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Have Hope - Smile Big - Live Simply

03
31
09

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how.
The moment you know how, you die a little.
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong,
but we take leap after leap in the dark.
— Agnes de Mille

A winner, at the Sunday Night Poetry Slam, in the Mercury Cafe in Denver.

Archive Photo: Some of the aspects of photography are draining.

Mindfulness
Mindfulness is concentrated awareness of one's thoughts, actions and motivations
Mindfulness must be engaged, be aware of your present moment. Once there is looking, there must be seeing. Once there is seeing there must be acting, otherwise what is the since of looking? - dba

03
29
09

Not the power to remember,
but its very opposite, the power to forget,
is a necessary condition for our existence.
- St. Basil

Found Photo: Bitches on Dope

Found Photo: Artist wanted and here is a banana, doubles as self portrait

Self Satisfaction
Self satisfaction implies being satisfied. Being happy with your position or situation. If your satisfaction is dependent on someone else's, this is not only dissatisfaction it is dysfunctional. This concept or mentality runs deep through society. For a victory to be had there must be a defeat. Sadly this comes into play in everyday life as we have interaction with other people. So many are living this life of dissatisfaction and in an attempt for some type of self improving victory they try to defeat, or place the people around them below their own unhappiness. This way of discontent causes a ripple affect that knows no end. But, more important to learn and remember is the even stronger are the gestures of freedom and kindness. These pure simple acts have lasting effects the forever hold tight. - dba

03
28
09

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets,
the more interesting it is. The only way to approach
it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.
- David Gerrold

Meet Pjily she is going to be my travel companion wherever I go and I will be documenting her travels along the way. The idea originated form a series of events, but came from a friends friend or companion. You have seen him in this blog, if not look in the past to find him. His name is Dashboard, and though this first images came from the resting place (a dashboard) Pjily will be mobile and seen in many different places.

Pjily at the Square in down town Jackson, WY

Pjily on an icy road in the barren landscape of Wyoming

Found Photo: Spring has sprung and the erg awakens.
On the street in down town Denver, CO

Positive Crossroads
As a group and as individuals we are in a constant state of transition. Man as a whole have been in transition sense time began and will continue to do so as time goes on. Inside this mass, this nucleus of people is the individual transformation. This is the one we must listen to. If we allow ourselves, and in some cases are allowed, we will understand that there is much more to this life, to ourselves then we ever imagined.
As individuals we come to crossroads of all different types. We must be very conscious as we make a decision to keep moving forward, in choosing the right path. Now more then ever it is imperative that we evolve to a higher way of thinking. The world as will as our lives are a reflection of our limitations and our enlightenment. We have to expand our thinking and constantly attempt to put the thoughts into action, strive to move forward to find love and happiness. If are limitations are aloud to control our lives and our thoughts, how can we freely move towards the light. If we allow the limitations of others to control our lives how will we step beyond this space void of living light.
Each person has a choice to make at his or her crossroads. The only choice is one of life and happiness. If this road is not traveled then we are living the limitations of ourselves, or worse someone else. If we are truly living our life, the illumination from that action will light the road for many others. Do not be controlled by negative impulses and feelings, become sensitive, become aware to the subtle change in positive vibration. - dba

3
25
09

Erin and myself enjoying good wine, and better jazz at the El Chapultepec.

One of the best times, for me, when on the road is mornings spent in a coffee shop where no ones knows me and I can sit enjoy good coffee, watch people, contemplate and write.

Something's are just to cool to describe.

Death Trap in Motion
Leave it to man to put himself into a fancy box with comfortable seats. An aerodynamic box built out of steel, glass and plastic, with wheels to call it transportation. Then man places a motor in this box to make it move faster so the movement can be referred to as speed. Place hundreds of these boxes onto a paved corridor, where they are all forced to move close together at high rates of speed. Now add natures elements, mans addictions, loss of interest, cell phones, text messaging and the thought of invincibility. Someone has a very sadistic sense of humor. - dba

march nineteenth, two thousand nine

Drop your inhibitions and grab
hold of your imagination, your life.
It is yours and you must live it.
– dba

Post evidence of a grand St. Patrick Day celebration.

The Dollar Store
I went through the checkout isle at the Dollar Store today. Hanging on a rack with hopes of a compulsive purchase was a pregnancy testing kit. For reason that probably only drift into my head, I found this strangely bizarre. Is the Dollar Store the place for acquiring pregnancy tests, condoms, or suppositories? Is the compulsive purchasing corridor the place to display them. I find it strangely akin to having an ambulance-chasing lawyer bargain shop for breast augmentation. - dba

march seventeenth, two thousand nine

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes “Awww!" — Jack Kerouac

An image I shot while in the Hovenweep area in Utah. As strange as it might sound from the non-believers this water hole was pointed out to me by some mystic ravens.

