A solid portrait and a fragment…
Yesterday, I talked about portraits with un-boring backgrounds. Today, it’s a boring background. However… The portrait up top is an example of what I call a “solid” portrait. While the…
Pyramid on the distant horizon…
“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson It is only natural to…
On the road to the air…
I’m on the road again. Racking up more mileage. No new countries this time, but a return to one I haven’t been to since 2008. I don’t say this enough,…
The good of the many…
“Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.” ~Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic sphere/dome Of the 100 trillion people who…
Slight of hand…
Through the blinds of a diner in a Chicago suburb: cars pass crusted with ice and the sidewalk scatters white. Dogs in jackets, anxious at their ropes. People stride by…
Textures and oranges…
The rain had started tapping On the window near my bed There was a loophole in my dreaming So I got out of it And to my surprise my eyes…
An impression of a runner…
“Creativity takes courage.” ~Henri Matisse Stay tuned… -Noah D.
Bokeh fliers…
While driving to church each Sunday morning when I was growing up, there was a radio host on the local radio station who would play southern gospel music. It wasn’t…
Beyond the things in a rubbish pile…
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization. ~Charles Lindbergh In the back of my parent’s property is a fence. This fence must occasionally be checked for downed limbs and…
Storage and usable things…
Mum and Gidget. Stay tuned… -Noah D.
To a year behind…
The year 2013 will be the first since 1987 to have no duplicate digits. Just saying… But 2012 was a pretty good year, double digits and all. It really was.…