Where: Over the Hudson River, NYC
When: November 9, 2009
Title from Hem's song Leave Me Here. Her voice defies description, it is the most beautiful thing.
"Now I have been here before
Though I know I am lost
'Cause the same place that filled me with joy
Is just a road I crossed"
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: Today
There!! I'm all caught up. Your regularly scheduled program of three photos a day will resume tomorrow.
Where: Bradford, Vermont (this was an absurdly productive weekend, photographically, you guys are going to be seeing this stuff for months.)
When: November 7, 2009
Where: Bradford, Vermont
When: November 7, 2009 (or maybe 8th? My camera date/time went a little funny)
Say that title three times fast. ;)
Where: Bradford, Vermont
When: November 7, 2009
Title from a passage from Swinburne's "Garden of Proserpine", that I ran across in a newspaper years and years ago, and have kept in my wallet ever since. I recently realized it was there again just after one of the zen talks I had been going to, and was amused by how closely the sentiments parallel each other.
"From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving,
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives forever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea."
(As an aside, I am immensely frustrated at the moment by how much information is lost in the re-sizing/uploading process. The trees actually have detail, I promise. Sigh.)
Where: My Apartment, NYC
When: November 5, 2009
Title from Metric's song, Help I'm Alive. I was visiting my family this weekend and my sister hooked me up with a whole bunch of new awesome music! Whoo hoo! Hearing new stuff always seems to set my creativity into overdrive.
Lord, I hate self portraits. I just need to keep doing them until I get desensitized to looking at myself.
Where: Bradford, VT
When: November 7, 2009
Title from Greg Laswell's song, Comes and Goes (In Waves)
Where: Vanderbilt St, NYC
When: November 6, 2009
I don't know what's up with the super high grain - the texture is all lovely and soft but detailed in Lightroom - flickr (which hosts the photos for this blog) must be doing some crazy sharpening foo or something. Oh well.
Where: Soho, NYC
When: October 25, 2009
Title from Frou Frou's song Let Go.
Where: Christopher St, West Village, NYC
When: Today
I don't love this one - I like the textures and the contrasts, but I cut the dof too thin, I think. At the time I wanted only part of the name in focus, but now I'm not sure if that was the right decision.
I won't be posting for a few days, I'm heading up to Vermont, but will upload the 365 pictures from Saturday and Sunday on Monday, along with the regular posts.
Where: Hudson River Park, NYC
When: November 2, 2009
Title from New Model Army's "125 Mph"
"These things they flow as blood must flow
Dust to dust and wind must blow
You can die before you get old
But me, I'm gonna live forever"
Where: My Apartment, NYC
When: Today
"Which one is over there? Which one is myself? Only when you do not differentiate forms, suddenly not a single dust is established, not a single recollection is produced. Discern that even before the pregnant womb and after your skin bag, each moment is astonishing radiance, full and round without direction or corners, discarding trifles."
- Cultivating The Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi
I think this photo project is becoming increasingly good for my mental health. Spent most of the day in bed, feeling like I did in the early months of mono, depressed and lethargic for that and other reasons. Finally grabbed the camera with a sigh and a feeling of obligation, but the focus on expressing the emotion of this "astonishing moment" led to me being able to let it all drop away. I'm also surprised by how increasingly comforting and helpful I find the zen readings. I enjoy them when I'm feeling good, but they help me find the way through when I'm not.
Where: Tuckahoe, NY
When: Today
Title also from Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation. Yeah, I listened to that song a lot today.
Where: West Village, NYC
When: November 2, 2009
I love the old timey wording. It makes the words echo around in my head in big, booming, forbidding voices.
Where: West Village, NYC
When: October 26, 2009
Title from Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation.
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