day, made a few silent wishes and gave thanks: for the world as it continues to turn, for the love of my family, and for the kindness and friendship of so many people, including and especially you, my dearest blog friends, who continue to be my supportive companions in all my creative quests. May the renewals of the day last us all through the year!</div>
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All there is ever, is the now--George Harrison</div>
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'everything is funny if you can laugh at it...'</div>
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'fall in love, stay in love...'</div>
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'there are always flowers...' </div>
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'work is the cure...' </div>
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'nothing is ever too small...'</div>
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'things are always better in the morning...'</div>
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'it's no use going back to yesterday...'</div>
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'fantasy love is much better...'</div>
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'just go blindly to it...'</div>
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'everyone remembers something...'</div>
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'begin at the beginning...'</div>
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'suffer each other...'</div>
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(I created this series with cabinet portraits I found in different antique shops around Chicago and used different plants and flowers from my garden to create their "hats". I hope you enjoy the wisdom they impart along with their wonderfully somber expressions which I found so unusual compared to the relentlessly "happy" photos people post of themselves today... :))</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">When I was younger I believed, that I could win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Now I wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">There was a time when you and I, walked hand & hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">i keep on searching for the old me, I keep on thinking I can change</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">I keep on hoping for a new day, will I ever feel the same?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Now I wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Oh I wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">--cris isaak</span></div>
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hope is the hardest love we carry--<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://teabird17.blogspot.com/2010/03/hope-and-love-jane-hirshfield.html" target="_blank">Jane Hirshfield</a></span></div>
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in difficult times, carry something beautiful in your heart--<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5884440-human-happiness" target="_blank">Blaise Pascal</a></span></div>
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misery is wasted on the miserable--<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://louisck.net/news" target="_blank">Louis C. K</a></span>.b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-77906571404104942722016-03-26T02:09:00.000-05:002016-03-26T02:09:25.464-05:00ways of rebelling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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who needs to be at peace with the world? It helps to be between wars to<br />
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die a few times each day to understand your father's sky, as you take it apart<br />
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piece by piece and can't feel anything, can't feel the tree growing under<br />
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your feet, the eyes poking night only to find another night to compare it to.<br />
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Whoever heard of turning pain into hummingbirds or redbirds--<br />
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haven't we grown? What does it mean to be older? Maybe a house with-<br />
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out doors can still survive a storm. Maybe I can't find the proper way to<br />
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rebel or dammit, I can't leave. I want to but you grow inside of me. And<br />
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as I watch you, before I know it, I'm too full, too heavy with you to move.<br />
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Maybe that's what they meant when they said you shouldn't love a country<br />
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<span id="goog_1880851073"></span><span id="goog_1880851074"></span>too much.--<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ways Of Rebelling by </span><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/nathalie-handal" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">Nathalie Handal</a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">photos: Nasugbu, Philippines</span>b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-48880511012556752042016-02-14T10:09:00.000-06:002016-02-14T17:04:42.504-06:00what survives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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who says that all must vanish<br />
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who knows, perhaps the flight<br />
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of the bird you wound remains<br />
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and perhaps flowers survive caresses in the ground<br />
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it isn't the gesture that lasts<br />
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but it dresses you again in gold<br />
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armor--from breast to knees--<br />
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and the battle was so pure<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">an Angel wears it after you...</span><br />
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-What Survives by Rainer Maria Rilke; photos: scenes from US Route 20b.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11150001192317586329noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640378208788220636.post-28837501517969054222016-01-23T17:08:00.000-06:002016-04-19T13:49:09.594-05:00twist in my sobriety<br />
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I've been re-editing all my old favorites to compile them into a photo book. I was hesitant to take on this project because my files are somewhat messy, and I can only work a few photos at a time (because there's so much Netflix that needs watching. :)) Anyway, I took <a href="http://ps-chicagodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/02/everyday-people.html" target="_blank">this photo of Stan</a> in 2008. I was standing near the entrance of the train tunnel where my friend <a href="http://ps-chicagodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/01/re-moody-poet.html" target="_blank">Roark</a>, who used to sell Streetwise News, introduced us. Roark said to Stan, "She wants to take your picture." I wasn't yet used to being a person with a camera on the street and I was very shy. Well, today, I'm still very shy, and clumsy, and awkward, but so many other things have changed: sadly, my friend Roark isn't with us anymore-- he passed away in 2012 and I miss him still, I never saw Stan again but since then, I've taken hundreds more photos--thousands, in fact.. anyway, I'll end here with this lovely and enigmatic Tanita Tikaram song, pls enjoy....<br />
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