Parse: An undeniable sense of well-being

It's an instruction, not a definition.

While driving home from hanging a show/stopping for fresh beer at the tasting room, we, the traffic, came upon a car going the wrong way against our one way street. Naturally, we responded with slowing and honking as they responded with stoic but noticeable fear, embarrassment and an abrupt turn signal. The car to my left had a child in a car seat in the back and when we stopped at the next light, the woman, presumably the mother, turned and smiled and comforted her child. I suspect that she was comforting herself in the same instant. She briefly looked up at me and I gave a smile and a knowing, but not knowing, nod to mean that it's good that we were all ok. As everyone drove past the stoplight, an overwhelming sense of everything being in it's right place sort-of swept over me. I realized that at this second, things were good.

Things are good.

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I now have three(3) shows for first Friday, September. Technically, it's three shows in two galleries. In no particular order you can see my collaborative shots with Bethany DeMarco at FU-collective, 8th Ave just east of Santa Fe Blvd. You can also see some of my most recent project TypoGraff there in the 'Guest Artist' spot. Super-new double exposures of Typography vs. Graffiti. Uh-huh. I crossed the streams.

On the same night you may catch my stuff, as well as more collabo work at Namaste Gallery in the Highlands. New black and white, traditional silver I dreamed up after a nice rain and a close-up lens for an old TLR. Hand-printed goodness from my very own darkroom.

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Plug One

Here's the stuff I should be finished with by now

Named so because I just loaded up the winamp with every De La Soul I have. Still looking for Live at Tramps 96? and Clearlake Auditorium EP. (cough) Holla atcha boy.

The show(s): This is one of two for me this month. Bethany will be holding it down @ IndyInk while I man my solo work at Bonacquisti Wine. I'll be trying to slip out of there slightly before 9 to get over to the IndyInk party. See you somewhere. Ok, more flyers...

About nothing

Trying to play "Through the Viewfinder". The Yashica isn't made for it. There's too much in the way, but was a fun experiment.

I should make another attempt at HDR as it was fun and I got to learn yet another way to make an image. The book ideas are floating around. Where's Dan? I also know someone who's father has been in the printing industry for a long time now. He's got mad paper knowledge apparently. We need to get to work.

Now Playing: Gold Digger (yeah that one-but diff) by The Automatic. Awesome cross-genre re-map,rework, re-something!