tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10579119277908024222024-02-18T23:01:45.560-08:00efficient Agony™Poetry, Art, and Commentary by Rick Burnett BakerR. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1007125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-26741523876956782002023-02-05T06:47:00.001-08:002023-02-05T06:50:11.149-08:00Perceptions <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7SkNbjcwh9cUM8JU_1eSaACMtwoDICU4Q5t-CQIfMwjlIbNWhSf7GXYUkSXUIs9kjcpoeZI3Zw9nFvy-AbQGT8GDFrZopL1GzBbSIaMzZCZKhqDwiM6yem4fxesK59h53urpnxAt3TrtUTIky1QCn5n31_Lbo2qUKdhnFL7c09q8_JkqrsUYRWdMYw/s900/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-18%20at%206.40.05%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7SkNbjcwh9cUM8JU_1eSaACMtwoDICU4Q5t-CQIfMwjlIbNWhSf7GXYUkSXUIs9kjcpoeZI3Zw9nFvy-AbQGT8GDFrZopL1GzBbSIaMzZCZKhqDwiM6yem4fxesK59h53urpnxAt3TrtUTIky1QCn5n31_Lbo2qUKdhnFL7c09q8_JkqrsUYRWdMYw/w266-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-18%20at%206.40.05%20PM.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images from my "throwaway" files, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">edited in VintageScene FX</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>EXPERIMENTS IN PERCEPTION</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>(Or, What does this have to do with photography?) </b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Reimagine the present as the past. How would your POV change, or would it? Compare the wonder of early 1800’s images, and even the first known photos, to the absolutist images of today, and explore the sense of wonder and imagination from both points of view. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Consider our notions of a “throwaway society” in terms of photography and what we today deem worthy of exhibiting compared to how we appreciate imperfect images from the past. How does that comparison square with our personal and collective ideals of worthiness and value of any given photo? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Can we learn value and appreciation of beauty, history, and our surroundings by exploring and reconsidering the “throwaway” components of our efforts to capture the “perfect” photo? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">As photography enthusiasts, are we too quick to judge images as throwaways or duds due to the evolution of photographic tools and our modern expectations for results we can achieve with those tools, and does that dampen our ability to see beyond imperfection, thus narrowing the definitions of art and beauty? Do imperfections in any given photo enhance its intrinsic beauty or appeal? How does the often touted benefits of large megapixel capabilities of our modern, ever evolving photo equipment and software reduce our ability to see beauty and worth in mundane or lower quality images? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Does the use of present-day editing software to create imperfections in already imperfect images defeat the purpose of said software? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The oldest known surviving photograph titled “View From the Window at Le Gras” was taken around 1826 by Nicephore Niepce using his photographic invention called heliography. That process created a one-of-a kind photo on a pewter plate treated with bitumen of Judea which is a naturally occurring asphalt containing light-sensitive properties. The photo was a grainy, blurred, purple tinted rendering of buildings that are barely recognizable as buildings. This photo is sometimes shown as a Helumt Gershein enhanced version that belies the primitive nature of the original photo taken by Niepce. The original is currently part of the permanent collection at the University of Texas-Austin. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Niepce image is often regarded with awe by photogs and the general public despite its mostly unrecognizable content. