The bounty from Saturday’s thrift-ventures.
h e y a n g e l l a
Photojournalism. Photojournalism, it’s a way of noting, well some journalists are wonderful writers and others are just putting facts one after the other and facts are not interesting. Facts are not interesting. It’s a point of view on facts which is important and in photography it is re-evocation if you evoke and this consists evoking.
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
eclipse notes
Last night in my dream I stopped along a high mountain road. I couldn’t tell if the sun was rising or setting but the sky was brilliant and pink and purple - the same view I catch every morning from my new apartment’s east facing windows. I stared into that sky high above, it seemed like I was in the sequoias or in Arrowhead, it was a road I knew and the trees were silhouettes. Suddenly there was a solar eclipse; enormous, vivid, and pulsating. What’s funny is that I’ve never seen a solar eclipse in my life and I saw it in its entirety until it passed and the sky returned to its bruised and blushing pink and purple.
An eclipse indicates a short spurt of darkness in your life that you will quickly overcome. Pay close attention to new random encounters in your waking life. If you dream of a solar eclipse, it means that you have doubts about your talents and what you can do in your life but stay strong, you will get rid of those doubting thoughts.
To dream of an eclipse of the sun indicates self-doubt and fears of not achieving your goals. You feel you are being overshadowed and are underestimating your abilities. Your level of confidence is fading or lost. You may be undergoing some difficult times and unable to remain optimistic.
To dream that the eclipse has passed symbolizes new light and knowledge. You need to look at a problem from a different perspective.
timeline
the threat of the loss of the Internet and the reflective discussion net-wide.
also, on this day, the loss of megaupload.
This guy gets it!
My soulfriend Jordan Karnes took some nice snaps with her disposable camera, keeping the zeitgeist vibes alive.
2011
This Sunday I’ve curated the visual art portion of a collaborative show with So Say We All. The organization will be hosting a live reading at Habitat House which will include 10 essays from three years of submissions. Each artist was given one of the essays and was asked to create visual artwork based inspired by the writer’s work. I’ve never really seen this done yet and I’m excited to see a risk well taken.
My pal and collaborator Enrique Limon of San Diego City Beat was kind enough to give us a shout out on KPBS Radio Thursday afternoon. Listen here.
2011
2011
2011
from 2009
with additions from 2012:
We all have routes. Not roots, like trees, but pathways we take on a regular basis.
We’re in the car, we’re walking, we’re on the bus or the metro.
We pass hundreds of signs, hundreds of buildings, and hundreds of faces.
I read somewhere that when you put up say, a new painting on one of the walls of your house you acclimate to it in a few days’ time. You don’t even see it anymore. That’s why I move things around so often, this is why people cause “drama”, this is why love expires so easy without effort. We have to measure movement differently, accept change and quit exacting our will on an eventless horizon. We have to celebrate actual movement and the shifting of the earth and see certain destruction as rebirth - this is where we learn and grow. These are the movements that truly shape us, these are the movements that quicken our pulse and circulate our blood and keep us utterly alive.
I’m entering my fourth month as an American contributor and interviewess over at Wandering Bears Collective and it’s been so enjoyable emailing with the gents, having a monthly posting schedule and getting to analyze and write about photographers whose work I am intrigued with. I consider it quite a privilege. This month I got to interview the brainy and lovely Jessica Hans. Here’s what I wrote about Jessica:
The photographs of ceramic artist Jessica Hans capture a subtle life in plants and flowers, a breathing life caught in a still moment. For me, Hans’ work embodies an elegance and a simple spirituality that naturally accompanies the organic shape. Two photographic series in particular, aptly named Terra and Flora explore the natural world in two dimensions: one through gaping roadtrip-landscape and the other through up-close shots of mostly houseplants. Also, her newest endeavor in sculpture, New Ceramic Frontier is just as exciting. Hans is talented and intelligent and makes work that is as conceptually thrilling as it is beautiful. Please welcome Jessica Hans as the first interview of the year!
Read the interview here.
