as i lie on my bed, i have an ash cross crudely drawn upon my forehead. i have never celebrated Lent before. and i don't intend to start now. at least i didn't. in fact last nite when our housemate Aaron announced that he was giving up coffee and liquor for Lent [just before having a tot of coffee liquer with us to see in his time of fasting] it was yet again for me [...]
so today we fly back to americaland and i leave a changed man. but maybe not in the way you would expect... i don't feel like i have grown so much as i have regressed, but in a good way though. as in 'returned to former state' - or returning at least. in some Christian senses i guess we have been living the dream - 19 months at the Simple Way [you know, the mecca [...]
Another week, another photo challenge and this time to find the right picture or pictures to capture the idea of fleeting. I could not look past our wedding pics for this, both because I think they really do capture the idea of a moment caught in time, but also give the idea of this thing will move on and this moment will pass. The commitment will continue and is hopefully strong and steadfast and true, [...]
This sign I discovered in an international hotel in Malaysia - upon closer detection I was able to ascertain that the one fruit was banned because of its absolute stench and the other because it has hardcore staining capacity. I am not too clear as to what the punishment is if you are caught with either of these: This one was in the same country but this time on a train - a very difficult [...]
Another photo challenge and this idea i really like - the thing that is not the thing - or the question of focus - is the thing in the foreground of the picture 'the thing' or are we meant to be keeping an eye on what is in the background? is it "both...and?" So many options and so i had to use three different pics which i feel increase in terms of degree or extent [...]
another great wordpress photo challenge theme and so many different places where i could take this from but i decided this time to rather focus on one area - that of improv and my time with TheatreSports, now called Improguise, in South Africa who i got to spend about 11 years with making stuff up with and really just one of the most amazing opportunities and things to be a part of... like 'Whose Line [...]
Wot another great theme, the great ones being ones open to a range of interpretation... so many pictures, so little space, but had a variety of shots that jumped out at me to use in this post, each bringing their own personal flavour to this Patterned Buffet: Clockwise from the top left we have: # the patterm formed by row upon row of white fluffy cloud hovering over the water and nature scene [...]
i love the themes that are open to great interpretation or variety and 'From Above' is no different... really hard to just stick to one picture and so here is a selection of some images which capture this for me in different ways and contexts: firstly two shots from the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, the first simply giving a sense of the height and the second for me stood out for the uniformity of [...]
another week and another great photo challenge, this one offering a range of interpretation, although i decided to keep it simple... here is a picture of me and the world's most famous stuffed dolphin, No_bob [because he doesn't!] taking in the sights of the Petronas towers in Malaysia... a strong sense of Up happening there... and then these three from my website photo shoot many years ago... which i call 'preparing for take-off' [...]
what happened yesterday with the bomb explosions after the Boston Marathon that up til now have claimed three lives and injured well over 100 people [with ten or more amputations that occurred with some of the survivors] was a tragedy. any time someone is killed it is a tragic thing and more so because this was something that was ruthlessly planned and carried out. and Facebook knew about it - scrolling down my news feed [...]