Today, rather than focus on my (as always) copious opinions on the topic “Always Be Learning,” I thought I’d give you another look at the before & after of a photograph. This is the facade of the Reuter Center, home of the University of North Carolina/Asheville’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute—also known as the College for…
Tag Archive: black & white
Maple Lace
[View the hugeous version.] If forced to pick, I suppose I would choose Japanese maples as my favorite tree. They come in so many varieties. Their elegance is unmatched. And they change so brilliantly with the seasons. A black-and-white representation, then, is a counter-intuitive choice. The original photo is a symphony of new greens, and…
Measuring Up
How much of our time do we spend worrying about measuring up? And what percentage of that time is well spent? I’m all in favor of measuring, but I’ve become increasingly wary of measuring for the sake of comparison. I’m much more interested in my own internal calibration and the helpful viewpoints of trusted advisors….
Welcome to Edwin Place
I wonder if shadows on stairs should be my new new thing. A Year Ago: The Green Life In the middle of one of my treks around the River Arts District and vicinity, I stopped at a juice bar and had a drink composed mostly of green leafy items… [read more]
Woodland Walk
[Click here for hugeous, enlargeable version in a new window.] Another in the notorious series of “sketches” that are no such thing. I have no handy justification for why I’m persisting with these. I just am. The original panorama was shot with my iPhone, and included a hideously distorted slice of Bob’s head smack in…
Tangle
At the image sizes I use on this site, this picture appears almost abstract. There’s a Pollock-like alloverness to it. The eye keeps traveling the surface. There’s a super-abundance of detail. Yet, despite the frenzy of twig and leaf and bark, to stand here in the woods is to be at rest. The business of…
Another Sketch
In the spirit of my earlier Biltmore Sketch, I offer yet another munged panorama. These images still come under the heading of “dubious” for me, but there’s something about them I find attractive. They definitely need to be seen big. A Year Ago: Flowerfall Everything in DC is flowering like mad… [read more]
Biltmore Sketch
I wouldn’t blame you if your reaction to this image was a nonplussed “WTF?!?” I went through so many versions of this picture that I’m quite sure I lost my way. I’ve descended deep into filtration artifice, and am entirely aware that at this point an aesthete like me ought be running away while making…
The One of My Dreams
Do you know what you really want? Are you sure? The one of your dreams may appear in the light or in the shadows. Will you recognize it when it shows up? A Year Ago: Boardwalk Z This is another photograph that really works best HUGE… [read more]
Eddie
This is one of the two guys who were working on my basement slab. (There’s a lot of time sitting around waiting for the concrete to set before the next step.) When I introduced myself and he told me his name, I didn’t catch it all. To my citified ear, there were about three vowels…