Author: Moni

  • I’ve been told that today marks the day that there are exactly 100 days left in the year. So why not start a 100 day project? I love 100 day projects! I am currently doing a 100 day project in which I draw something everyday. But I thought that on this most auspicious of days…

  • “All cultures are mass illusions;  it’s a question of consciously shaping your illusion  to create a positive bubbling up of optimism, idealism,  enthusiasm, and creativity… And So how you create your world is something that you must take full responsibility for. You’re the one who creates your world.” – Robert Thurman Circling the sacred mountain 

  • Along with my Zero 45, I brought my Terrapin Bijou with me on that pinhole adventure in Olympia with my fellow PNW pinhole enthusiasts. I had my Bijou loaded with Velvia from a previous pinhole adventure at a graveyard. I caught this group just as a tour of the capitol building was underway. I love…

  • Here is the last of my large format shots from the SCOPES meetup in June. Incidentally, I printed some contact prints of one of these negatives last week. They didn’t turn out great, but I had fun and have semi-vowed to get in the darkroom more often. It can be months in between the times…

  • I remember…

    I remember summer days when I would ride my bike for hours and hours around the block. I remember the smell of oil on our gravel road. The smell reminds me of summer. I remember the big mud puddle in front of our house, filled by the sprinkler. We would concoct worlds in that puddle.…