wildness/

I love the thought of nature taking things back. Years ago while traveling in the  deep south I came across a man, Francis (a fantastic story in himself, but I digress), clearing Kudzu off a house. I was in a panic because a day before I had driven by and just had to shoot it. But it was night so I planned to come back. And when I came back they were clearing it...eeeek! I still got the shot (see below), but the thought of the house wrestling with the wildness of nature had stayed with me. Taken root. I just like that idea. And then awhile back I took some scouting shots of a house in Berkeley and noticed the wisteria growing inside the house by sneaking in the window. I felt secretly joyful. Go wisteria, go!!! We coexist with such wildness and beauty on this earth and so much time is spent trying to tame things. How boring! Let the wildness in.

all things have moods/

at least that is how I see the world. This image illustrates that perfectly. I called this Sat On Shack for so long...but now I see it as a tired old guy with an extreme slump - weary from years of service as a little house.

Happy 11.22.11

It has to mean something great, don't you think?

hope/

wanderlust/it has gripped me...

I was digging through a box of prints looking for an image I am working on and I ran across this bad boy. Damn I love this picture! I think every car should paint their tires to match their paint! It cracks me up!!!

But it also just ignites an intense wanderlust in me. I look at this and I see, hear and smell the River Road in Louisiana. The wet heat in the air, the cicadas singing and the endless fields that surrounded us, it fills my heart and head with great memories. I stopped so much we barely made it very far each day, but no matter. That is what road trips are for - experiencing the road and the country, one little piece at a time. And damn! This country has some damn good flavors! I need another road trip really soon...