Year: 2019
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Vision
With age, it is hoped, comes wisdom; what ever that is. Mental powers seem, for me, to progress in some areas, and regress in others. When facing a question, my accumulated base of life experience allows me to distinguish between what is important and not, more quickly than when I was younger. I don’t sense…
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Climate Change: For the Birds
Few birds visit our backyard this time of year. But, it is December and we have no feeder. It does, however, offer a sense of what the world would be like without birds. Having lived in the same place for 35 years, I’ve noticed a change in the mix of bird species and numbers. I’m…
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Censorship, Good Taste or Practicality
It is a question sometimes faced by artworks: is this a work of art or simply in bad taste, or pornographic, and without value? By cutting Trump for commercial reasons (ironically to make room for commercials), the CBC has drawn international attention. The removed 8 minutes included a 7-second scene that portrays Trump as a…
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Light and Tradition
After six months of days, each with diminished light over the previous, it is reasonable to make a connection between the events we celebrate now and the turn around towards days with increasing light (whether that be physical or spiritual). As a tool for capturing light, it seems to me, that photography is the appropriate…