There's a Time
There comes a time, and it will be known, that we have to go away. This quest usually begins with a type of yearning, a feeling of loss, a time of discontentment with your surroundings. An empty feeling with what is at hand. The urge to seek the grail overcomes all thought. It is a time for new frontiers, a time to find ourselves, or who we are in the now, where we want to live in the now. It is a time for growth as a person as we find some direction towards the next level. We seek, so we become the seeker in search for a better way, a higher truth. We seek a utopia, which will not come from a material world but from an inner spirit. We expand consciousness we reach for enlightenment. We are looking for a perfect world and to preserve a state of nirvana. It is a utopian dream of perfection, peace and bliss. Not that this can be found, or achieved in the realm around us, the area that our space resides in. It resides inside us. But to truly find the utopian state of bliss that we seek, our surroundings must be conducive to the environment that we are seeking. If we live in an atmosphere that is damaging or un-stimulating to your person, the path we are seek becomes deem, the destination unreachable. If our surroundings are more euphoric and conducive to who we are the journey will be brighter, our goal more achievable. - dba

march fifteenth, two thousand nine

Expose yourself to your deepest fear;
after that, fear has no power, and the
fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes.
You are free.
— Jim Morrison

Is it a dream or reality?

Randy's VW Bug
I walked by an old Volkswagen Bug the other day. As I looked inside I thought of the time I had sex in the backseat of Randy’s Volkswagen Bug it was canary yellow. Have you ever seen the space, which is referred to and encompasses the backseat of a VW Bug? The front seats were folder forward, but I don't remember where the Bug was parked. - dba

march twelfth, two thousand nine

If you can't annoy somebody,
there's little point in writing.
- Kingsley Amis

Archive Photo: The man that made my father.

Superficial Religion
Doesn't it seem strange, or even wrong, that spirituality can be so superficial? For so many it is worn like a clock, rather than inhaled and exhaled for the benefit off all. If the Christian faith is all about love and forgiveness, why are so many, "so called" Christians so judgmental and condemning? - dba

march tenth, two thousand nine

The most common form of despair
is not being who you are.
— Kierkegaard

Don't ya, just love this guy?

The Dental Assistant
When I was sixteen I had a root canal performed on my eyetooth. Through the pain and confusion the only thing that I remember was the dental assistant. She was gorgeous, had big black hair, big boobs and her hands smelled like pussy, or was it the dentists hands? - dba

march sixth, two thousand nine

When the legends die,
the dreams end;
there is no more greatness.
– Tecumseh

Archive Photo: One of my favorites from the years
I spent shooting for Biker Magazines.

Let it Go
When we empty our minds, let our fear and emotions go, drop the ego and become calm we will be open to hear what is being said. When we focus to hard on a problem trying to figure it out we may never find the answer. Open our hearts towards bliss and wait fro the answer. It is usually right in front of us. When we are awake and not fearing where we are looking, the answers are here and now.

march third, two thousand nine

It is surely a great calamity
for a human being to have
no obsessions.
- Robert Bly

Melting snow. I hope it will go.

In perspective. A new piece hanging in Rock Rabbit. Compare the eyes.

Our Perception
People often talk of reality and what it means to them. What reality is depends on our level of perception. Our perception is our reality and is nothing more then our ability to become aware by using our five senses. We have to understand what we see, hear, taste, touch and smell. Our perception is based, or measured on how a life experience is, or was processed. If we measure and judge through a small hole our perception is limited. Often it is used, or seen through the eyes of others. However, when we open our mind and let all our senses come alive, it will take our reality to a much greater level. Then you can begin to travel beyond the senses. - dba

march first, two thousand nine

"I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and education system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."

– Charles Bukowski 1920-1994

Long live Chuck Taylors.
From my high school days to today's day!

A Comfortable Sweater
A "Damaged Goods" is a term, a preconceived notion brought on by the egotistical standards of other people. It is a sweater put on us by people and a society that fears change and individuality. What is the difference between the sweater bought from a top shelf, name brand store and the one found in a cardboard box at Browse & Buy?
The name brand sweater is purchased in hopes of becoming part of the team, a team that society is telling you to be on. By feeding the ego of what we are supposed to like, to be like, so there is nothing wrong with us. So we fit in, in the eyes of others. Except, for losing our identity and fearing who we really are.
If we pick the sweater, form the cardboard box that is frayed, musky, stretched and folded wrong it is done because deep down we know, we are being our true self. We put it on because it feels good. Wearing it gives us a sense of peace. It is comfort, it's a friend. It is a statement of individuality, of caring and love. It can be passed on with the knowledge that who ever touches it will receive the same love. Is this damaged goods? – dba - 88

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