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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Miyazaki and Photography
I spent part of my lunch period at work today watching this video that applies thoughts on life and art and work by Hayao Miyazaki to photography. I will be returning to this one.
Posted in On Art, On Exploring Photography
Tagged Art, Photography (the subect)
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Something for Thursday
Someone asked on social media the other day, “What’s your favorite John Denver song?” So, here’s my answer.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I’m thinking about renaming this weekly feature, in order to make it into a more broad focus on classical music, but more on that later when I’ve thought of a name that I like. Meanwhile, today I have a piece … Continue reading
The Saxhole of Chestnut Ridge (a repost)
This is a repost of a piece I wrote in 2015. I dig it up now because there’s been some discussion in social media lately of what appropriate punishment should be meted out against people who play their music, headphoneless, … Continue reading
Scenes from a Winter’s Week
It was a very cold and somewhat snowy week here. Nothing we couldn’t handle on either front–the lake effect produced probably 18 inches or so, maybe a little more, over several days–but nevertheless, I’m seeing reports that the first week … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Daily Life Stuff, Photo Posts
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Something for Thursday
Well, my mood hasn’t been great this week, for what are probably obvious reasons. But there is still music to fall back on and to remind oneself what is good in the world. Like, punching Nazis. Punching Nazis is good. … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I could also title this post “I listened to it, so now I’m gonna make you listen to it too!” Because it’s a piece whose existence I learned about after I watched a video on YouTube called “Reacting to One of … Continue reading
Never forget:
Everything that is to come is what we wanted. That is all.
Clarity from Mr. Gibson
America’s right wing is a lot of things. It’s impervious to facts, immune to empathy, and prone to conspiracy theory. It worships wealth and loathes its absence, and it is sexist and racist and homophobic and transphobic. All of these … Continue reading →