Black & White
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It’s Natural.
Look who I met on the path. A little slow in the cool morning. A DeKay’s Brown snake. Such grace in the natural form, the shape is easy and effortless. Beauty and danger all at the same time. Continue reading
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Right-side Up!
Some days I don’t know which way is up… But upon reflection Continue reading
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Spring Swing
Note to self… Make time to play Continue reading
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Wandering
Oh, to wander the streets again… and see things. I must steel myself. Chicago seems loath to give up winter. Continue reading
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Ambush!
She tried to trip me as I walked by. Continue reading
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Just trying to get a grip.
Just trying to get a grip. Continue reading
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Peekaboo
Getting to know my new friend. I’ve never thought of myself as a cat person. But my daughter’s new 9mo old is making me question that. Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955