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Photo evidence of an Artist’s Date.

September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I love sun-dappled streams that slink under foot bridges and empty into larger rivers.

The fungus among us. Little things too often pass us by, unnoticed. Of course, we’re the ones that pass IT by, right?

Girl. Cabin. Trees. Outdoors.
Want to see more? They’re stored here: Artist’s Dates @ Flickr

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“When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull”

June 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“Somewhere near the end it said
”You can’t do this”, I said ”I can too”
Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift
It’s a Man Ray kind of sky
Let me show you what I can do with it

Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed
When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto [...]

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Don’t walk away.

June 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

“Walk in silence,
Don’t walk away, in silence.
See the danger,
Always danger,
Endless talking,
Life rebuilding,
Don’t walk away.
Walk in silence,
Don’t turn away, in silence.
Your confusion,
My illusion,
Worn like a mask of self-hate,
Confronts and then dies.
Don’t walk away.”
Joy Division [atmosphere]
The Artist’s Way work is guaranteed to bring all sorts of revelations and breakthroughs, but often you have to travel through the [...]

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a date with Shelby while the sun sets

June 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I rejected my first attempt at an Artist’s Date this week - a trip alone to Gastonia and to a craft store and a book store - because I felt that it wasn’t a sufficient date. Maybe that’s not the point, but I felt like I was cheating myself on the first date. So I [...]

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