Photos with my reflection or my shadow.
self
The photographer
“There’s no new ideas in the world, there’s only new arrangements of things. Everything is new, every minute is new. That means re-examining. Life changes […]
Degrees of separation
*** “To be, in a word, unborable…. It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you […]
For madmen only
“Do you think I can’t understand your horror of the fox trot, your dislike of bars and dancing floors, your loathing of jazz and the […]
Play of light
Happy new year. I hope you all have a great 2023.
Surveillance
I didn’t even see the guy in the far left corner watching me until I looked at the photo later on my computer. I […]
Mirrors and Windows
Recently I’ve been thinking about John Szarkowski‘s idea of photographs as either windows or mirrors. It’s interesting to think of one’s own work and the […]
It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy
“Appreciation of life is not easy. One says he must earn a living — but why? Why live? It seems as though a great many […]
Play as a little child plays
“The man who believes that money is the thing is cheating himself. The artist teaches that the object of a man’s life should be to […]
The annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth
“The individual … no longer resists the annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth in the realization of truth, and so becomes ripe, at last, for […]
The neurotic and the artist
“The neurotic fails through incessant vacillation. The artist succeeds in giving shape and form to the conflict and ejects truth and beauty.” – Otto Rank […]
You’ve forgotten your childhood; It will make you suffer until you heed it
“In your case, mind and nature, consciousness and dream world lie very far apart. You’ve forgotten your childhood; it cries for you from the depths […]