Once, when I was in someone’s small, private plane, I really felt it, that nothing is holding you in the air. How pointless it was to grip the armrests when turbulence hit. How I hadn’t considered the air, much less the pilot or the […]
photographing windows is not easy. they’re everywhere, but they lead in and out and reflect and interact with the light on their own terms. this is going to take some time.
One of the guys working on this site noticed me, and had to ask: of all the views of the city, this is what I shoot? Yes. and then some.
most of the time my ideas are obstacles I trip over
I noticed the other day, while on the subway, when it wasn’t rush-hour packed and I could see down the car, that I was the only one wearing an orange coat. The rest of the car was all black coats and jackets. On closer look, I did find a gray one, and a brown. No other […]
some days I feel the weight of every decision I’ve ever made or have not made. Some days the weight of it all is practically flattening. How did I get here, and how will I hold it all? You’d think it’s something huge like running a make-shift hospital in a jungle somewhere. It’s way less life-and-death and […]
You can’t tell when things will come together. I’m not saying they always will. come together. But you can’t tell when they will. So keep going. Until you’re really really ready READY to stop. To give up. Or let go. To decide to move on. And then decide.
The more limbs you have on the ground, the more stable you’ll feel. This applies to more than the end of a balancing routine in yoga class last night. Stability — feels good, right? It does. It does!—it’s totally appealing, especially when tired, or stressed. But, when you’re moving forward, when you’re reaching, trying […]
This is one of my absolute favorite sounds: Hello. Said in no rush, when it is the activity, when for this moment, hello is not only the gateway the perfunctory thing to say before you even (if you even) look each other in the eye the social pleasantry that you don’t even notice you said, or that […]
How can we do this in less time? Do it the same way, at the same time, every time. It’s that simple. It’s one of two answers for how to speed up most tasks. The other is not to do it at all. Really. Before you go forward, do you really need to do this […]
leave the castle 
March 8, 2013
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