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Combing through my old files of photos, I’ve been looking at the images that would nearly always be considered as throwaways or duds. I’ve edited these photos from an “ancient” point of view, imagining them as the early primitive art form of photography, and also viewing them from a modern stance of abstract imaging. Few people like or appreciate blurry, grainy, abstract photos, and the common refrain might be, “What the hell is THAT? I just don’t get it!” Others will glibly ask the rhetorical question, “What does this have to do with photography?” </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Thus, when asking the question, “What does this have to do with photography,” try to understand how your preconceived expectations of photography determine what you consider as beauty, art, or perfection. Next, ask yourself if that answer might be the the same for every other viewer of photography. Remember that any given image will elicit a thousand reactions from a hundred people. From simple images of street signs to the esoteric renderings with blur, grain, and abstract qualities, every photograph is photography. Not every photo can be described as “fine art” photography, but anyone who has to ask the question of, “What does this have to do with photography” should reevaluate their use of imagination, curiosity, and even humor. Having to ask that question suggests more about the one asking, than the photo itself. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I encourage photography enthusiasts to break out of their insular views and habits, and explore different avenues of the hobby and art. Re-imagine the images you’ve passed by or rejected, and engage in experiments of perception. Imagination breathes new life into a hobby, and might lead to fun and exciting directions, despite some people who “just don’t get art,” or who’s perceptions are blurred in the ruts of habit and dogma. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">©Rick Burnett Baker </p><div><br /></div>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-76083915006070943072023-02-01T06:31:00.002-08:002023-02-01T06:34:08.293-08:00A Study In Archaeology <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">From my various nude, semi-nude, and abstract overlay images over a period of some 45 years. I'm gradually preparing some of these photos for a coffee table book during the coming year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6Wj-khuGZdHUEpkbhB6qsG7IcEpSGH3LqM3gyCkJf-E9i4e4xZLeBEodjNTMWvzZ4ToxWN2wYb5MPFA3hPSICvWWfmWqVGSNGxWwhwiQtkPlyIuLgjI1dOu_28xDveDh4BWxtHDLKVfAYYzXYs38XKdBotpeZNytO6rBZ7XvJRRX-wJoQjQdXiSTKA/s1824/PICT2312%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1218" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6Wj-khuGZdHUEpkbhB6qsG7IcEpSGH3LqM3gyCkJf-E9i4e4xZLeBEodjNTMWvzZ4ToxWN2wYb5MPFA3hPSICvWWfmWqVGSNGxWwhwiQtkPlyIuLgjI1dOu_28xDveDh4BWxtHDLKVfAYYzXYs38XKdBotpeZNytO6rBZ7XvJRRX-wJoQjQdXiSTKA/w268-h400/PICT2312%20copy.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Burial Mound" </i></b></div> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>©Rick Burnett Baker </p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-71380183599156895092023-02-01T05:04:00.000-08:002023-02-01T05:04:12.641-08:00Cosmos <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JDYOrKj78suQ8NMJxVrRNi0kC_0EPu0ysGyrsYoKc62cktWd3-F5pahFBOfElI-hS3PYWvsvoYZxZsukDSFfUtvY-LXDajBgkMkoBei0H0ll2EsInp5bxdbNnYm2n-CYpgXgJ7GgQN4Owxf_N2e37kY-H9mpb1XX8QSKinQy_faePxw83enaMHvJMw/s4851/DSC_0161.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3213" data-original-width="4851" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JDYOrKj78suQ8NMJxVrRNi0kC_0EPu0ysGyrsYoKc62cktWd3-F5pahFBOfElI-hS3PYWvsvoYZxZsukDSFfUtvY-LXDajBgkMkoBei0H0ll2EsInp5bxdbNnYm2n-CYpgXgJ7GgQN4Owxf_N2e37kY-H9mpb1XX8QSKinQy_faePxw83enaMHvJMw/w320-h212/DSC_0161.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Cosmos </b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Signs of plentiful years abound:</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Open gates, rotting fences, </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">dormant tree branches. A path of </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">sanity is rutted with mud, tears of </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the cosmos indifferent to wishes of any</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">living creature’s roiling blood. