Today was extremely busy. A friend of mine in our building has a daughter who is about 11. She had an art show and a film festival today with photos and films by her on display in both places. It sounded like a fun thing to do, so I went along for the ride.
The school, and the art centers were really interesting and bring to bear on a running argument that I have with my SO, who claims that there [...]
Today was all about photography.
It started because the photos I took to document some work of mine were illegible, so they needed new photos.
The results were poetic, though not much more legible.
Then I decided to pull out my real camera. I downloaded some Canon Hacking software to make it do time lapse. I’ve wanted to do that for awhile, but my camera is now 5 years old, so the warranty is already expired.
Although I have used my new hacks, the [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, doing something every day is important. Let’s see if I can write something here every day! With an image of some kind!!!
I’ve always loved trees with the bark peeling off. In Michigan, those are birches. In Spain they are mostly plane trees (plantians, which are like a beech tree). In southern California they seem to be nearly exclusively eucalyptus trees. A variety of colors and shapes that my mid-Western mind couldn’t imagine until I moved here.
The [...]
Doing something every day is important, even if it’s a small thing. This is a lesson that seems like common sense, but it is one that is hard to maintain. Although I know it, it is hard to just do.
My housemate has a dog. She needs to go out about the same times every day. So, many mornings I take her. It gets the day going, and keeps me balanced to have a daily task. We walk about a mile, [...]