i honestly still can’t shake em…(posted so you’ll remember the day you said it after all this passes…:)
Butterflies
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giving and receiving advice/critique [another unrefined mindfart]
working through some thoughts regarding giving and receiving advice/critique/opinion (calling it all advice for brevity)
why is it that i can give and receive advice easily from some, but feel like either i’m walking on eggshells, or get offended (long term) with others? i say long term, ‘cos i have a tendency to take offense for a second with anyone challenging the way i behave, but usually doesn’t last more than a second when given by anyone i’m trusting loves me and ain’t trying to hurt me.:)
i think there are several factors, including the way in which one gives advice, and the receiver’s predisposition to wanting to receive feedback. A *big* portion, i posit, is that “it’s not me, it’s not you, but us”. when folk have a *relationship*, that there’s a mutual giving and receiving, and a mutual trust, and love, then words can be taken, and given, in an unoffensive way…or at least a way that, in the long term doesn’t cause resentment. no offense will be given when given (that make sense?), and none will be received. and if there *is* offense, it’s usually recognized, called out, and dealt with. “it’s all love”, as they say.
summer’s over.
Dear God
man.
Car trouble–what is it?
quick backstory:
on the highway, started hearing a clicking sound, noticed i was in the wrong gear. pulled over, stopped car, popped hood, antifreeze was spewing out of a hose…released the antifreeze cap, and antifreeze proceeded to boil over its container.tried to contain it with a towel, but it was still going all over its area.
car got towed home.
tried to start, wouldn’t, was still hot. few hours later, started with some push on the gas pedal effort…still loud clanking (that you hear below) but drove it from the front of our yard into the driveway.
started it this morning with little issue (started as normal, no trickery), but still loud click as you hear below.
any ideas?
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j(mobile).
i (think i) get it now.
I know why I love photography so much. It is the area of my life where I can express my point of view without any amount of judgement–perceived or otherwise. I am in my world; not subject to any person’s opinion. Everything I do is right. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But I ultimately always forgive myself, and continue.
i want to be like that with other people. i want more of that from others.
bengaluru bound!
In October, I am headed to bangalore, India. I was asked by an old college friend to shoot a wedding. I ended up doing it at (below, hah) cost, for the opportunity to visit a continent, even the city that i’ve wanted to visit for a few years yet! They were kind enough to take care of a week stay! Now that that’s the case, I have some exploring to do. I get five days to do this:)
I’m looking to shoot the way that i do (with an insane amount of cameras and film combinations, to slice it at every angle), and edit the results to a book! On monday I started a kickstarter page for the project. Given the short time frame, and the fact that it’s come as a surprise to me this year that i’d be making my first trip off of this continent, I think it is fitting to do “that book” many have asked me about. :) It’s been amazing that i’ve been able to say yes, get a passport, and otherwise prepare for this!
If you’ve found anything i’ve done, in life :) to be of any financial value, i’d appreciate putting your name in my book, and writing you a postcard from India!
As things have progressed (this past week!) i’ve come up with a tentative plan to spend most of the time in Bangalore (the wedding is on the 16th), with a side trip to at least Chennai, and hopefully Mysore (is this where i could find some delicious Mysore Pak?!)
iphone 4 unboxing — 6/23
hypothesis
our brains are rewired *daily* by media, and circumstances. sleep aids in “unwiring the brain”. more sleep gives more peace…too much though can undo some of the “good” wiring that’s occurred.
again, this is a completely unfounded hypothesis that i haven’t even looked or cared to research, because i just wanted to get it out there…it is morning, i’m unwired, and more focused than i would be at the end of the day due to all the distractive wiring from media–which means that i have important work to do. :)
big a pinecone
no more than 5 minutes into us walking onto the university washington campus, we spotted this *huge* pinecone. my son has added it to his (before unbeknownst to me) pinecone collection.