Month: August 2013

Pinhole Obscura

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I mentioned (in passing) a few posts ago that I wanted to take pinhole photos of places I’ve visited in Atlas Obscura. Well. That idea has since gone a bit off the deep end. It occured to me that this might be a good idea for a community blog since the atlas catalogs locations around the world. So I asked a few of my friends if they wanted to participate and they thought it was a great idea. And with that, I present to you Pinholeobscura.com. A pinhole photography blog about interesting places featuring the pinhole photography of yours truly, and my friends Inge and Brendan. We have a few people who are interested in guest submissions as well. If you are interested in submitting something let me know.  Please subscribe! It’s going to be a lot of fun. We also have a Facebook page and a Twitter.

Alone in the poetry section of Powells.

Photography

alone in the poetry section at Powells.

A couple of Monday’s ago I enjoyed a wonderful morning at Powell’s in downtown Portland. If you don’t know what Powell’s is, well, I will tell you. It is Book Lover’s Mecca. This particular site is called Powell’s City Of Books, and for good reason. You could literally get lost in here. I am not even kidding. I have actually gotten lost in this book store. It occupies an entire city block.

I have visited this shop many, many times and now know my way around very well. I have many favorite places here. One of them is the poetry section. On this particular Monday this is where I found myself, alone with Walt Whitman, contemplating Leaves of Grass. I spent a good twenty minutes with old Walt and then turned slightly to my left and thought, “I should snap a photo.” So I did.

Imagine my surprise/shock/delight when, 4 days later,  I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and  Amanda Palmer‘s photo of this exact spot popped up on my feed.

She was doing a “Ninja Meetup” at Powells! In my spot! In front of the books I was looking at days before!

Weird and random.

Life

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One of the laws of the universe is that all library holds come at the same time. This is what arrived for me today at my own library. I am also working slowly through four books. I am also feeling a need to do some creative writing and just general de-cluttering of the brain.

When I was writing the “Choose Love” post I took the opportunity to read though some of the post that I wrote when I was doing my media fast last year. It’s kind of interesting to revisit that experiment. It was great experience and I want to do it again. So I am. Starting tomorrow.

I’ll see you in a week!