Even winter — the hardest season, the most implacable — dreams, as February creeps on, of the flame that will presently melt it away. Everything tires with time, and starts to seek some opposition, to save it from itself.Clive Barker Never been much of a fan of calendar months dictating behavior. I don’t make NewContinueContinue reading “The Great Gray Midpoint”
Category Archives: Musings
The Game of Gogh
A portion of “Les Vessenots in Auvers” – Vincent Van Gogh (1890) @ Columbus Museum of Art It seems like everybody who’s anybody is trying to find a way to help the modern populace get a little bit closer to understanding the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Which makes writing about him here all theContinueContinue reading “The Game of Gogh”
Through A Glass Darkly
“Female Nude” by Pablo Ruiz y Picasso @ Philadelphia Museum of Art I can’t speak for all of America, but in my limited (undergrad, a long long time ago) sexology, sociology and psychology studies, we seem to have a reluctant relationship with public displays of nudity. In particular those of us who were raised inContinueContinue reading “Through A Glass Darkly”
The Outsider
At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance (Philadelphia Museum of Art) A significant debate ensued inside my traveling companion and my bubble over the guy in red in this famous Toulouse-Lautrec piece. Is this Lautrec adding himself to his own painting? And more importantly, does it matter? Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Doing the audit-my-year retrospective analysis thing with the aid of going through old Google photos, and came across this gem. Nothing brightens my day like a good dose of Japanese English.
So That Was Christmas
“It doesn’t feel like Christmas,” my daughter pondered aloud on Festivus (Christmas Eve Eve, if you prefer). After a few moments of trying to put her finger on it, she decided, “It’s because it got here too quickly.” I stopped myself from going into a long, tangential monologue about accursed Time, saving her yet anotherContinueContinue reading “So That Was Christmas”
Model, Painter, Rebel
Spent the morning surrounded by the works of this force of nature, Suzanne Valadon — a much sought-after model who became an excellent painter in her own right (despite the protests of the male artists and bloated critics around her). Among other fingerprints she placed in her art (which we could discuss at great length,ContinueContinue reading “Model, Painter, Rebel”
And This House Just Ain’t No Home
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s goneIt’s not warm when she’s awayAin’t no sunshine when she’s goneAnd she’s always gone too longAnytime she’s goes awayBill Withers If you’re a regular reader, you are aware that my eldest furry resident has been angling to keep me away from all thoughts and actions in any way wanderlusty. Meanwhile,ContinueContinue reading “And This House Just Ain’t No Home”
Hotel Habits
I have a few rituals when I check into my temporary lodgings while on a faraway adventure, but today’s shot is dedicated to my two favorites. First, I love to soak up that delicious emotion of not knowing where anything is, and having to feel your way around an often labyrinthine floor plan, where everyContinueContinue reading “Hotel Habits”
More Than Meets The Eye
Rodin Sculpture Garden, Palo Alto, CA One of my favorite parts of photography is when you can expose your favorite part of a thing, the pieces of your visual field that are totally and utterly drawing you in. At its best, photography is something more than capturing an objective reality – it’s taking what anyoneContinueContinue reading “More Than Meets The Eye”
Muttering Retreats 