notes for later

an early career like a stone skipping across the raging river.. and gone.
they would influence the weak rather than turn out a rough weeks wages.
now that it is easy to get sharp focus, clear wide tone exposure and brilliant color range, most seek to compete with bigger prints, more capture points. most photographers lack conceptual skill, their camera is sharper than their mind. finger too slow to know what, just when.

I just had my hair cut. It was getting long, not enough to fly, but enough to curl.

Whenever I travel into the gut of America I am certain to have short hair, act the part that those of the Yellow River america expect. East cheeseburgers, drink beer and cheer. This is a place of fear and ammo.

In the chair I hear a mix of spanglish and vietnamese among the cutters. While on the radio an english native announces rock vocalists. These are harsh, too harsh in tone, or they are soft, far too soft. Soft enough they ooze into your ear. Both styles are stale, stagnant, vapid vocals.

Modern culture is based upon cliches. Sadly, modern singers can’t coin a cliche. Can’t turn a phrase that turns into a cliche.

Culture is conservative, but this is sad. I am glad that I don’t have to listen to the radio for a living.

Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality IV

Cooke IIa Portric Knuckler