Inspiration
« Previous EntriesTake a Stool
Saturday, September 4th, 2010Advantages to city life: Every now and then, you absolutely need a moment’s rest. There’s no getting around it. And on rare occasion, the city will offer you a stool. Go on, take a moment, rest your weary feet. There is time for a breath or two before you hit the streets again.
(Note: I do […]
Tracks
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Tracks.
An expert can follow these tracks to the source.
A true expert can determine the destination of these tracks based on the slightest, subtlest of clues, and then take another route to cut these great iron beasts off at the pass.
Do you still call it an Iron Horse?
Is it wild? Untamed? Can it be broken, and […]
The Painter
Thursday, July 29th, 2010It may be merely a bridge to you.
But to the man with the canvas, it is Inspiration.
If you were having trouble finding your own inspiration, look to the very things you see every day in your own life, but look to them with an artist’s eye and see what you might never before have seen.
Flowers
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Sometimes, a thing stands out. Sometimes, that thing is flowers.
Sometimes, that thing is the color of a woman’s fingernails, or the taste of a sauce, or the aroma of cinnamon.
Part of the point, I think, is to take the time to notice the things that are meant to be noticed.
Another part of the point is […]
The Secrets of Successful Romance
Sunday, February 14th, 2010Day 45 of 365 Days of Color.
Valentine’s Day.
Here, I shall reveal to you the secrets of successful Romance (not to be confused with the secrets of a successful Relationship): Spontaneity and Forethought.
That’s it. Get to work.
Change
Saturday, July 25th, 2009I, and a number of my friends, contributed a photo to this project.
The Lond Road Ahead
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Where will these tracks take me? What will I see? It’s a metaphor for life (sorry to smack you upside the head with that, but there it is). It’s symbolic of the road we all travel, the unknown destinations lying around the bend. It’s the idea of looking forward, not back. I’m not running, because […]
The Roll Top Desk in the Attic
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008My godmother, who happens to be my mother’s cousin, lives in Chelsea, in New York City, in an apartment that’s rather like a square. Through the front door, there’s a bathroom immediately to the left, and a hall that leads to the end. On the right, there’s a kitchen. Beyond that (the end of the […]
A Brief Encounter in a Diner
Sunday, September 7th, 2008“I didn’t dream of being a waitress at 49,” she says.
“What did you dream of being?” I ask. And then I realize it’s entirely the wrong question, because past dreams don’t much matter, do they? “What do you dream of now?”
“Six weeks,” she says, “I return to San Francisco. To live with my daughter.”
So she […]
Welcome to August
Friday, August 1st, 2008If it were the first of May, we’d be calling it May Day. Instead, it’s just 1 August, or August 1, or just another sweltering summer day.
Also happens to be the anniversary of the day, back in 1981, MTV started broadcasting and changed television and music as we knew it. ‘Course, at the time, I […]