Kill Devil Hills, NC Another of my favorite shots from OBX, taken as a storm was rolling in. from my safe perch on the 3rd floor balcony. My real-time perspective didn’t have a black and white filter, but it may as well have. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Category Archives: Photography
Beach Nights
Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, NC The view from last week’s vacation. Not too shabby. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Whittle While We Work
Art in the Park Festival – Clawson, MI How different everything is for the craftsman who transforms a part of the world with his own hands, who can see his work as emanating from his being and can step back at the end of a day or lifetime and point to an object — whetherContinueContinue reading “Whittle While We Work”
Lines and Shadow
Ann Arbor architecture doesn’t disappoint. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Don’t Blink
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
Sandcastle Building: Hell Week
We open in 4 days. Preview performances tomorrow and Tuesday. I find myself desperately reaching for ways to fine tune it, to get it another inch or two closer to what my mind’s eye can see just around the corner. A little closer to perfect. So many things are going right, and a handful ofContinueContinue reading “Sandcastle Building: Hell Week”
Post-Op
I’ve been a little out for the count due to some minor health “stuff” that led to some minor surgery “thingamajiggies”, but I hope to get back into my writing groove soon enough. Meanwhile, I leave you with my cat’s opinion on the whole affair, because that just about sums it up. Shot on PixelContinueContinue reading “Post-Op”
Trigger Warning: Incest (Because God)
“Lot and His Daughters” by Artemisia Gentileschi (1636-38) @ By Her Hand Bible stories here, Bible stories there, Bible stories everyw- Wait, what? Smack in the middle of one of the farther-in galleries at the DIA exhibit on women artists from the early Renaissance thorugh the Enlightenment, in gigantic proportions with about a dozen differentContinueContinue reading “Trigger Warning: Incest (Because God)”
Phenomenal Woman, That’s Me
“Self-Portrait at the Easel” by Sofonisba Anguissola (1554-55) @ By Her Hand It’s true — I can’t see a portrait with this kind of raw strength and sass without recalling Maya Angelou’s soul-inspiring poetry. I think Anguissola would approve — she made a bit of a career (in all senses of the words) out ofContinueContinue reading “Phenomenal Woman, That’s Me”
Uxor Brute
“Portia Wounding Her Thigh” by Elisabetta Sirani (1664) @ By Her Hand Though the natural weakness of her body hinders her from doing what only the strength of men can perform, she has a mind as valiant and as active for the good of her country as the best of us.Brutus, speaking of Portia IContinueContinue reading “Uxor Brute”
Muttering Retreats 