this and that and the other,
here and there and around the corner,
forget it.

No one reads these anyway, so no real point in making it fancy. I'm considering doing a "real" blog, with notes and commentary on photography and life and whatever, but truth to tell, the hours of my life are already quite full. I could complain about having a day job that has nothing to do with art. And, to most people, doing computer programming work does have nothing to do with art. But it does or can have a lot to do with craft and elegance.

Craftsmanship, professionalism, being very skilled, any of these is what the Chinese call Kung Fu. Well, maybe not the younger modern Chinese people for they, like most Americans only think of Bruce Lee and fancy fighting when they hear that term. Bruce Lee is very much a Kung Fu Martial Artist, and I hope I'm at least a little bit of a Kung fu computer programmer.

The last few years, though, since shortly before I joined DA, I've found photography again and there I also strive to become very skilled. And a facebook friend just gave me an excellent reason to become even more skilled at photography as a way to help people become healthier.

[link] explains how the looking at certain kinds of images increases the health of about half the population.

new art, new dance, new things,
old things, and things move along.

Lots of photos, but I'll just post this one for now:




Less than a week till our local regional burning man, Interfuse. I've volunteered this year to work with the Earth Guardian team. Basically recycling and lost and found is what we take care of. What makes the burning man type of festivals different from all other festivals is that one day after it is over, you can walk through the area where it took place and not realize there was anything going on there except for some tamped down grass where the tents were, and probably some tire tracks. The other big thing that is different from all other festivals is that there are no vendors. It is a gift economy for the duration -- no selling, no bartering, just partying and giving and relaxing or exploding with energy and art.





Lots of pictures at [link]
Info on this event at [link]

If you happen to be there, drop by the Earth Guardian headquarters and say hi,

Ah, springtime,

And if you happen to have a camera or vid, I'd love it if you could catch me during my fire sword play just before the main burn on saturday night.

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Mostly I try to create art or something like that when I make photographs. To sell art, though, I guess I need to learn a foreign language, the patter used by gallery directors and such. Apparently I can't just say I got what I wanted to get and I like how it turned out, I have to explain it in terms of some kind of art movement...

I am sometimes available to do portraits, cover events, or do portfolio work of people or animals on location in the Jefferson City and Columbia Missouri area.

new art, new dance, new things,
old things, and things move along.



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Mostly I try to create art or something like that when I make photographs. To sell art, though, I guess I need to learn a foreign language, the patter used by gallery directors and such. Apparently I can't just say I got what I wanted to get and I like how it turned out, I have to explain it in terms of some kind of art movement...

I am sometimes available to do portraits, cover events, or do portfolio work of people or animals on location in the Jefferson City and Columbia Missouri area.