I read a poem this morning by Bukowski that hit home and rang so true. As I get older I hide my self ever so deeper from almost everyone around me...if there is an artistic side to me it has become my "bluebird"...forever hidden.

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/137/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsc3ItAKSLc&feature=related

"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'll be posting here again for a time. This blog seems such a lost cause but I need an outlet so here it is - warts and all - this is it. Pics to flow again soon.

I was given a really fine gift for my birthday that I would recomend to everyone. It is the newest book about William Eggleston. Eggleston is perhaps my favorite artist. His work drips with honesty. Great stuff - get the book - Democratic Camera

David Vestel said this about editing. ""Do you look for mistakes, and get rid of them? Or do you look for good stuff to hold on to?".

I read this here:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/editing-and-portfolios/