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Colorless forests quietly</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">harbor life, bereft of purpose, as if</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">purpose is pain. Disquietudes of a </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">breeze are mournful melodies sung by </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">no one willingly. I walk slowly, stepping </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">over cow patties, shedding tears as rain.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Becoming one with a scene is neither </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">required nor necessary to gleaning its</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">beauty or gore. Life’s significance, </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">likewise, depends on nothing said or </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">implied within grief’s spiritual vacuum, </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">hollowed by what was and is no more. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">©Rick Burnett Baker</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-72474168836640832182022-12-29T10:00:00.005-08:002022-12-29T10:00:50.917-08:00Health Is Mental<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> This is from an emerging 3am inspired, hopefully temporary selfie series titled, "The Unflattering"</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxAjmz4sV1XUvyr1OLZ5dm35EjpAUh1kw5a6WB95wDab2Xghx8CgR4bkTGeR8xB8-zZQwK7l93n1MTKxuQSe58pPpDucFsyMttqpmC2TMIXbmHlhe7Jx_9Flgd9RT32EXtw3SsLG1ZJQ7ad92W15pa4UnDI-spXl2tVhMntdyys_LuLNMWdwIDsetoQ/s2320/TTInputImage-693821968.961185.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxAjmz4sV1XUvyr1OLZ5dm35EjpAUh1kw5a6WB95wDab2Xghx8CgR4bkTGeR8xB8-zZQwK7l93n1MTKxuQSe58pPpDucFsyMttqpmC2TMIXbmHlhe7Jx_9Flgd9RT32EXtw3SsLG1ZJQ7ad92W15pa4UnDI-spXl2tVhMntdyys_LuLNMWdwIDsetoQ/s320/TTInputImage-693821968.961185.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Health Is Mental</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">What is mental health? As of the past few years, and now at the end of 2022, “mental health” is a buzz phrase. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">It’s been an excuse for bad behavior. It’s touted as a solution for what we see as societal ills. It’s a way to abdicate responsibility for our actions, both personally and collectively. It’s a sense of shame when we can’t see the symptoms within our own skulls. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">Sometimes it’s permanent. Sometimes it manifests only on occasion, situationally. Those two aspects are not always mutually exclusive. One can wish. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">Situationally is the one we occasionally experience during crisis. What’s disturbing and concerning is that the world is in a constant state of crisis. What’s amazing is how we garner resilience to ward off the permanence of such an ecumenical state of mind. Hopefully, that is. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">What is a buzz phrase, or buzz word? They are, perhaps, coping mechanisms created to sustain humanity until working solutions can be found to move us beyond mere sustenance and stasis, and into a positive framework. Health itself is mental. Hopefully, that is. </span></p></div><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: white;">©️</span>Rick Burnett Baker</p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-74997805300979812822022-12-17T07:19:00.001-08:002023-02-01T06:27:39.160-08:00Lines Of Skin <p> </p><p>Three images from my various nude, semi-nude, and abstract overlay series over a period of some 45 years. I'm gradually preparing some of these images for a coffee table book during the coming year. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">"Holy Water"</p><p style="text-align: center;">2013</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b7wwp4aPEmldyPjDIMIwuB3gCcDTSz0QEmnVawT9Ke97osFfBb4_ciBFZgKcXylygIG2H6FYxrEpCsAdYh9a-J31bv_7DjPP7HbIO58QIrcGo9g_XRxTp41mHRj5ZOYERDqNjixHpgEnROVv9ZC7ozYVx0Dq3qoyQE4UmkO1mHhK3_oQBFPj1ZUMEw/s3364/DSC_0223.