Here is my next photo/essay in my project series of photos and essays (#6)… Feathered Friends As a child growing up on an Iowa farm I was surrounded by animals. Our farm had milk cows, chickens, ducks, hogs, and cattle. Because both my parents worked so hard caring for all Read more…
Often when I make photographs I think about Seeing the Unseeable Through the lens of my camera I look deeply into the marrow of life to discover its hidden order, its rhythms, the luminant transparency of it all. I want to look deeply into the nature of things and see Read more…
Since I heard the election results last week I’ve been realizing that it’s up to me to Make a Choice about how I want to live in the coming years. Am I going to let the chaos and fear that is now surrounding us rule my emotions and thoughts? Or Read more…
Today I’m sharing my next essay/photo creation for the project I am working on. It’s called Fractals Fractals are complex shapes that upon a closer look are composed of parts that appear to be a smaller version of the whole. In nature, fractal shapes can be seen in ferns, trees, Read more…
I went for a hike in the woods this morning. At first glance the landscape looked gray and uninviting. Almost all of the leaves have fallen. And the trees stand like tall silent sentinels against gray skies. Fallen branches and trees are scattered on the forest floor. Still, by slowing Read more…