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Bear Creak

Feb 03, 10

Views: 161Carolyn and I went out to Bear Creak park on Sunday. It was the first day that I really felt like myself again. While we were out I got a few interesting shots: You can see more at my TH...

"Fix" by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, from No Heaven.

Views: 283Poem: “Fix” by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, from No Heaven. Fix The puzzled ones, the Americans, go through their lives Buying what they are told to buy, Pursuing their love affairs with the automobile, Baseball and football, romance and beauty, Enthusiastic as trained seals, going into debt, struggling — True...

Sharon Kopriva

Jan 31, 10

Posted by Cristan in Art

Views: 286I ran across a booklet I picked up in 2001 that showcases the art of Sharon Kopriva. I really like her work even though it is grotesque. It tends to speak volumes about the worst of Christianity – which I appreciate since the caustic side of that faith was used as a weapon against me. To me, her work seems to speak...

My Guitar

Jan 24, 10

Posted by Cristan in Art

Views: 316Yesterday was also the first time I had pulled out my guitar to play in a long time and today was the first time in… I don’t know when… that I spent some time just looking at my guitar. It isn’t name brand, but my grandmother and mother chipped in to buy it for me on my 16th birthday. I had less...

Run Away! Run Away! Run Away!

Jan 19, 10

Posted by Cristan in Art

Views: 417As I said in my last blog, I can feel the anticipation building as I move closer to next month and dealing with the 3 separate grants + moving + programmatic setup(s). I decided that I would get out of Houston and go camping for a couple of days. You know, I think it’s been more than 20 years since I’ve ...

The Miracle is That There Are No Miracles

Jan 18, 10

Posted by Cristan in Philosophy, Photography

Views: 4350 This is a little piece of an actual photo taken by Hubble and released to the public by NASA on Jan. 5th. Yah, that’s all “whatever” you say? What is SO COOL about this photo is that this is a photo of the dark part of the sky. If you look at your fingernail and take 1/10th of its size and use that...