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3364" data-original-width="2235" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b7wwp4aPEmldyPjDIMIwuB3gCcDTSz0QEmnVawT9Ke97osFfBb4_ciBFZgKcXylygIG2H6FYxrEpCsAdYh9a-J31bv_7DjPP7HbIO58QIrcGo9g_XRxTp41mHRj5ZOYERDqNjixHpgEnROVv9ZC7ozYVx0Dq3qoyQE4UmkO1mHhK3_oQBFPj1ZUMEw/w266-h400/DSC_0223.jpeg" width="266" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hither"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">2013</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGHmlB-SDdAdw_B6my9MC3EvQB2pk7G5fdsSzhkE55Ih4tGBoD4Yc_xnszbFmOGor2BMMSHtIIxOqymz-AJRKw0onLYOaZAPwJbVtZwnMNtCVzT6114tSh8XAaeUho9vifr_S4ufU-069S6JZO6h_a5YtYG4bdweru5zQRC-mGwimKIKly1Y52GciZg/s2998/DSC_0008,.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2998" data-original-width="2001" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGHmlB-SDdAdw_B6my9MC3EvQB2pk7G5fdsSzhkE55Ih4tGBoD4Yc_xnszbFmOGor2BMMSHtIIxOqymz-AJRKw0onLYOaZAPwJbVtZwnMNtCVzT6114tSh8XAaeUho9vifr_S4ufU-069S6JZO6h_a5YtYG4bdweru5zQRC-mGwimKIKly1Y52GciZg/w268-h400/DSC_0008,.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Nocturn"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2013</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKDNpFN7cWKzJfrSw09frU64AWiShRJ4XiXk34ZGyoHkll923ROV_DWFvGjB5xAC3irstBq9cL12gPN2YWQGBwl1Xjy-hKy8S0oPFNzeVmMtBsVN12CJEAoBo-T01Rlkp4lhAKcPY4cd4AI9EuRLNoHP14Asae7xiZWJ-rsyYNfS68JQYCLcIhD0njA/s3040/DSC_0172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3040" data-original-width="2020" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKDNpFN7cWKzJfrSw09frU64AWiShRJ4XiXk34ZGyoHkll923ROV_DWFvGjB5xAC3irstBq9cL12gPN2YWQGBwl1Xjy-hKy8S0oPFNzeVmMtBsVN12CJEAoBo-T01Rlkp4lhAKcPY4cd4AI9EuRLNoHP14Asae7xiZWJ-rsyYNfS68JQYCLcIhD0njA/w266-h400/DSC_0172.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>©Rick Burnett Baker </p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-45018975225787658482022-12-07T04:38:00.001-08:002022-12-07T04:38:22.080-08:00Chewing The Cud <p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;">Ruminations. (Or Chewing The Cud)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;">Looking at this bowl of succulents one may see a plant. Amazingly, its parts are potential new plants. Break one off and it will root and form another entity. Several other plants in my home have that same potential. I take hope and inspiration from this phenomenon of ancient ways of nature, yet doubt and trepidation pull and push at my mind simultaneously when considering human mortality. Must be an age thing. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-xafJiUBMdDgYW5TLBOfLo_MD03Iq4tvUFUqEN3zJZHTfGY748h8BM7EneoTIpbxp8BTzR68jV-D2TI2SNwZF-uvbhrLRTsMiq-CYmmDImL7aeG0knEpbHAHomvYhaa7Ozb8mFQ6fvZto3DvcLeRv1QRV3tcHFcvYJA5sV3SeEVym9BwWDIKmLqnSw/s3024/TTInputImage-691693487.853289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-xafJiUBMdDgYW5TLBOfLo_MD03Iq4tvUFUqEN3zJZHTfGY748h8BM7EneoTIpbxp8BTzR68jV-D2TI2SNwZF-uvbhrLRTsMiq-CYmmDImL7aeG0knEpbHAHomvYhaa7Ozb8mFQ6fvZto3DvcLeRv1QRV3tcHFcvYJA5sV3SeEVym9BwWDIKmLqnSw/s320/TTInputImage-691693487.853289.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;">©Rick Burnett Baker</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;">Digital Tin-Type by R. 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Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-82083872895888926542022-12-02T03:24:00.000-08:002022-12-02T03:24:21.126-08:00REALIZE<p> </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Realize</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">“Realize,” I whisper to myself, “you have it pretty good. Roof over your head, food, freedom of movement, (even though your personal mobility is temporarily disabled) and the luxury of complaining about things.”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">“Realize,” I answer back, “life is taking natural, sometimes unpleasant paths that we all expect and comprehend, yet resist with all our emotional and intellectual wherewithal.” </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>There are lulls in life, some voluntary and others brought on by the natural, unpleasant paths previously mentioned. Surely I’ve experienced such periods in my past. I simply don’t remember them as I’m recognizing and will no doubt remember this current one in the future, assuming there is a future. