Various visuals that inspired quick pics…
Supermarket checkout aisle, Asheville NC, 2018. Cognitive dissonance in condensed versions.
Supermarket deli, Poway CA, 2019. I had never felt bad about hummus, until then.
Supermarket magazine rack, Asheville NC, 2018. Something for everyone.
I-40 near Burlington NC, 2019. If it were my business, I think I would change the name.
Rooms with a view.
Left: Cleveland Aquarium, 2013. Right: Washington Platform Saloon, Cincinnati, 2018.
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at one time, no, before time,
nothing became something
the became began it all
the became, the axiom: energy
the became inflated and expanded
and condensed and fused
and writhed in the arms of gravity
whom it had just begun to know
and then embrace
gravity, its lover, with whom it coexisted
and to whom it pledged covariance
until death newton part,
exerted its pull
energy, as became would become,
sat nervously in its primal seat
side-by-side, thigh-to-thigh with its lover
gravity, or space as it would become,
together they imagined a path
~ it would be a wayward path
crossing and uncrossing and
full of avoidance and despair
but they would not know that ~
through their tender universe
they grew together, flew apart
conspired to sacrifice understanding
their burnt offering to us:
distance and incomprehension
the summer stars over the hillside
blinded our eyes to what
the future would hold
now that there was one
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Why is this man smiling?
Gun rights rally, Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 20, 2020. Credit: Julio Cortez (AP)
The (unidentified) man above is smiling for several reasons. First, he has a gun, and it is a very large and intimidating one. Second, the supreme court of the land he shares with us has declared that he and his kindred are free to brandish such weapons, which satisfies his fetish and lets him forget all his insecurities for the moment. Third, it is just a lot of fun to play dress-up soldier with your friends, no matter what your age.
And why is this man smiling?
The Senate rejects impeachment witnesses, Washington, DC, January 31, 2020.
Credit: Erin Schaff, New York Times.
This man, Sen. Mitch McConnell, is smiling because he too has a big gun, whose name is Donald J. Trump. McConnell has just wielded that gun to impose discipline in his ranks and bring the impeachment trial to a close. He is smiling because Trump’s fervent base is the bluntest weapon he has ever used and its aim was true. McConnell is smiling because if Trump can get away with anything, then so can he. And he is smiling because it is just a lot of fun to play dress-up politician with your friends, no matter what your age.
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Actually, my reasoning here was far too complicated. Both men are smiling because they have just had orgasms.