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Mono Friday

Will — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:41:43 +0000

“Political Speech”
2006

My first participation in Mono Friday. Thanks to Bodhipaksa for the tip.

I’ve moved my Zen presence (spelled correctly this time) over to Wooden Zen. Join me there if you dare. Now I’m considering moving my woodworking presence to a new blog to separate out the various parts of this thing called me.

Twins born 40 years apart

Will — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:25:34 +0000

1968 2008

It is hard for me to remember my past. When confronted with pictures, something is stirred but not very strongly. I don’t see a resemblance between the two pictures above. Physiologically, there is nothing left of the person from 1968. Every cell in that body has long since died and has been regenerated many times over. So many brain synapses have been broken and so many new ones established. My present memories of 1968 are so faint as to be almost non-existent.

Yet that little boy is in me.

Ansel Adams and Brooks Jensen

kestrel — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:33:34 +0000

From Grandmother Mountain Looking East towards Widow Peak

The New York Times has a wonderful presentation of a few of Ansel Adams photographs with audio commentary by Andrea Stillman, a former assistant. The presentation is great, the commentary is great but mostly this shows an alternative method of displaying photographs. This dovetails nicely with Brooks Jensen’s recent discussion of Folios. (Search for LW0421-LW0425) Brooks also presented yet a different method of presentation of photographs in his “Made of Steel” podcasts. (Search for LW0384-LW0389) All total maybe an hour of superior quality photography instruction. Three different means of presentation, all heartfelt and fitting to the goals. Check them out.

There is a field…

Will — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:06:12 +0000

Lynn Harbaugh an American musician living in Canada (my old country) used some of my photos to create a little video expressing support for Barack Obama. It was inspired by Barack’s speech in Philadelphia on March 18. “There is a field……” features original music (by Lynn) + a Rumi poem + gorgeous photos of wheat fields in Washington (by Will).

Well Lynn, your very welcome. Remix deluxe.

When words fail

Will — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:52:17 +0000

I’ve found out that Michael, the author of the blog One Foot in Front of the Other has died Jan 15th after a long struggle with cancer. He is an inspiring photographer, poet and human being. Michael, you have opened my eyes to the intimacy of life and death. Thank you.

I’ll reprint his last poem. It his hugely moving to me. I’m swallowed up. Can I feel the life spark? Can I feel the life spark? I’m afraid that I might not.

Fatigue

Looking in my bathroom mirror
I see the steady progress of death
as he moves like an eclipse
across my face

My skin grows more taut
my beard is shot through with gray
my eyes are increasingly bloodshot
I can’t recognize this person staring back at me –
in fact
this stranger is scaring me

My physical weakness astounds me
my arms don’t listen anymore
my sense of balance has forsaken me

But, blessing of blessings
I can still feel the life spark
I can still feel the life spark

Latah County Web Site

Will — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:04:30 +0000

Latah County, Idaho

Mike Kinner, the ITS Director for Latah County, Idaho approached me about using a few of my “Open Source” photos in the redesign of their website. Today they unveiled there new design. The photos are used for the masthead background. I really like this treatment of the photos. This is a look I would have never have thought of. An example of freely sharing creative work and seeing new ideas and better creations as a result. The colors run together and their choice of images conveys a feeling of rural Latah County. Great Job.

The Queen and Annie - the photo shoot

Will — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:46:12 +0000

Completely fascinating video from Annie Liebovitz’s Queen Elizabeth shoot. Echo via the strobist.

Animation that shows Moon Wobble (libration)

Will — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:39:33 +0000

The Moon’s apparent size changes slightly, though, and a slight wobble called a libration is discernible as it progresses along its elliptical orbit.
There is so much our brains can no comprehend on their own. Here is an example of how photography expands knowledge. I had never seen this before. Looking at the moon each night, I can not perceive the slight changes as shown in this little animated GIF. This is one of the advances that photography has brought to our understanding of our environment. This reminds me of a podcast Brooks Jensen made where he pointed out that it has only been a couple of hundred years since the development of photography, before which there was no photography at all, to now where millions, tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions photographs are taken each day.

Western Bluebirds in Idaho

Will — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:23:58 +0000

For the first time since we moved here, we have a nesting pair of Western Bluebirds around. We are not sure where they are nesting because we’ve seen them hanging around a couple of different nesting boxes we have up. The pictures above are of the male. His concubine is around. They are surprisingly approachable. More photo to follow.

What’s blooming today

Will — Sun, 13 May 2007 19:01:53 +0000

Buttercup

My mom doesn’t read my blog but I’ll wish her a happy mother’s day here anyway.