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">When all’s said and done, what relevance to the great scheme of things do our efforts hold to the relativity of all that’s come before and all to come before the great void? That’s a rhetorical question that manifests in all of us at different and similar times, and in different ways throughout life. Answers will come, hopefully, at varying times, or in some cases, not at all. I’m anticipating the former.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbgu1UkG0e7OEhHSRUSakmDy4occ8u7JmJZ-ONyXecj4LyIs2pIA-b9ge5AhCrVQnTGXLrvDrA3hJWHv6aQQW24f639GtCPr6LBG-nYxI51KLAZZmeECWSTG_FvRhw5XforJg4K7ol31d37UP-PjVcWXmMkpghFRzoUmpajnJ7_18bVxovrKxN1AXVg/s3024/TTInputImage-685900578.642590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbgu1UkG0e7OEhHSRUSakmDy4occ8u7JmJZ-ONyXecj4LyIs2pIA-b9ge5AhCrVQnTGXLrvDrA3hJWHv6aQQW24f639GtCPr6LBG-nYxI51KLAZZmeECWSTG_FvRhw5XforJg4K7ol31d37UP-PjVcWXmMkpghFRzoUmpajnJ7_18bVxovrKxN1AXVg/w320-h320/TTInputImage-685900578.642590.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">©Rick Burnett Baker </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Rochester, NY </span></div></div>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-89840761154793479552022-09-18T15:29:00.001-07:002022-09-18T15:29:16.267-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The prize may be out of reach, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the journey to every destination</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is sometimes its own reward."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-RBB</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60OTTRC3yhW2a-3i9QLCLXK-FA2qz27_kiW2LOLn9-UCKCC7FrPzaAVDV0oVGtK3ex9pghd-l5pIaFVQ2cmvgksY63V0dFpem3bAXgP_cNpPgL4kZa_olD6DF8nbtP6iaiCZ43IPzZrsK1ySK7oeJV6JuXdAjMGoyyLX_cBUmUx7L_zkDq_o2v70d4g/s5890/DSC_5693%20copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3930" data-original-width="5890" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60OTTRC3yhW2a-3i9QLCLXK-FA2qz27_kiW2LOLn9-UCKCC7FrPzaAVDV0oVGtK3ex9pghd-l5pIaFVQ2cmvgksY63V0dFpem3bAXgP_cNpPgL4kZa_olD6DF8nbtP6iaiCZ43IPzZrsK1ySK7oeJV6JuXdAjMGoyyLX_cBUmUx7L_zkDq_o2v70d4g/w390-h261/DSC_5693%20copy.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Lieber State Recreation Area. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Cagles Mill Lake, Cloverdale, Indiana.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Photo/Text © 2021 Rick Burnett Baker </p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-16194202217368316742022-09-17T07:43:00.002-07:002022-09-17T07:48:06.969-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Slightly better than Motel 6. Not quite as good</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as Super 8. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj585vtWnFa51Q4cT2xq0AyJPMmju5NLBqYXjG1v6ep8_saBu9rCsYh71CyX5Rjpll95L6JRdzEsIN_TxfGwU4tRY5IyqIsDn-b7i1tlmgdBjQFE6w4o8FXph-WLitP_EB0PcID0G6ipBWSeMArZ69IWy0fclrpTafLYzFHiHc5-uU4oOmZwrUZx8eF7Q/w396-h265/DSC_5450.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="396" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lonoke, Arkansas</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj585vtWnFa51Q4cT2xq0AyJPMmju5NLBqYXjG1v6ep8_saBu9rCsYh71CyX5Rjpll95L6JRdzEsIN_TxfGwU4tRY5IyqIsDn-b7i1tlmgdBjQFE6w4o8FXph-WLitP_EB0PcID0G6ipBWSeMArZ69IWy0fclrpTafLYzFHiHc5-uU4oOmZwrUZx8eF7Q/s6016/DSC_5450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click camera image in the top right column to visit my website & galleries. </div>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-42963052390122847742022-07-05T05:35:00.000-07:002022-07-05T05:35:41.642-07:00A New Pledge <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI5Ly_7XNQrMBIPBN0KpdYzktFW23J79HKk_6iR4-EXCK7y14ko7EEXjp-NEc3A1xNHig2BTcSckqJzRXsJZN4Vrq8JtAS8fiYhOyA1iG9MYgzEKUdfBg503w7Y1AAs1D0yJR7fhpbsLy7w3siO9Nl7iT5rTE_ka2CZeVA1RYUpjKtKk7SCnpzpjWFA/s1920/DSC_2543.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI5Ly_7XNQrMBIPBN0KpdYzktFW23J79HKk_6iR4-EXCK7y14ko7EEXjp-NEc3A1xNHig2BTcSckqJzRXsJZN4Vrq8JtAS8fiYhOyA1iG9MYgzEKUdfBg503w7Y1AAs1D0yJR7fhpbsLy7w3siO9Nl7iT5rTE_ka2CZeVA1RYUpjKtKk7SCnpzpjWFA/w268-h400/DSC_2543.