Last Winter Part 3

That does it for winter.  Now, moving on towards Spring!

Last Winter 2

Like Powder in the Dawn

Like Powder in the Dawn on the slopes

of forever

the creases of care that you wore in me

are lasting

Like powder in the dawn on the slopes

of forever

my eyes drift up 

and see

wow, I've been lazy.

You know, I just noticed that I've been blogging here for some time, but I have been really lax about what I've been placing here....I have alot more stuff than I'm really sharing. Perhaps I should go back and dig through the files?  Yes, lets.

Apparently, 

the neighbors did

mind

The Edge of the Dream

Two men played an endless game

over a wide map

set in the flagstones of a lavish castle 

Upon the flagstones were 

different geological regions

mountains, plains, forest

The two men were aged,

one with long flowing white hair

and the other grim and weathered 

The white-haired one congratulated the other

on being the best player he had found

the weathered one nodded, but did not reply

The white haired man moved the pieces without touching them

and explained that, 

"I just ask my intuition for answers, right or left, and then I move in that direction"

The weathered man remained silent

moving his piece forward

with a gloved hand

When they both reached the center of the board

they rolled dice and began to circumnavigate a symbol at the center using small figurines.

the symbol was a black 'V' set in a green field encircled with black filigree

It was this black line that they followed to the conclusion of each round of the game

until the old man with flowing hair waved his hand in a cutting gesture and laughed

that was the end of the days session, he explained to me

Then, I woke up 

What I've learned so far...about photography

Well, I started out shooting CN400 'fake' black and white film, and moved on to 'real' black and white film at the end of 2009.  I've been making lots of photos, experimenting with development times/temperatures and developers.  I recently bought 2 C-41 process color film development kits and I have about 30 rolls of C-41 and E-6 film to cross process, process, bleach bypass and generally abuse.
  At the beginning of this odyssey, I was using the Massive Dev Chart at http://www.digitaltruth.com in order to achieve resonable starting times and temps for acufine developer, tri-x and Tmax films.  In the last year, Ive shot Kodak tri-x 400 and tri-x pan 400 ASA, Kodak tmax 100, 400, P3200 ASA, Ilford hp5+ 400 ASA, Ilford Delta 100 ASA, Ilford Pan F plus 50 ASA.  Ive also shot many rolls of color, but I'm not going into that presently.  I will say that I had alot of fun playing about with color film that I developed in acufine.  Most of that film was Kodak Ultramax 800 ASA, plus one roll of REI opticolor 200 ASA. (whatever in the world that is, probably Agfa film, or somesuch)

I am going to compile a list of Developing times and temps for all films that I have used, and will include them as I continue to post.

crazy

sometimes

the crazy days

are the best days

Words spill into words
a whole lifetime

Looking back
searching hand shakes

Compile
Re visit

I tore away
reformed
re-formed

The Mermaid and the Sailor

Neither are very interested
and as the sun beams in
they turn back to their lives

The sailor says,
"well, i best get back to my ship"
the mermaid says,
"I don't feel like singing today"

The crowd doesn't notice
they're all busy with beer
or girls or whatever

But i was watching.

Flight

Even if it was just a simple piece of grass...

We got away

for a moment

Many Baptisms

The dead are submerged
and rise again in glory filled with the
spirit of holiness

We jump and shout in the water
as the sun bounces up crazily

I recall you there
the scent of your mouth on mine

Christ's children, all

Lord I'm Ready
To come to the water

Attack of the Mantis Machines

Marching in waves
across every barren space

They are coming.

Sinking

This building
this body rejected
in the open morning of tomorrow's glance

Tell me your tales
old brother
old skeleton

just look!
They suck your life away when you still yearn to breathe!
Every last thing pinioned against

Don't bother giving them a groan of notice when you fall

just optimistically
pour yourself
across that city
and whoever gets in the way
deserves it.

We are the New Lords

We are the new lords of truth
Simple lines
Simple words

We eke out an existence
and you never know us.

We wait for the dark and the lonely moment
(We have to flee the police for our statement)
And in garish colors we paint the structures of our hearts
on concrete walls
and you people,
you subway people,
you 9 to 5ers
you sick, money-infected, stupidity-addicted 'people'
call it a 'crime' call it 'destruction' call it 'trash' call it
what ever you call it

But
Our hearts are not silent
even as we toil the low wage job
the corner sale
or no job
we dream shapes to place into your world
in garish colors
that bleed out of us
that are us

So cover us up, if you want
We
are the New Lords of Truth
and there will be more of us
coming

RAAAR!

Sometimes there is glory in the simple child-mind

Imagination Rampant

The clouds are coming to get us!
The tyrannosaur has returned!

Growth in Dust of War

Winter is a war
frozen
consuming

We break from a false skin
and grow
new leaves
any-how

Spring is not our last chance

Our last battle
Our last song
Our last riddles
are only waiting for the winter to arrive