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An Anomaly Below the Mokattam Hills
Continue ReadingOccasionally you come across something which — at least in your own mind — does not belong in the place where you find it, an anomaly. While wandering the Cairo Necropolis, an inhabited complex of tombs and catacombs in the medieval quarter of the city, I noticed this bedraggled poster seeming unusual in a Muslim […]
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Quoting From Images, Vol. 2
Continue ReadingMany notables have photographed this wall of stains above White House Ruin. None that I know made images from this head-on wide-angle perspective portraying so much of the canyon wall. I am quoting from the work of two men, one at work in the 19th Century (Timothy O’Sullivan) and the other from the 20th […]
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Ebullience, Page 2
Continue ReadingSuch jaunty enthusiasm lies beyond my emotional range; indeed, it might transcend the abilities of all but a tiny percentage of mortal creatures. I was that odd child not entertained by clowns — instead was afraid of them — finding their androgyny and buffoonish behavior unnerving. Throughout history these tramps and jesters have been allowed […]
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A Curious Surrealism
Continue ReadingA strange scene like this seldom appears in the normal course of things; typically this must be manufactured — through double exposure or later sandwiching of frames. Finding a truly surreal image in real time is rare as platinum. This juxtaposition occurred during a musical performance when the piano man’s hand was somehow projected […]
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Faraway In Reflection
Continue ReadingWhat draws me to a subject and composition like this must be the mystery expressed. Long-suffering wives or husbands will admit they perceive in odd moments a chasm between themselves and their spouse — something remains elusive, the more so for a person we have never met. I do not know this young man […]
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Some Dancing Feet
Continue ReadingAlthough not as expressive as the human face, feet in motion can project emotion. In these two cases I think it must be joy in camaraderie; the first more abandoned than the second.
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Entering the Phenomenological Realm
Continue ReadingPhenomenology — an extravagant word meaning the study of how things appear to us in our conscious — or lived — experience. Anger counts as this sort of phenomenon, while believing the sun will rise tomorrow in the East does not. Philosophers are fond of asking questions we might consider tedious, like: “Is there […]
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