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>For my Facebook 4th of July post I decided to stir the pot, so-to-speak. I knew it would rile my right-wing friends, and I also didn't expect to get any engagement with the post. I was correct about the second part of that: The post only received one angry emoji. </p><p>On the above image of a US flag with the stars replaced by corporate logos, I overlaid the new Pledge of Allegiance that I created some time ago. It's an accurate rendering of what this once-named Constitutional Republic has become, which is a corporatocracy. All our so-called representatives are bought and paid for by lobbyists who do the bidding for favors to the multi-national companies that rule the world. They certainly rule this country. </p><p>I felt it was long past time for us to have a new pledge that more accurately describes where politicians' allegiance lies, and where all aspects of citizens' lives are determined. Of course, the SCOTUS set that stone with the 2010 Citizens United ruling, which is just another example of how that branch of government is totally corrupt, and is the weakest link in our system of Checks & Balances. So, here it is, and you can now place your right hand over your wallet and left hand in your pocket jingling your change as you recite Rick Baker's Pledge of Allegiance: </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSHLUiaJYFdWcPJL3fJSRMcUbMAASLplHe2VcitVpwHyazKfFayqd7fI40ot8fkGkspN8XkJwOe4TIfwk73IL66cRmgyRPaK5mxDbK0Q2Mx_cYDbQ9DtWzU9GBB3vGLjCY3PNk54cVXjSA0_PII50Gp_ZnFmtQ0BpYCp8t7G_woC9MMEVm5YDXqUNpQ/s1920/DSC_2543.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSHLUiaJYFdWcPJL3fJSRMcUbMAASLplHe2VcitVpwHyazKfFayqd7fI40ot8fkGkspN8XkJwOe4TIfwk73IL66cRmgyRPaK5mxDbK0Q2Mx_cYDbQ9DtWzU9GBB3vGLjCY3PNk54cVXjSA0_PII50Gp_ZnFmtQ0BpYCp8t7G_woC9MMEVm5YDXqUNpQ/w268-h400/DSC_2543.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>July 5, 2022</p><p>Rick Burnett Baker </p><p>Rochester, NY. </p>R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-39500780864620574842020-07-03T11:22:00.002-07:002020-07-03T11:22:45.967-07:00Taking A Stand<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Stories Told and Untold </span></b></div>
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As in the previous two posts, this is a sampling of images and text previewing my developing series in conjunction with the Raffles Bicentennial celebrations currently in progress and continuing through the end of 2019 in Singapore. Refer to the previous posts for other image overviews of this project. All photos and original texts ©Rick Burnett Baker </div>
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These four images are of benches on Coleman Street, adjacent to St. Andrews Cathedral. The text is inlayed in each bench. I've then overlaid other Singapore images onto these bench photos. I felt that the message here is what we in the US talk about and what Singapore actually does. These images would represent the last four images in an exhibit of this series. </div>
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"TO BUILD A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, BASED ON JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, REGARDLESS OF RACE, LANGUAGE OR RELIGION, SO AS TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY, & PROGRESS FOR OUR NATION." </div>
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As in the previous post, this is a sampling of images and text previewing my developing series in conjunction with the Raffles Bicentennial celebrations that are currently in progress and continuing through the end of 2019 in Singapore. Refer to the previous post for the overview of this project. All photos and text ©Rick Burnett Baker<br />
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This sampling of images and text is a preview of a developing series in conjunction with the Raffles Bicentennial celebrations that are currently in progress and continuing through the end of 2019. All photos and text ©Rick Burnett Baker.<br />
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A touchstone to the past is most often a house, school, building, or a place where we used to hang out with family or friends. Years later, when we return to any of those elements of our past, we are sometimes flooded with myriad emotions and memories. One element of touchstones that we sometimes forget is that those memories were most often created, not simply by a physical structure or place, but by the people who shared those places with us. </div>
