We all yearn to be acknowledged, to be recognized for who we are what we have contributed. Acknowledgment costs so little and yields rewards all out of proportion. If we are acknowledged, perhaps we will be remembered. Perhaps our time will have been well-spent. Maybe we will leave some trace of our passing. Memorials are…
Tag Archive: shadows
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]
More Than One Step
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve felt like I had so many irons in the fire simultaneously. On the one hand, it’s wonderful: stimulating, challenging, fresh. On the other hand, I’m finding a greater need than ever before to make lists and schedule things deliberately. I simply can’t get everything done (never mind keep track…
Lampshadow
This is what I saw yesterday, literally first thing on opening my eyes. I love the contrast between the fabric textures, the wood of the base, and the patterns of the morning light. Fortunately, my phone was on the nightstand and I was able to snap the picture without even getting out of bed. Thank…
Sail Away
The colors and shapes seem strikingly nautical, but Asheville is not a seaside town. A Year Ago: Alight These are the colors of winter in New Mexico… [read more]
Half-Shadow
Light and dark and an incredible array of textures: this image demonstrates how pattern can define our perception of a space. Certainly there are some perspectival cues, but this picture depends more upon the juxtaposition of surfaces and the interplay of solidity and translucency for its impact. It’s like a visual venn diagram. (I really…
Not Quite There
I can see the promised land, but I’m not sure I’m going to get there. A Year Ago: Boardwalk I am reminded how much I love the Outer Banks… [read more]
Bench & Shadow
Seeing more shadows than light today, but hoping for a reversal sometime soon. A Year Ago: Ragged Some days everything and everyone I see is lame, or injured, or damaged in some way… [read more]
Midday Shadows
Three years. How is that even possible? Suspended as I am right now at a moment of the greatest flux, when all the basics of my life are changing but not yet changed, this blog swings on—a steady little metronome, back and forth, reliably ticking the days. Looking back year over year, I am profoundly…
Miles High Sea
It should be no surprise that some 60% of the U.S. population is either unsure about the theory of evolution or rejects it outright. In a country where it is taken as a matter of political principle that one person’s judgment and intelligence are just as good as the next, where too much intellectual effort…