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In Singapore, so many of the places that Singaporeans, expats, and visitors remember fondly have disappeared to the ever changing landscape of development and redevelopment. This project will explore some of my personal touchstones, but also those that older Singaporeans remember, and younger generations never knew. </div>
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This will be a photo narrative, in the spirit of the Raffles Bicentennial, spiced with commentary, quotes, and poetry! This will also be a challenge to the younger generations of Singaporeans to create their own, new touchstones, keeping in mind that <span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">people</span></span> will be the most cherished part of those new creations. </div>
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<i>we unleash the art of creating our future." </i></div>
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<i>"I had designs on you. </i></div>
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<i>I'm long past the dedication, ribbon-cutting, cornerstones; </i></div>
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<i>You are a time capsule, empty."</i></div>
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self is the gathered vision of history against uncertainty."</div>
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Overlay image of “Superkid” is the side of a building at Heritage Chalet, Pasir Ris Park. </div>
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R. Burnett Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057911927790802422.post-47660716024938892782018-02-17T07:14:00.000-08:002018-02-17T07:14:24.249-08:00Linguistics Of Music: A Portrait <br />
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<b><i>"Portraits should offer more than perfectly </i></b></div>
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We were privileged yesterday evening to have Cellist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BoredCellist">Kevin Maa</a> join us at the Montanus Gallery for a photoshoot and impromptu 'concert'. Kevin is an <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kevin-maa">accomplished musician</a>, and has been auditioning for entrance into Rochester NY's acclaimed Eastman School of Music. (Visit these embedded links.)<br />
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Here are a few photos I took during our session. These are not typical 'portraits' but rather what I call 'candid portraits' that attempt to peer deeper into a person's being. <br />
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Portraits should offer more than perfectly lit images of someone's face. They should open a window to that person's essence.<br />
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We wish Kevin the very best in his artistic and professional endeavors! <br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">What is the human condition if not uncertain? I may believe that I'm normal and sane. My view of the ascetic's behavior will serve to validate my belief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Toronto, Ontario </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">by inches, dollars, or days. As a </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Veteran. Give what u </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Booze - 16 years without</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Smokes - 38 years without </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Drugs - Never taken or tried."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">analyze this situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>"DREAM. PLEASE EXCUSE OUR APPEARANCE..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Someone less fortunate than me offers </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">a helping hand. Shamefully, I cannot</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I ask myself, <i>"Who hasn't dreamt of being </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I harbor that thought not with sarcasm, not </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">the irony in this scene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The word<i> 'humility'</i> comes to mind. Beneath</span></div>
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